Fort Towson has officially started the first OSSAA-sanctioned “Esports” team. Esports, short for electronic sports, is a collective term that describes organized competitive video gaming, where individuals use video game consoles, PCs or even mobile phones to play popular video games against other esports teams.

Tom and Katie were in love. After two years of courting, Tom finally worked up his courage to pop the question. No, not the “Will you marry me?” to Katie. The real question back in those years was the one asked of the bride’s father, “Do I have your permission to ask your daughter to marry me?”

IRIS GARDEN CLUB Yard of the Month for September belonged to Turk and Verna Robinson at 212 .E Kirk. The yard is beautifully maintained and has lovely flowers, shrubs and trees. Pic l to r are: Donna Colgin, Donna Wilburger, Turk, Sammye Thacker, Harolynn Wofford and Mary Cook. Photo Courtesy /Sheila Kidd

THE SECOND GRADERS at Fort Towson Elementary showed off their creativity with their farm animals at the Choctaw County Fair in September. Pictured: back row, (left to right): Jagger Wilson, Devin Montoya, Graeson Hudson, Grayson Trapp, Skylar Pemberton. Front row (left to right): Gunner Price, Blake Heady, Cashlyn Gurry, Nova Wallace, Jermy Duncan, Presley Couch, Tucker Priddy. Not Pictured: Aiden McClanahan, Samara Batchelor, Emori Dowing, Maddison Allen, Micheala Bestirs, Kashlyn Durant, Chance Shomo.

HUGO — Although the mystery surrounding the death or disappearance of Ronnie Odell Davis remains after 44 years, family members are still searching for answers. Davis disappeared 44 years ago in August, after telling family members he was going to “go check on his horses,” south of Swink, in Choctaw County.

Hugo School will have its Homecoming Coronation Thursday before the Buffaloes kickoff against Valliant. The Queen Candidates include: • Rylee Beason is the 17-year-old daughter of Mark Baugus and Melanie Baugus of Hugo.

SHEILAH GIBBS (left), of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 16 out of 19 games correctly. Gibbs guessed closest (421) to the OU Sooners’ total offense figure (662) to edge out Eddie Ball and Turk Robinson. Above, Gibbs collects the $50 weekly prize from Ernest McCarty from Security First National Bank, where she obtained her winning entry blank. Sponsoring this year’s Hugo News Football Contest are: Dr. Wade Rowland DDS, First United Bank, Dyer Quick Lube, AmeriState Bank, Red River Counseling, Sonic, Hugo Lake Marina & Cabins-Little Dixie, Busy Bee, Security First National Bank, First Bank, Pruett’s Food, Superior Wheel & Tire, Shelter Insurance-Julia King, Ed Wallace Ford, Stoned 4 Survival, R.E. McGuire Insurance-Ernie Taylor, Jay Hodge, U.S. Cellular and Hugo Express Pharmacy. Game selections can be found in each Wednesday edition of the Hugo News.

Choctaw County Ambulance Authority has been selected to appear in an AT&T testimonial commercial highlighting its new communications network. The commercial, with scenes shot locally Oct.