Preston Payne, a senior at Thomas-Fay-Custer Unified High School, paged for House Speaker Pro Tempore Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, from Feb. 9-12 at the State Capitol. This was his second year to page for Pro Tem Moore.
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To kick off the 2026 Class 4A Playoffs, the Clinton basketball teams headed east Saturday on Interstate 40 to take on a familiar foe in the Weatherford Eagles.
At the beginning of the week, history was made for the Clinton Lady Reds wrestling program as Baylor Moore clinched a spot in the Class 5A State Wrestling Tournament, the first time the Lady Reds will be represented at the annual event in the history of the program.
Columns & Opinions
My husband, Peter, and I have landed in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, and already the strange seems familiar again.
President Trump rallied “stop the steal” as he protested – frequently but falsely – that the 2020 election had been rigged against him. Now that slogan is relevant again – but for two totally different reasons.
Obituaries
Pamela Ann Kauk-Delp was born April 10, 1958 in Clinton, Oklahoma to Jimmie Kauk and Loreta (Stoddard) Kauk.
Vernon Charles Chockpoyah, age 94, resident of the Clinton Veterans Center, was born April 30, 1931 in Lawton to James and Mae (Wauqua) Chockpoyah. He passed away Wednesday, February 18, 2026 at the Clinton Veterans Center.





