(AP) — A powerful storm kicked up a towering wall of dust that rolled through metro Phoenix on Monday, darkening the sky, blinding drivers, knocking out power and grounding flights at one of the nation’s busiest airports.

Choir class

Clinton Public Schools Choir Director Kimberly Duerksen directs the Clinton High School Choir during class.

In 1859, Edwin L. Drake found oil with the first successful oil well in the United States near Titusville, Pennsylvania.

In 1979, British war hero Lord Louis Mountbatten and three others were killed in a boat explosion for which the Irish Republican Army claimed responsibility.

Here's your preview of Tuesday's paper

- Pigskins football contest starts today

- Cost of two hospital votes listed

- Three wrecks, two deaths on roads

- Interlocal agreement reached with Dewey Co.

- Red Tornadoes take on Anadarko for scrimmage

Raindrops keep fallin’ ...

Marty Adkinson uses his umbrella to stay dry during the rain Monday morning while stepping out onto Frisco Avenue.

Refining the scene

From left, Blair Barnett Green, Angela Nichols, and Gaven Houck practice a musical number during rehearsals for the upcoming production of “Bright Star” at the Southwest Playhouse.

The recent rains continue to hamper the plans of Custer County commissioners, though the weather wasn’t the only development discussed at Monday’s meeting.

Three different singlevehicle accidents – two of them deadly – involving area motorists were investigated by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol this weekend.

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