The Clinton City Council brought lively energy to its brief meeting Tuesday evening. During the session, councilmembers made two significant decisions – they accepted American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) recovery funds and approved the replacement of water lines on S. 10th St.

Butterflies emerge

Diane Peters, left, first-grade teacher at Western Oklahoma Christian School, helps students Willow Mayfield, Sky Bagby and Monroe Murray release butterflies. Murray gasps in awe as the class observes the insects’ metamorphosis from pupae to adult butterflies.

Summer Playground gearing up for registration

Clinton Summer Playground, a community program that has provided summer experiences for local children since 1948, is set to open registration for its 2024 season next week.

Responded to an animal call of cow out with no branding or ear tags in the vicinity of N. 2460 Rd. and E. 1000 Rd., Weatherford.

In 1859, British, French and German engineers began construction on the Suez Canal in Egypt.

NEW YORK (AP) — Columbia University said early Wednesday that it was making “important progress” with pro-Palestinian student protesters who set up a tent encampment and that it was extending a deadline to clear out, yet standoffs remained tense on the Ivy League campus in upper Manhattan.

Dipped by lover

In a surprising turn of events, Max Bennett, played by Conagher Hardaway, dips his lover Sandra Wilkinson, played by Gini Smith, during Southwest Playhouse’s production of “The Play That Goes Wrong.” Bennett and Wilkinson also portray Cecil Haversham and Florence Colleymore, respectively, in this play-within-a-play.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A 10-year-old boy awoke to find his parents and three brothers dead in their southwest Oklahoma City home, all fatally shot by his father, police said Tuesday.

NEW DELHI (AP) — The hugely popular Chinese app TikTok may be forced out of the U.S., where a measure to outlaw the video-sharing app has won congressional approval and is on its way to President Biden for his signature.

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