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With the season more than halfway over, Clinton senior Landon Wilson is keeping focused on the season, as he also starts to think about his life after high school.
Taking the shot
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You’ve seen videos of Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers struggling to apprehend illegal immigrants in Minneapolis and elsewhere around the country. Many of those immigrants have criminal records. The reason ICE struggles to detain them is that heavily Democratic jurisdictions, such as Minneapolis, specifically make it hard for immigration authorities to detain criminal illegal immigrants.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I became a dad at a young age. I had my first daughter at 18 and my second when I was 22. When their mom and I broke up, the three of them moved out of state, so I’ve been a longdistance parent to my daughters for about six years now. I have them on holidays and summer break, but because of the distance, I often feel nervous or even awkward when they come to stay with me.
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Funeral services for Edward Daniel King,
Walter ‘Wally” William Tarkington, loving husband and father, accomplished musician, talented chef, and everyone’s favorite smarty pants, died at home January 6, 2026, in Clinton, OK.