Jeter King stares down the batter as he prepares to pitch during Clinton’s game against Weatherford. CDN | Sam Goodwyn
The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics released this photo showing some of 5,414 illegal marijuana plants seized at a grow facility located on the south edge of Arapaho. CDN | Courtesy photo
Cruz Standingwater aims for more height at the Clinton Public Pool. CDN | Christian Jacobsen
Clinton’s Eli Velez controls the ball in a drill during practice in the Tornado Bowl. CDN | Sam Goodwyn
Fifth-grade math club students include front, from left, Sarahbeth Shinn-Houchin, Mya Pitts, Miley Gallegos, Adrianah Rhoads, Alia Arnold, and Genesis Pina; back, Carlos Aispuro, Ethan Gallegos, Braxtyn Taylor, Xhander Backlott, Isaac Gonzalez, Lucas Ray,
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The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics released this photo showing some of 5,414 illegal marijuana plants seized at a grow facility located on the south edge of Arapaho. CDN | Courtesy photo

A massive amount of illegal marijuana plants was seized by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics Monday at a grow facility in Arapaho.

Sports

Clinton’s Eli Velez controls the ball in a drill during practice in the Tornado Bowl. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

Going through high school, it is important to have options availiable once graduation happens.

(AP)–Transfer quarterback Brendan Sorsby will not play for Texas Tech this fall and instead plans to enter the NFL supplemental draft, ending an unprecedented legal fight over the college eligibility of a player who had acknowledged betting on college and pro sports, including some wagers on his own team while at Indiana four years ago.

Columns & Opinions

DEAR HARRIETTE: As my parents get older, they are focusing more on organizing their affairs and estate planning. With that comes some tough decisions. I am the oldest of four children, and naturally, my parents default to me for certain things. When we were growing up, my parents acquired several properties, and they purchased them in my name and my siblings’ names in birth order (so the first home was mine, the second was for the second child and so on). So now we are each fortunate to have at least one home in our names.

Dear Doctors: When I hear about seasonal depression, it has to do with winter. Supposedly it’s because of the shorter days and the lack of daylight. But I feel the start of depression whenever summer comes, which can’t be about the light. Why would that happen?

Obituaries

Gay Carroll Jack, age 90, a lifelong Clinton resident, passed away peacefully on June 14, 2026, at Epworth Villa in Oklahoma City. She was born on December 25, 1935, in Wewoka, Oklahoma, to Virgil E. and Della Mae (Knight) Tilley.

Nettie Lou Seale, of Grove, Oklahoma, went to her Heavenly Home on June 10, 2026. Born on July 1, 1946, in Hobart, Oklahoma, Nettie devoted her life to caring for others, a commitment that was evident throughout her distinguished 35-year career teaching nursing.