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The Hugo Area Chamber of Commerce Winter Wonderland Christmas Parade will be held at 6 p.m. Dec. 13. Line up at the Boys & Girls Club by 5 p.m. The parade will end at Lions Park where there will be free hot chocolate and cookies, vendors and booths, pictures with Santa. Santa cannot be on any of the floats, candy can’t be thrown out but can be handed out. Call the Chamber for more information, 580.326.7511.

OMRF $9.9 million to target chronic health conditions

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A $9.9 million grant from the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust will help fund a new center at the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation focused on laboratory and clinical studies of chronic health conditions.

The grant, coupled with philanthropic gifts, will create the TSET Institute for a Healthier Oklahoma at OMRF.

Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day to be held

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The Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs (ODVA) will host a Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day ceremony on Sunday, Dec. 7, 2025, at 12 p.m. at the Seaman First Class Billy Turner Veterans Cemetery, 1555 Myall Street, Ardmore, OK 73401.

OMRF seeks people with arthritis for blueberry study

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If eating fruit every day could reduce your arthritis symptoms, would you do that? The Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation is seeking volunteers who answer “yes” to that question. Physician-scientists Matlock Jeffries, M.D., and Hal Scofield, M.D., need 40 people with osteoarthritis and 40 with rheumatoid arthritis between the ages of 45 and 75 to participate in a study testing the effects of blueberries on their disease.

State releases school report card scores

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Boswell Elementary Academic Achievement D Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress D Chronic Absenteeism B Overall D Boswell Middle School Academic Achievement F Academic Growth D English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism B Overall D Boswell High School Academic Achievement D Graduation B English Language Proficiency Progress D Chronic Absenteeism A Postsecondary Opportunities B Overall C Soper Elementary Academic Achievement D Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism A Overall C Soper High School Academic Achievement C Graduation A English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism A Postsecondary Opportunities A Overall C Fort Towson Elementary Academic Achievement D Academic rowth C English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism B Overall C Fort Towson Junior High Academic Achievement D Academic Growth D English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism B Overall D Fort Towson High School Academic Achievement F Graduation C English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism D Postsecondary Opportunities D Overall F See Hugo Elementary Academic Achievement D Academic Growth D English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism D Overall D Hugo Intermediate Academic Achievement D Academic Growth D English Language Proficiency Progress F Chronic Absenteeism F Overall D Hugo Middle School Academic Achievement D Academic Growth D English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism F Overall D Hugo High School Academic Achievement D Graduation F English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism F Postsecondary Opportunities C Overall D Antlers Elementary Academic Achievement C Academic Growth B English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism F Overall C Antlers Middle School Academic Achievement B Academic Growth B English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism C Overall B Antlers High School Academic Achievement B Graduation C English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism A Postsecondary Opportunities B Overall B Rattan Elementary Academic Achievement D Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism A Overall D Rattan Middle School Academic Achievement C Academic Growth B English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism C Overall C Rattan High School Academic Achievement D Graduation D English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism A Postsecondary Opportunities C Overall C Moyers Elementary Academic Achievement D Academic Growth B English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism C Overall C Moyers High School Academic Achievement D Graduation F English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism C Postsecondary Opportunities C Overall D Valliant Elementary Academic Achievement C Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism D Overall C Valliant Middle School Academic Achievement C Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress D Chronic Absenteeism D Overall C Valliant High School Academic Achievement D Graduation B English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism B Postsecondary Opportunities B Overall D Wright City Elementary Academic Achievement D Academic Growth D English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism B Overall D Wright City Middle School Academic Achievement C Academic Growth D English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism A Overall C Wright City High School Academic Achievement D Graduation B English Language Proficiency Progress N/A Chronic Absenteeism A Postsecondary Opportunities B Overall C Idabel Central Elementary Academic Achievement C Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress F Chronic Absenteeism C Overall C Idabel Primary South Academic Achievement C Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism D Overall C Idabel Middle School Academic Achievement D Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism D Overall D Idabel High School Academic Achievement D Graduation D English Language Proficiency Progress D Chronic Absenteeism D Postsecondary Opportunities B Overall D Broken Bow Bennett Elementary Academic Achievement C Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism A Overall C Broken Bow Dierks Elementary Academic Achievement C Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress B Chronic Absenteeism A Overall C Broken Bow Middle School Academic Achievement D Academic Growth C English Language Proficiency Progress B Chronic Absenteeism D Overall C Broken Bow High School Academic Achievement D Graduation C English Language Proficiency Progress C Chronic Absenteeism C Postsecondary Opportunities B Overall C.

Fort Towson receives federal grant for steamboat education

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The Fort Towson Historic Site will soon grow its educational programming related to the steamboat Heroine. As the recipient of a $102,179 National Maritime Heritage Grant Program grant, the site will be developing inhouse educational programming on the history and significance of the steamboat Heroine. The Heroine, the oldest steamboat excavated and studied by archeologists, sank in the Red River near Fort Towson in 1838. A joint effort between the Oklahoma Historical Society and the Institute of Nautical Archeology at Texas A&M University led to its excavation and study, revealing its vital role in supplying Fort Towson and the surrounding community.

Hugo Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes new Executive Director

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The Hugo Area Chamber of Commerce announces Mehlenie Adamson as its new Executive Director. Adamson brings a passion for community collaboration and growth, utilizing a strong network of volunteers, community leaders, and youth to bring ideas to life and strengthen local connections.
Hugo Area Chamber of Commerce welcomes new Executive Director
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