The Hugo High School Leo Club will be hosting a Bedlam Blood Drive from 8:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 28 in the Commons area at the high School. To schedule an appointment, contact Lori Hicks at 580.326.9648.

Friday, Sept. 17 Salisbury Steak Scalloped Potatoes Purple-Hull Peas Corn Bread Fruit Wednesday, Sept.

THE IRIS GARDEN CLUB Yard of the Month belongs to Chuck Elswick, at 1024 E. Jefferson in Hugo. The yard features beautiful crepe myrtles, nandina and flowers. Pictured with Mr. Elswick are garden club members Mary Cook, Shelia Kidd and Harolynn Wofford. Photo Courtesy / Sammye Thacker

THE HUGO AREA CHAMBER of Commerce held a ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday afternoon to celebrate the Red Star’s first anniversary under new ownership.

Felony 079 – Kay Lynn McMellon: Assault and battery upon a police officer. 080 – Delan Michael Trantham: Arson, fourth degree.

HUGO CITY MANAGER, Leah Savage was recognized during the Oklahoma Municipal League Conference last week in Oklahoma City. Savage was named OML 2021 Woman of the Year for cities under 5,000. “I am so thankful and so honored,” she said.

TIM LOFTIN, of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 15 out of 19 games correctly. Loftin guessed closest (632) to the OU Sooners’ total offense figure (624) to edge out Verna Robinson.

Choctaw County Ambulance Authority and its executive director scored great reviews recently –– one prior to the district’s Sept. 9 board meeting and the other during executive session.

CHOCTAW COUNTY –– Two people were injured Saturday evening in a motorcycle vs. SUV collision on US Hwy.

New findings from the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation suggest the gut microbiome may impact wound healing and cartilage regrowth.