No. 10 Snider Dowdell throws the ball in during Clinton’s game Wednesday against Elk City. CDN | Sam Goodwyn
From 8 p.m. to 6 a.m. Monday through Thursday Neptune Drive will be closed due to demolition of the overpass bridge. CDN | Staff Photo
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Tony Wendice (Wesley Javorsky” antagonizes Jacob Staggs’ character in “Dial M for Murder” at Southwest Playhouse. Look at Staggs’ clenched fist. CDN | Christian Jacobsen
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Kaelib Simpson practices his “ollie” skateboard trick Tuesday at McLain Rogers Park in the basketball court. CDN | Christian Jacobsen

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No. 10 Snider Dowdell throws the ball in during Clinton’s game Wednesday against Elk City. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

After starting the game Tuesday, the Clinton Reds baseball team (6-19) was forced to pause the home game against the Elk City Elks due to inclement weather and were defeated 14-1 on Wednesday when play resumed.

Sophia Williams, left, and Sawyer Acosta smile after competing at the Area Special Olympics Unified Bocce Ball Tournament at Clinton High School. CDN |Courtesy Photo

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Vice President JD Vance faced an impossible task trying to negotiate an end to the U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. That Vance failed is no surprise, given Iran’s so-far implacable resistance to the demand that it abandon its nuclear weapons program. That, Vance said, is President Donald Trump’s “core goal” of the war.

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Obituaries

Funeral services for Marciea N. Driver, 90, of Clinton, will be held at 2 p.m. Monday, at Freewill Baptist Church.

Paul Crayton, 69, of Clinton, Oklahoma, passed away Monday, April 13, 2026, at his home.