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Arapaho-Butler’s Reagan Schoeppach catches the ball during the Lady Indians’ win over Caddo in the Class 3A Slow-Pitch State Championship in Shawnee. CDN | Sam Goodwyn
Going on the defensive
Jul 02, 2026

Going on the defensive

Audrey Nguyen, left, balances on the swing as Anh Dao helps her stand up Wednesday at the McLain Rogers Park Playground. CDN | Christian Jacobsen
Swing time
Jul 02, 2026

Swing time

Commemorating a $500,000 housing grant are, from left, Sovereign Bank VP Tribal Relations Manager Debbie Lindsey; Cheyenne and Arapaho Housing Authority Gov. Reggie Wassana; Cheyenne and Arapaho Housing Authority Housing Specialist Joscelyn Tapaha; Cheyen
Tribal housing authority nets $500,000 grant for tiny homes
Jul 02, 2026

Five tribal entities, including the Cheyenne and Arapaho Housing Authority, were recently awarded $1.6 million through the Native American Housing Initiatives (NAHI) Grants Program offered by the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) Topeka. The projects will be executed in partnership with Sovereign Bank, a community bank wholly owned by the Citizen Potawatomi Nation.

Layton Richmond focuses on the ball during his at-bat during Clinton’s baseball game in the OK Kids 8U Baseball State Tournament at Schumacher Fields at Acme Brick Park. CDN |Sam Goodwyn
Future All-Stars
Jul 02, 2026

Future All-Stars

CDN | Sam Goodwyn
Clinton prepares for second class of Hall of Fame
Jul 02, 2026

Clinton Athletics Director Eugene Jefferson holds onto the 1982 state championship football trophy at the Tornado Dome Tuesday, as he looks over the Hall of Fame display.

CDN | Christian Jacobsen Mission House Director Jennifer Lee checks the sunflowers growing in the community garden while on the phone with locals needing information.
Mission House still needs assistance
Jul 01, 2026

The Mission House kitchen is still in full swing and wanting to help anybody it can.

News

Here are your Daily Lunch Specials.
Thursday, July 2, 2026

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Thursday, July 2, 2026

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Sports

CDN | Sam Goodwyn
Clinton prepares for second class of Hall of Fame
Thursday, July 2, 2026

Clinton Athletics Director Eugene Jefferson holds onto the 1982 state championship football trophy at the Tornado Dome Tuesday, as he looks over the Hall of Fame display.

Layton Richmond focuses on the ball during his at-bat during Clinton’s baseball game in the OK Kids 8U Baseball State Tournament at Schumacher Fields at Acme Brick Park. CDN |Sam Goodwyn
Future All-Stars
Thursday, July 2, 2026

Future All-Stars

Columns & Opinions

Worst foreign policy blunder in decades
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

ANew York Times reports “President Trump Lost This War.” The New Yorker reports on “The Spectacular Failure and Ruinous Costs of the Iran War.” Sen. Bill Cassidy, a Louisiana Republican, calls Trump’s stumble into Iran “the worst foreign policy blunder in decades.”

College student getting mixed signals
Tuesday, June 30, 2026

DEAR HARRIETTE: I am new to dating and honestly feel at a loss. I’m a male college student who has never had a real relationship. I feel like I let things slide in the pursuit of forming a relationship, and I end up getting hurt.

Obituaries

Bobby Neal Garrett
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Funeral services for Bobby Neal Garrett,

Mary Lou Guthrie
Wednesday, July 1, 2026

Mary Lou Guthrie was born on September 2, 1928, in Canute, Oklahoma, to Ira Douglas and Susie Lee (Arney) Hudgens. She passed away on June 26, 2026, in Elk City, Oklahoma, at the age of 97.