Pedro Lopez places some flooring at the new McLain Rogers playground Tuesday afternoon, while marking where it needs to be cut to make a perfect fit around some of the equipment. The park is in the final stages of completion.
In the continuing saga of this year’s Ward 2, 4 and mayoral election, the Clinton City Council met briefly Wednesday and voted to officially declare the filing period that ended on June 17 void.
TODAY'S HISTORY
The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) partnered with the Oklahoma Department of Securities, the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office, the Oklahoma Banker’s Association and AARP Oklahoma to host the Hoodwinked Fraud Conference virtually, beginning July 8, 2020.
Tuesday, June 23
Here is a look at Wednesday's edition
- DHS office to stay open in Clinton
- Driving school slated
- Couple invests in church building
- OSU approves removal of Murray name from buildings
- Alliance: Use funds to plug wells
When the Oklahoma Department of Human Services is done implementing the severe budget-cutting measures it recently announced, DHS offices in 33 Oklahoma counties will be permanently shut down. Another 35 counties — including Custer County and its office in Clinton — will be spared.
City of Clinton employee Alex Tyler, left, nearly disappears out of sight, as he performs routine water maintenance at Southwest Elementary School with the help of fellow city worker Travis Sperle.
Clinton Public Schools will hold Second Chance Summer Driver Education classes, beginning July 1.
Clinton’s First Presbyterian Church has new owners. The 100-year-old building has been sitting empty the past couple of years since the church closed, but the next chapter of its life will look quite different after being purchased by Jason and Meridith Smith.