Chad Hillman, 52, a truck driver from Dacoma in Woods County, was killed just after midnight Saturday when his tanker truck overturned on a Custer County road northwest of Thomas.

TUESDAY AUGUST 6 SUPPORT GROUP: Custer County Support Group for blind, visually impaired, or physically handicapped persons, at the Branding Iron Restaurant in Clinton. For more information contact Tommy Caviness

TODAY’S BIRTHDAYS: Alfred, Lord Tennyson (1809-1892), poet; Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), biologist/pharmacologist; Lucille Ball (1911-1989), actress/comedian; Robert Mitchum (1917-1997), actor; Andy Warhol (1928-1987), artist/filmmaker; Michelle Yeoh (1962- ), actress; David Robinson

Optometric physicians are reminding parents that all students should receive comprehensive vision exams before the start of the school year, especially as digital learning devices become more common and children’s

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Enjoying a “Teacher Welcome Breakfast” on their first day back, sponsored by Clinton Public School Foundation, are CHS teacher Ashley Kelley, left, and Washington Elementary teacher Robin Rodriquez.

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The Clinton Board of Education will hold a special meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday at the school board office, 1720 Opal Ave., where they will vote on a resolution to put a $27.5 million school bond proposal on an October ballot.

A Clinton man allegedly caught in the act of stealing a lawnmower here late Wednesday morning has been charged with first-degree burglary and unauthorized use of a vehicle.

The suspect is Alex Ramirez, 36. Detective Capt. Ray Hammans said the vehicle had been stolen in Oklahoma City.

A Michigan man has been charged with three felonies stemming from his apparently intentional ramming of Lt. Steven Cornell’s Oklahoma Highway Patrol vehicle Tuesday at Weatherford.

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