PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A Texas man has pleaded guilty to his role in a romance scam in which women from across the nation were cheated out of a total of about $1.6 million by someone often pretending to be a U.S. Army general.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — The family of a man who died from dehydration and malnutrition while being held in a west Arkansas jail filed a federal lawsuit Friday claiming jail staff ignored his medical and mental health needs.

NYC mayor blasts feds' migrant response

EL PASO, Texas (AP) — During a visit to the Texas border city of El Paso, New York Mayor Eric Adams offered a blistering criticism of the federal government's response to the influx of immigrants into U.S. cities, saying, 'We need clear coordination.'

ATLANTA (AP) — America has honored Martin Luther King Jr. with a federal holiday for nearly four decades yet still hasn't fully embraced and acted on the lessons from the slain civil rights leader, his youngest daughter said Monday.

Homecoming King and Queen

Clinton High School’s 2023 Basketball Homecoming King and Queen are Chezdon Rivers and Paige Lloyd. The Homecoming Queen and King were announced Friday evening before the start of Clinton’s basketball game against Blanchard.

Local law enforcement including the Clinton Police Department and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol have remained busy going into the new year with cases involving stolen identity and domestic assault.

Planning for the upcoming Clinton High School All-School Reunion, set to be held May 26 and 27, has kicked off for the new year.

Learning their vegetables

Eastside Academy students Jesiah Reed, left, and Gabriel Price put together creations made of fruits and vegatables. The Custer County Oklahoma State University Extension Office recently visited to talk to and show students where their vegetables come from and how they grow.

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