Donna Rother, left, looks in awe as art teacher Megan Malloy shows off her brand new art room during the new Clinton Middle School open house Monday evening. Classes at the new facility began Tuesday. CDN | Micah Ashcraft
PSO’s new substation is now operational and providing power across Clinton and to nearby homes and businesses along Interstate 40. CDN | Micah Ashcraft
Clinton’s new football coach Trevor Powers, left, talks with Jeff Johnson during the Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Monday at the Frisco Center. CDN | Sam Goodwyn
This Nissan Rogue is being prepared to have its doors pried open to remove the driver and provide medical treatment after an accident Tuesday morning on Walton Road off of U.S. Highway 183, south of Clinton. Only the one vehicle is known to be involved in
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Clinton’s Vicente Gutierrez, top, tries to roll his opponent over during the annual Hub City Tournament Friday in the Tornado Dome. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

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Clinton’s new football coach Trevor Powers, left, talks with Jeff Johnson during the Chamber of Commerce Luncheon Monday at the Frisco Center. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

For his first public speaking moment as the new football coach for Clinton, Trevor Powers, came to the member’s luncheon for the Chamber of Commerce Monday at the Frisco Center.

Oklahoma City Thunder forward/ center Chet Holmgren has been named a 2026 NBA All-Star, it was announced by the NBA.

Columns & Opinions

The second session of the 60th Oklahoma Legislature began yesterday with Governor Kevin Stitt’s final State of the State address. The governor also presented the Legislature with his executive budget proposal for the upcoming fiscal year.

DEAR HARRIETTE: My son moved away a couple of months ago. At the time, he told me that he was able to transfer his job, which would make the move that much more seamless. Last week, he called me to tell me that his employment contract will terminate in the next few weeks. I asked him where this was coming from, and he admitted that he knew all along that this was one of the conditions of his temporary office transfer.

Obituaries

Celestino “Jesse” Flores, age 72, lifetime Butler resident, was born April 6, 1953, in Edinburg, Texas, to Virginio and Leonarda (Gonzales) Flores, and passed away at his Butler home on Friday, January 30, 2026.

Funeral services for Robert Walter Watkins, 71, of Clinton, will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, at the Randy Kiesau Chapel.