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- Hospital Election Results 

- Supt. Bridges gets 3-year extension

- Craft market to help church

- OSBI arrests suspect

- Clinton athletes get first taste of track season

Responded to an animal call of horses in bar ditch in the area of U.S. Highway 183 and State Highway 33, east.

TUESDAY DAY SHIFT Responded to a report of a residential alarm in the area of Sandra Rd.

In 1892, Dr. James Naismith published his original 13 rules of “basket ball” in the Springfield College school newspaper.

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — South African authorities have come under intense scrutiny for their response after civic groups said hundreds of miners have been trapped deep in an abandoned gold mine for months, with more than 100 of them believed to have died of starvation or dehydration.

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CAIRO (AP) — Hamas has accepted a draft agreement for a ceasefire in the Gaza Strip and the release of dozens of hostages, two officials involved in the talks said Tuesday. Mediator Qatar said Israel and the Palestinian militant group were at the “closest point” yet to sealing a deal.

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