Writing to Santa

Carlos Esparza writes Santa all the things he wants for Christmas this year.

FRIDAY DAY SHIFT Responded to a report of a suspicious subject in the 100 block of Gary Blvd.

Cream of education crop

To cap off the first semester of school Tracy McCullough, left, was named the 2024-24 Support Staff Employee of the Year and Rhett Blundell was chosen as Teacher of the Year.

At an engineering competition involving robotics in El Reno, a team of three WTC students won the Innovate Award. From left are Keagan Lamb of Hammon, and Joel Badillo and Jacob Collier, both from Clinton. CDN | Courtesy photo

Three Western Technology Center engineering students, including two from Clinton, received the Innovate Award Dec. 7 at the Red Dirt Rumble Robotics Meet in El Reno.

Rock garden

Washita Chapter NSDAR honorary regent Carol Ann Batterton is working on an ongoing rock garden project to be placed in veteran clinics. The rocks serve as a thank you to the veterans for their service. Batterton was presented rocks painted by the Arapaho-Butler High School art class taught by Angela Dupree. From left are Merry Jacobs, Jeanette Sikes, Christy Eaton and Daughters of the American Revolution Carol Batterton, Roberta Diggs and Ellena Womack.

The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board has recently granted funding to the South Western Oklahoma Development Authority (SWODA). According to a press release from SWODA, the funds are meant “to be used to decrease the impact of the current opioid crisis. SWODA hopes to increase resources and services that save lives and decrease or prevent illicit opioid use.”

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