Charlotte Ramsey, of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 15 out of 17 games correctly. Pictured, Ramsey’s mother Mildred Bates collects the $50 weekly prize from David Dyer of Dyer Quick Lube, where she obtained her winning entry blank.

ARDMORE –– Saturday, Sept. 19, 2020, marked the 75th anniversary of Noble Research Institute and the beginning of a year-long celebration of agricultural producers, the land that provides for our collective well-being, and the organization’s future.

Healthy Soil for Life Soil health, also referred to as soil quality, is defined as the continued capacity of soil to function as a vital living ecosystem that sustains plants, animals, and humans.

Sunny days and clear nights are in the forecast all the way through your Columbus Day weekend. High temperatures will mostly range from 80 to 85 degrees in the afternoon, with a few low 90s expected. I do see some cooler weather next week with highs in the 70s from Oct. 14-19.

The Co-Op’s annual meeting was held in Idabel at the McCurtain Co. Fairgrounds in the Larry Brinkley Event Center on Sept.

23-24 Hugo’s city-wide fall cleanup is set for Oct. 23-24.

TARYN JOE is a senior and a fourth year band student. Taryn joined band as a beginner in ninth grade and is now lead trumpet! Her determination to become a great player has paid off many times over.

CONGRATULATIONS TO the Hugo Middle School September Students of the Month: Kacie Reynolds, seventh grade Cheerleader, Lady Buff softball, and Student Council VP; Genesis Smith, sixth grade Lady Buff basketball and softball, and Student Council Rep., and Caity Fuller, eighth grade Lady Buff...

• Abbott BinaxNOW tests to be deployed to K-12 schools, health care workers, vulnerable populations OKLAHOMA CITY –– Governor Kevin Stitt announced Oklahoma has received an initial allocation of roughly 77,000 Abbott Laboratories BinaxNOW rapid point-of-care COVID-19 tests.

DURANT –– Forty-two NARCAN kits, lockboxes, and bags were distributed to participants during a recent drive-thru style overdose education and resource event hosted at the Stigler Health & Wellness Center.