October is Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS) awareness month. The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) wants all parents of new babies to know that there are steps they can take to protect their children from the risk posed by SIDS.

Hope Pregnancy Care Center celebrated a grand reopening Sept. 20 at its location at 1000 W.

We have a sunny week ahead but a strong cold front will move through and drop out high temperatures from the 80s on Wednesday to the 60s by Friday. Currently there is no rain in our seven-day forecast unless a shower pops up along that cold front at midweek.

Hugo Middle School Library held a Literacy Night on Sept. 15, 2020. There were more than 30 parents, students and faculty who attended, and six stations from which attendees could choose to participate. Drinks and free bookmarks were available to all.

The Veterans Day Ceremony scheduled for Nov. 11 in Tvshka Homma will be cancelled this year due to the COVID-19 public health emergency.

BOSWELL — Boswell Mayor Buck Eastwood was arrested Friday and booked into the Choctaw County jail on a felony warrant for “malicious injury to property… over $1,000.”

Choctaw County Ambulance Authority Executive Director Randy Springfield told board members during their regular meeting Oct. 8, the EMS district’s current financial status is “stable.”

SHARLA FROST, a native of Frogville, Okla., held her first official book signing event in Fort Towson last week to feature her new title: “Power at the Table.” Frost has been widely acclaimed as one of the nation’s best litigation attorneys.

Keaira Spear was crowned the 2020 Hugo Football Homecoming Queen in front of a packed Gene Nesbit Stadium Friday evening. A picture of the Homecoming Court can be found on today’s Sports, page 2B. Hugo News Photo / Bobby Hamill

IDABEL –– The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI), working with the Idabel Police Department, arrested a 27-year-old woman who is accused of removing an unborn baby from a Texas woman’s body.