The City of Clinton has closed out its years-long powdered activated carbon (PAC) feed system project at the Clinton Lake Water Treatment Plant after supply chain challenges slowed down its progress. The project, partially funded by a Community Development Block Grant (CDBG), which is provided by the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, will see Clinton’s water supply become cleaner and more appealing with less taste and odor problems.

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. health regulators are weighing the first-ever request to make a birth control pill available without a prescription.

Stafford Air and Space Museum, located at 3000 Logan Rd. in Weatherford, will be joining museums nationwide in the Blue Star Museums initiative, a program that provides free admission to currently serving U.S. military personnel and their families between May 20 and Sept. 4.

NEW YORK (AP) — Uncertainty continues to pummel the banking industry, despite assurances from financial regulators and bankers such as Jamie Dimon this week that the worst of the recent crisis is over and the health of the banking system remains strong.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — The federal Health and Human Services Department often failed to perform required background checks on workers at emergency holding centers for migrant children who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border alone during a surge in 2021, the agency’s internal watchdog has found.

Baking teamwork

Western Oklahoma Christian School 4-H Club members who competed in the recent Custer County 4-H Cupcake Wars held April 15th, from left, are Mia Foster, Lydia McElwain and Ava Johnson. They placed third in their division.

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