The Kid speaks personally: My family finds history fun. Every Sept. 17, Grandpa tells me how our government was created in 1787, so long ago Grandpa wasn’t born yet. Constitution Day is the birthday of creating a permanent government.

A year after Randy Springfield took the helm at the Choctaw County Ambulance Authority as the agency’s executive director, board members expressed approval of his job performance. The topic was addressed during the regular board meeting Sept.

April Johnson, of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 9 out of 13 games correctly. Pictured, Johnson collects the $50 weekly prize from Les Shumake of First United Bank, where she obtained her winning entry blank.

The Hugo board of education met in regular session on Sept. 14, and approved the employment of two recent Hugo High School graduates, Vincent Gonzales and Sergey Dotsenko, along with Vi- Nikki Nguyen and Tonya Frazier. We welcome these new hires to the HPS team.

HUGO –– Wednesday, agents from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) arrested 71-year-old Jeffrey Lyn Pierce of Hugo, Okla., for first degree murder in the death of his wife, 48-year-old Ronnie Ranea Fitzpatrick- Pierce.

• Health data analysis provides a clearer picture to treat those with COVID STILLWATER –– An analysis of digital health records from thousands of COVID-19 patients admitted to hospitals around the country has led to the development of technology to predict the risk of death for those with COVID.

• Sherman area senior care experts offer tips and tools to help older adults stay healthy and happy at home as COVID-19 impacts continue SHERMAN –– Staying home. It’s what we were all asked to do to protect ourselves and our community since the arrival of COVID-19 in mid-March.

• The Leonard Wyatt Memorial Outstanding Cooperator Award is given annually to a farmer or rancher who has demonstrated mastery in their agricultural operation and a willingness to mentor others ARDMORE –– Noble Research Institute presented Rusty Daniel with the 2020 Leonard Wyatt Memorial...

WILBURTON –– The Oklahoma Agriculture Enhancement and Diversification Board recently awarded Eastern Oklahoma State College a $600,000 grant to fund renovations and purchase new equipment for the college’s meat processing facility.

LONGTIME CHOCTAW COUNTY resident Eddie Vandergriff was awakened by a passer-by in the early morning of Aug. 23 just in time to escape his burning home located west of Hugo on Hollis Roberts Road.