Clinton Fire Capt. Forrest Valentine always dreamed of being a police officer or firefighter but made the decision to change careers about 20 years after high school.
Among the normal business covered at the regular meeting of the Custer County Board of County Commissioners Monday morning were time-sensitive topics and bids to consider.
According to City Manager Robert Johnston, security cameras and new lighting have been installed at M.T. and Helen Gholston Children’s Park.
(AP) — A man with a gun thought to be similar to the one used in the killing of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson was taken into police custody Monday for questioning in Pennsylvania, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A federal appeals court has delayed a hearing in which an Oklahoma death row inmate is expected to make a final plea for mercy before his scheduled execution.
PRINCETON, N.J. (AP) — New Jersey Democratic Gov. Phil Murphy signed a law Monday to prohibit public and school libraries from banning books in the state and to enshrine protections against civil and criminal charges for librarians who comply with the law.
In 1817, Mississippi was admitted as the 20th U.S. state.
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Some of the elderly residents of seven Louisiana nursing homes who were sent in 2021 to ride out Hurricane Ida in a crowded, ill-equipped warehouse are being offered shares of a nearly $9 million settlement after they sued.
FRIDAY DAY SHIFT Responded to a report of an intoxicated driver in the 1600 block of Gary Blvd.


