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Weather Update

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It is not a good forecast at all for this area with showers and thunderstorms possible every day this week even into the weekend. Severe storms could be a threat from time to time as well as very heavy rainfall with flooding possibilities. High temperatures will be mostly in the midto-upper 70s and dropping into the mid-60s at night. Keep up with the weather each day since the threat of severe weather and flooding will be above normal.
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OSBI investigates disappearance of two Hugo residents

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HUGO –– Monday, the Hugo Police Department requested assistance from the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) with the suspicious disappearance of two Hugo, Okla., residents. Jared Lashan Lennox (34) and Krystal Jean Marie Terrell (31) were last seen together in Grant, Okla., on or about May 1, 2021. Lennox and Terrell were in a dating relationship.

Cluster of COVID variant identified in Oklahoma

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OKLAHOMA CITY –– The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced today it has identified a cluster of 17 recent cases of the B.1.617.2 variant, commonly referred to as the India variant, in the state. Of those, 13 confirmed cases were associated with Cleveland County. To date, a total of 18 cases of the B.1.617.2 variant have been identified in the state.

Psalm 105

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1 Give praise to the Lord, proclaim his name; make known among the nations what he has done. 2 Sing to him, sing praise to him; tell of all his wonderful acts.

Luke 21

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1 As Jesus looked up, he saw the rich putting their gifts into the temple treasury. 2 He also saw a poor widow put in two very small copper coins. 3 “Truly I tell you,” he said, “this poor widow has put in more than all the others. 4 All these people gave their gifts out of their wealth; but she out of her poverty put in all she had to live on.”

Isaiah 65

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1 “I revealed myself to those who did not ask for me; I was found by those who did not seek me. To a nation that did not call on my name, I said, ‘Here am I, here am I.’ 2 All day long I have held out my hands to an obstinate people, who walk in ways not good, pursuing their own imaginations— 3 a people who continually provoke me to my very face, offering sacrifices in gardens and burning incense on altars of brick; 4 who sit among the graves and spend their nights keeping secret vigil; who eat the flesh of pigs, and whose pots hold broth of impure meat; 5 who say, ‘Keep away; don’t come near me, for I am too sacred for you!’ Such people are smoke in my nostrils, a fire that keeps burning all day.
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RAMS are Academic State Champions!

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THE RATTAN RAMS won the first Class A State playoff round against Tushka, 7-5, but we lost the semifinal game to Ft. Cobb-Broxton by a score of 6-5. Ft. Cobb-Broxton went on to beat Wister in the Championship game by a score of 8-1. The Rattan Rams won the Class A Academic State Championship trophy with a GPA of 3.938. The Rams ended their season with a record of 29-9. Members of the team include (front l-r) Carson Bailey, Logan Smith, Seth Springfield, Conner Perry, Ethan Clay, and Cale Clay. (Back l-r) Coach Michael Clay, Sterling Watts, Jace May, Cal Birchfield, Luke Clay, Keegan Robertson, Jodie Caston, and Assistant Coach Terry Thurman. (Photo contributed.)

TSET expands ‘Swap Up’ youth nutrition campaign

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To help combat rising rates of childhood and adult obesity, the Oklahoma Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust (TSET) launched a teen-focused nutrition education campaign, Swap Up, earlier this year. Starting May 10, two new Swap Up educational messages began encouraging teenagers to make healthier nutritional choices, along with free to order educational materials supporting the healthy behaviors youth can adopt.