Here's your preview of Thursday's paper
- Answers still sought in sewage issue
- Museum hosting book signing
- Suspect accused of second-degree rape
- Clinton Reds baseball falls to Canute at home
- OK 8U Baseball Tourney starts today in Clinton
Making a difference
Assisted Clinton Police Department in reference to a fight in the 700 block of S. 20th St.
Prep work
Willie Lee Ford III, 20, of Clinton, has been arrested on one count of second-degree rape against a person under the age of 16.
With the 100-year centennial for the historic Route 66 just around the corner, the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum is hosting a book signing for Route 66 ambassadors Jim Ross and Shellee Graham’s new book “Route 66 – The First 100 Years,” from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. this Saturday.
The recent situation involving the City of Clinton’s sewer line continues to be a mess for all involved. After a mainline break caused raw sewage to bypass onto a local wheat field, City officials are working with the Department of Environmental Quality to clean the area, but longterm solutions are yet to be determined.
Toasty truck
(AP) — A teen accused of fatally stabbing another student at a high school track meet in suburban Dallas was indicted Tuesday on a murder charge, a prosecutor said.
(AP) — Workers digging at Manhattan’s World Trade Center site 15 years ago made an improbable discovery: sodden timbers from a boat built during the Revolutionary War that had been buried more than two centuries earlier.