Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector Cindy Byrd recently released her forensic audit report for the Payne County Sheriff’s Office. The Payne County Board of County Commissioners requested the State Auditor & Inspector’s Office (SA&I) to investigate the financial activity of a sheriff’s office employee.

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- Council talks about various City issues

- Crews deal with water line breaks

- Mission House meeting winter needs of people in community

- Former CHS grad takes over Bishop McGuinness

There was a smorgasbord of agenda items for the Clinton City Council to go over in Tuesday’s meeting. While one point of emphasis was approving an ordinance to punish the practice of dumping people off without proper accommodations within city limits, other issues were addressed as well.

Crews deal with water line breaks

Shorthanded and overstretched, the Clinton Water Department has been moving frantically from line break to line break in an effort to combat the devastating effects of freezing temperatures.

Mission House meeting winter needs of people in community

The Clinton Mission House has been taking extra measures recently to provide safety and comfort to its occupants during the past week’s winter weather. Director Jessica Castellano said it’s important for her and others at the house to remember to be humans, and not just hard-liners that stand by the rules. So, in that spirit, Castellano said they have been more lenient about their entry rules in an effort to make shelter more accessible to those looking to stay warm.

NEW YORK (AP) — A New York midwife who gave nearly 1,500 children homeopathic pellets instead of required vaccinations has been fined $300,000, the state’s health department announced this week.

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