February was National Children’s Dental Health Month and Western Technology Center’s Dental Assisting program devoted Fridays in February to “Give Kids a Smile,” a special dental screening outreach program made possible through a grant with the Delta Dental Foundation. Dental Assisting Instructor Kelly Pease, Clinton Public School Nurses Sheffield Southall and Jamie Goodwin, and local dentists make this outreach happen each year for Clinton Public Schools.
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Sports
After taking down Elk City to advance in the playoffs, the Clinton Reds basketball team (5-21) ran into a brick wall Friday night in Weatherford, as it fell to the Bethany Bronchos 68-39, ending the season.
In a busy weekend for the Clinton wrestling program, five athletes headed to Oklahoma City Thursday to compete for a title.
Columns & Opinions
Donald Trump has waged war on the news media his entire career, frequently deriding journalists as “enemies of the people” and “real scum.” In his second term, he has gone far beyond name-calling, suing the Wall Street Journal and The New York Times, exerting regulatory pressure on the parent companies of CBS and ABC, defunding NPR and PBS and arresting journalists Don Lemon and Georgia Fort.
DEAR HARRIETTE: I work in finance.
Obituaries
Kathleen “Kathy” Robben, aged 78, of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, passed away on February 25, 2026.
Funeral services for Ruth Carole Jones, 88, will be held at 2 p.m. today at Sun City Emmanuel Baptist Church, in Sun City, Ariz.