We have a beautiful forecast for the week ahead with mostly sunny days and mostly clear nights. High temperatures will warm up to 80 degrees for Thursday and Friday. Much colder weather moves in for the weekend with a chance of rain Saturday night and Sunday. We will finish out the weekend with highs only in the 50s on Sunday and upper- 20s expected Sunday night.

The Hugo Area of Commerce conducted a ribbon cutting ceremony on Friday, Nov. 6 to commemorate the completion of the restroom remodeling at Hugo Middle School. All eight restrooms at HMS were remodeled by Mid Plains Construction. This project is the beginning of the remodeling of our middle school which will be completed as funds are available. Pictured from left to right are: Stacy Wilson of Mid Plains; Shane Spillman, President of the Hugo Board of Education; Earl Dalke, Hugo Superintendent; Veta Massengale, Principal of Hugo Middle School; and Thomas Seidel of Mid Plains.

Kris Akins has led the Hugo Buffaloes this season in pass receptions and reportedly has drawn the attention of numerous college football scouts. More on the Buffaloes inside today’s Hugo News.

HARTSHORNE — Sporting a number of new offensive twists, the Hugo Buffaloes took a 6-0 first-quarter lead against the Hartshorne Miners before exploding for four touchdowns in the second quarter, enroute to a whopping 42-12 District 2A-6 road victory Friday.

DURANT — When Amanda Harrell was growing up in McAlester, Oklahoma, she was unsure what type of education would be available to her or what her family could afford. That humble upbringing started her on a path that led to her being named 2019-2020 Top Psychiatric Nurse of the Year for Oklahoma.