The first baby born AFTER the stroke of midnight Dec. 31, 2021, will receive these great gifts from local merchants, including: Complete Care Medical, Ed Wallace, Main Tire, Hugo Family Pharmacy, Busy Bee, Dyer Quick Lube, Ameristate Bank, Choctaw Memorial Hospital and Choctaw/Push. County Youth Services.

DEWAYNE BREWER, of Hugo, was this year’s winner of the Hugo News Readers’ Choice drawing. He is pictured above receiving the $50 check from advertising representative Jody Rawls.

BOSWELL –– A man has been arrested on complaints of murder after a Boswell man was shot Saturday morning. According to Choctaw County Sheriff reports, the shooting occurred in the parking lot of a downtown Boswell grocery store.