The Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s 69 trooper academy will be held next spring as a “bridge” academy, which will be the first of its kind in OHP. It’s intended to encourage more already qualified officers from other agencies to become OHP troopers.

Cheer ready for regionals

Clinton High School’s competition cheerleading team will compete in regionals Saturday at Woodward High School against 25 other teams. There hasn’t been a competition cheerleading team for Clinton since 2006 according to cocoaches Angie Newcomb and Sarah Denison.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The man known as “Tiger King,” who gained fame in a Netflix documentary following his conviction for trying to hire someone to kill an animal rights activist, says he has cancer.

Costume winners

At left, an entrant only known as “King” won the 3-year-old division in the Kiwanis Club contest with his “Ghost Buster” costume; Vivien Salinas was runner-up as a “Flower Girl: Day of the Dead”; and Aislynn Casas was third as a “Scarecrow.”

Responded to a medical call in the 600 block of N. Main, Thomas.

More local Kiwanis Club costume winners recognized

For the 8-year-olds, from left, Opal Smith finished first dressed as “Wolfday Adams,” AaRalyn Shindler was second as “Evie” and McKenna Cyrus finished third as a “Zombie Cheerleader.”

(AP) – Tens of millions of Americans who work at companies with 100 or more employees will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 4 or get tested for the virus weekly under government rules issued Thursday.

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