Monday night, Fuerza Latina Clinton hosted a forum including Ward 4 candidates. Those participating were incumbent Art Lloyd and challenger Bobby Stewart. The format of the forum was that each candidate was asked a specific question, sent in by a member of the community, and then given up to two minutes to answer.
Truckloads of ground cover are on site at the M.T. and Helen Gholston Children’s Park in preparation for volunteers expected to converge Friday and Saturday as they work together to regenerate the Clinton landmark that was built 24 years ago. Organizers say anyone wanting to help is encouraged to show up at the park on those days.
This is the second installment covering the mayoral candidate forum hosted by Fuerza Latina Clinton Monday at the Clinton Middle School Auditorium. The format featured Mayor David Berrong being asked questions first, then followed by challenger Chris Roland.
Clinton Regional Hospital Gift Shop volunteers Pat Colvin, left, and La-Vonne Holmes show off one of the wreaths that will be available to decorate as a part of a fundraiser for the Clinton Regional Hospital Service Volunteers Program. The last day to reserve a wreath or tree will be Oct. 25.
Déjà vu may have only been slight Monday when Clinton fifth-grade students returned to their old stomping grounds at Southwest Elementary School. That’s because the new classroom addition at the school, funded via the community’s support of the previous bond issue, was basically ready for business according to Supt. Tyler Bridges.
Sadie Nickel, right, sells Renee Johnson a ticket to Western Oklahoma Christian School’s Hamburger Fry. The event is tomorrow at the Frisco Center in Clinton. Dine-in or takeout will be available. Lunch is from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and dinner is from 5 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. Proceeds benefit WOCS in Clinton, Weatherford, and Elk City.
Sen. Darcy Jech, R-Kingfisher, held an interim study in the Senate Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee on Monday to evaluate the management of invasive woody species on state-owned properties.
Clinton Student Resources Officer (SRO) Andrew Wilson, right, gives candy to Colton, Carlos, Madi and Junior Wright during Clinton Regional Hospital’s Trunk or Treat event.
(AP) — Israeli jets struck multiple buildings in Lebanon’s southern coastal city of Tyre on Wednesday, sending large clouds of black smoke into the air.
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — Relatives of a city council candidate in Richmond, Virginia, are casting doubt on his claim that he is a cousin of George Floyd, the Black man whose 2020 death in police custody reignited the national Black Lives Matter movement.