The first annual “Light Up Hugo” storefront decorating contest is taking entries. There is no entry fee. The winner will receive an off-season cabin stay for up to five people from Jan. 3 to Feb. 7, plus four tickets to the Endangered Ark Foundation. This package is worth $400.

Thanksgiving is going to be great with sunshine and 69 degrees after a morning low of 38. Scattered showers will return to the area from Friday through Sunday and it gets a little cooler with highs going from the low-60s on Friday to the mid-50s on Sunday.

Felony 091 – Shane Lee Cunningham: Possession of firearm after former felony conviction. 092 – Rylee Allen Finch: Domestic abuse, assault and battery.

Soper Public School has released its new COVID-19 plan for returning to school after Thanksgiving break. The plan, which would affect fourth through 12th grade would go into effect Nov. 30 and continue through Jan. 4, 2020.

IRIS GARDEN CLUB Yard of the Month winner for October is Meredith Russell, 1218 N. B St. in Hugo. Her yard features beautiful begonias, other flowers and trees and is very neat. Pictured (l to r): Harolynn Wofford, Meredith, Holly Lowrance and Sammye Thacker. Photo Courtesy / Rick Lowrance

HUGO –– Josie Rosales of Taco Mamas was awarded a Chahtapreneuer Award from the Choctaw Nation Small Business Development (CSBD.) Every year, one Choctawowned small business from each district is recognized.

They say you can’t teach an old dog new tricks. But according to experts at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, new research suggests that may not be the case for old knees in those living with osteoarthritis.