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Football Contest Winner

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Lindy Loftin (right), of Hugo, was this week’s winner of the Hugo News Football Contest after choosing 11 out of 13 games correctly. Loftin guessed closest (371) to the Hugo Buffaloes’ total offense figure (350) to edge out Frank Wolf. Right, Loftin collects the $50 weekly prize from Ernest McCarty of Security First National Bank, where he obtained his winning entry blank. Sponsoring this year’s Hugo News Football Contest are: Dr. Wade Rowland DDS; First United Bank; Dyer Quick Lube; Red Barn Propane; Shelter Insurance Colby Bryant; Sonic; Hugo Lake State Park/Little Dixie; Wildflower Bud Co.; Security First National Bank; First Bank; Tadpole Marine; Superior Wheel & Tire; Shelter Insurance/Julia King; Ed Wallace Ford; Outreach Health Services; R.E. McGuire Insurance/Ernie Taylor; Jay Hodge. Game selections can be found in each Wednesday edition of the Hugo News.

Mother of children injured by Hugo Police Department and city agree to settlement terms

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HUGO — City of Hugo Mayor Richard Higginbotham and Vice-Mayor Ernest McCarty, previously authorized by their fellow council members to enter into a settlement with Olivia Hill, mother of four children who were in a pickup truck that was fired upon on April 26, 2019 by Hugo Police Detectives, have arrived at a financial settlement deal with Hill and the city’s insurance carrier. Their settlement deal, all negotiated and managed in private, has become the subject matter of a civil lawsuit, filed in Choctaw County District Court which seeks to ratify the previouslynegotiated settlement terms.
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Schooling in Hugo during the pandemic

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As my family and I sat in the stands at last Friday’s football scrimmage, I saw the results of a great deal of hard work play out on the field. The Buffaloes looked great! Touring the schools during our first week back after such a long time, I saw more results of even more hard work by our teachers, staff and administrators. I wish our classrooms were publically showcased so everyone could see what I saw. The Buffaloes looked great!