Bigfoot hunting season in Oklahoma?
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OKLAHOMA CITY — State Rep. Justin Humphrey, R-Lane, last week filed legislation that would establish a Bigfoot hunting season.
Man dead after Rosewood shooting
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HUGO — A 20-year-old Antlers, Okla., man was pronounced dead after a shooting at Rosewood Apartment Complex Monday evening. According to reports from the Hugo Police Department, officers were dispatched to the apartment complex at 7:22 p.m.
Lowrance crowned Queen
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SUMMER LOWRENCE was recently crowned 2021 Fort Towson Homecoming Queen. Jayden Chumley was crowned Homecoming King. The Homecoming Court also included: Dakota Owens and Kaylee Gurry, Demi Payne and Joseph Person, Adrian Kemp and Logan Zachry, Denise Burton and Tuff Rentz, Crown Bearer Easton Earnest and Flower Girl Logan Day.
Football Contest winner
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LEFT: SHEILAH GIBBS, of Hugo, was the final winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing the most bowl games correctly. Pictured, Gibbs collects the $50 weekly prize from Jody Rawls, of the Hugo News.
Weather Update
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There could be scattered showers around Choctaw County just about any day from Wednesday through Saturday. It will be very mild for this time of year with highs in the 50s and 60s with Thursday the warmest day at 66 degrees. Sometime around Sunday a stronger system is expected to move in with rain likely and even a chance of scattered thunderstorms with highs in the 60s.
Washington Community Center Lunch Menu
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Friday, Jan. 22 Oven-Fried Pork Chops Cabbage Baked Potato Muffins Jello/Fruit Wednesday, Jan.
Daily update: OSDH vaccine scheduler portal
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The Vaccine Scheduler Portal is operational to allow eligible Oklahomans to schedule their COVID-19 vaccination. OSDH will provide a daily end-of-day update on progress throughout the week of Jan. 18.
Attorney General Hunter asks FDA for progress update on opioid fight
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OKLAHOMA CITY — Attorney General Mike Hunter has sent a letter to federal regulators asking for an update in its fight against opioid abuse, after Congress granted the agency expanded authorities in 2018.
Oklahoma CareerTech nursing students help with COVID-19 vaccines, testing
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According to the CDC, stopping a pandemic requires using all the tools we have available. In Oklahoma, one valuable tool in the fight against COVID-19 is the state’s Career and Technology Education System.
Additional assistance for certain producers now offered by USDA
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U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) will provide additional assistance through the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP), expanding eligibility for some agricultural producers and commodities as well as updating payments to accurately compensate some producers who already applied for the program. Producers who are now eligible and those who need to modify existing applications due to these updates can contact USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA) between Jan. 19 and Feb. 26. Some of these changes are being made to align with the recently enacted Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 while others are discretionary changes being made in response to ongoing evaluation of CFAP.
