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- Former officer facing felony charges

- CEDA board attempts to define job parameters

- Trio earns Academic All-State

- Council allows time for demolition

- A-B basketball looks to continue improving

Former officer facing felony charges

Emmauel Ruiz, 29, of Clinton and a former Clinton Police officer, has been arrested based upon allegations of wrongdoing during his time on the police force.

So many choices

Sophia Ortiz, left, and Oriana Acosta look at books for the Book Fair at Southwest Elementary School. 

Jackson McCullough

The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence will honor 100 Oklahoma public school seniors as members of its 2026 Academic All-State class and among that number are three area students. They are Jackson Mc-Cullough, Clinton High School; Ehimen Umobaurie, Arapaho-Butler High School; and Katie Kreizenbeck, Weatherford High School.

Council allows time for demolition

Essentially by taking no official action, the Clinton City Council bought more time for a family attempting to properly dispose of a dilapidated home.

(AP) – An Arkansas man accused of killing his teenage daughter’s alleged abuser won the Republican nomination for local sheriff while waiting to stand trial for murder in his rural county, where he ran on a message of seeing the failures of law enforcement.

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