Sully Acosta winds up a spin to get his lasso to move faster than he previously did, at the Clinton Public Library.
Memorial Day reverence
Clinton’s Austin Reynaga, left, avoids the Woodward defender during the Reds’ home game against the Boomers. CDN | Sam Goodwyn
Decorated veteran Staff Sgt. Jack Myers sits outside and enjoys the weather Thursday at the Clinton Veterans Center. CDN | Christian Jacobsen
Maxwell Murray pressure washes new concrete Thursday at the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troop H Headquarters construction site. CDN | Christian Jacobsen
University of North Texas Coach Jon Hunter, right, chats with Elizabeth Moffitt during a game. UNT Athletics

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Clinton’s Austin Reynaga, left, avoids the Woodward defender during the Reds’ home game against the Boomers. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

While neither season ended the way anyone wanted, both Clinton soccer teams saw good things they can use going forward into the future.

University of North Texas Coach Jon Hunter, right, chats with Elizabeth Moffitt during a game. UNT Athletics

Many people go on to be doctors, lawyers or work in the oilfields or weld, but for one former Clinton graduate, he went a different way.

Columns & Opinions

DEAR HARRIETTE: My daughter is struggling to complete college. She has been in her undergraduate program now for six years and she will need a seventh before she graduates. She is majoring in mechanical engineering with a minor in data science. I told her when I heard that this was her major and minor that it may be difficult to graduate on time, and she replied with the fact that she’s smart, so she’ll be fine.

Dear Doctors: My doctor recently increased the dosage of my blood pressure medications. I want to try a natural route to reduce high blood pressure, but it appears that is for people not taking any drugs. How should I approach this issue? Can I stop my meds and go natural?

Obituaries

Funeral services for Loretta Faye Chenault, 84, of Shawnee, will be held at 10 a.m. Saturday, at First Baptist Church.

Jonathan Bartel, age 89, of Colony, Oklahoma, passed away on May 17, 2026, in Weatherford.