Here is a look at Wednesday's edition
- DHS office to stay open in Clinton
- Driving school slated
- Couple invests in church building
- OSU approves removal of Murray name from buildings
- Alliance: Use funds to plug wells
When the Oklahoma Department of Human Services is done implementing the severe budget-cutting measures it recently announced, DHS offices in 33 Oklahoma counties will be permanently shut down. Another 35 counties — including Custer County and its office in Clinton — will be spared.
City of Clinton employee Alex Tyler, left, nearly disappears out of sight, as he performs routine water maintenance at Southwest Elementary School with the help of fellow city worker Travis Sperle.
Clinton Public Schools will hold Second Chance Summer Driver Education classes, beginning July 1.
Clinton’s First Presbyterian Church has new owners. The 100-year-old building has been sitting empty the past couple of years since the church closed, but the next chapter of its life will look quite different after being purchased by Jason and Meridith Smith.
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In 1901, the first major exhibition of Pablo Picasso’s work opened in Paris.
The Oklahoma A&M (OSU/A&M) Board of Regents unanimously voted recently to remove the name Murray from Murray Hall and North Murray Hall on Oklahoma State University’s campus.
Carlos Walton vigorously tackles the climbing pool rock wall at Clinton’s public swimming pool.
The Petroleum Alliance of Oklahoma is urging the Oklahoma Corporation Commission (OCC) to request Governor Kevin Stitt direct federal funding provided by the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act to plug abandoned wells, helping to restore jobs for oilfield service workers displaced by the pandemic-driven price crash.