Nearly 15 years after passage of the federal Real ID Act, Oklahoma will become compliant with the controversial law by the fall of 2020, officials now say. Oklahoma is one of three states still working to comply with the act.
While Clinton will get the biggest share by far of new Custer County highway projects in the latest eight-year plan from the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, the rest of the county won’t be left out.
Leslie Ponce, left, is holding Jaiden Begay’s original clay jack-o-lantern so she can sign the bottom of it. Students in Clinton High School’s 3D art class are working hard to have seasonal creations ready to take home before Halloween.
Members of Clinton’s Junior High and High School Choir performed Monday at the First Baptist Church in Lawton, as part of the Southwest All-Region Honor Choir.
The Custer County OSU Extension Office will host a meeting for agricultural producers who want to learn more about the 2018 Farm Bill, to be held from 8 a.m. until noon on Monday at the Custer County Fairgrounds, 1738 U.S. Highway 183 in Clinton.
The State of Oklahoma and Custer County aren’t the only government entities dealing with road improvements this week. At its regular meeting Tuesday night, the Clinton City Council approved asphalt overlays of three in-town streets expected to cost a little over $280,000.
In 1767, the boundary between Delaware, Maryland and Pennsylvania (the Mason-Dixon Line) was established.
In 1962, Drs. James Watson, Francis Crick and Maurice Wilkins won the Nobel Prize in medicine/physiology for uncovering the double-helix structure of DNA.
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Savage, Paula LeMarr McBride: 61, newspaper editor, died Oct. 12. Memorial services 3:30 p.m. Saturday, Anadarko Daily News (Ray & Martha’s, Anadarko).
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SENIOR EVENT: Grocery shopping. For a ride call (580) 309-3467. 8:30 a.m.
DANCE: American Legion dance at the Legion Hall on U.S. 183, entry by donation. 6:30 p.m - 9:30 p.m.