First to win

John Francis receives his winnings after calling the first bingo during a game at the Clinton Veterans Center.

MARRIAGEC LICENSES Kimberley Ann Wilson and Danielle Le Hulin-Thompson

In 1792, the French National Convention declared France a republic and voted to abolish the monarchy.

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Park upgrade

Clinton Public Works Director Gene McCullough examines the site preparation for new playground equipment at McLain Rogers Park.

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — The Justice Department has opened a civil rights investigation into a Mississippi sheriff’s department whose officers tortured two Black men in a racist attack that included beatings, repeated use of stun guns and assaults with a sex toy before one of the victims was shot in the mouth, officials said Thursday.

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