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Every year for the last five years the Clinton, Classic Run has been held downtown Clinton, the first Saturday of June.
Going into next year, the offense for the Clinton Red Tornado football team will have a new leader, as former Texhoma head coach Garrett Harland is coming in to be the offensive coordinator and will be running a spread offense.
Columns & Opinions
In 279 B.C., King Pyrrhus of Epirus defeated a Roman legion at the Battle of Asculum. But that conflict cost so many casualties that his forces were left weak and vulnerable, leading the monarch to lament, “One more such victory and we are completely done for!” The phrase “Pyrrhic victory” has survived for more than 2,300 years because it so aptly describes a driven but deluded leader who picks the wrong fight. Now it applies to President Trump, who engineered successful primary challenges against two Republican senators that he accuses of disloyalty: John Cornyn of Texas and Bill Cassidy of Louisiana.
I asked someone who looked as if he might know something, “what’s up with the bells?”
Obituaries
Roland Jay Sherrill, Jr., was born on February 9, 1978, to Roland and Ann (Shaeffer) Sherrill, Sr. in Beaver, OK, and passed away on Tuesday, June 2, 2026, at his home in Clinton, Oklahoma.
Rex Lee Kelley, age 95, passed peacefully into the arms of his Savior on May 29, 2026. He was born on August 17, 1930, in Bowlegs, Oklahoma, to Edgar Cecil Kelley and Dora Mary Kelley. Rex lived a life defined by hard work, loyalty, service, and unwavering devotion to his family.