The long rows of empty rail cars lined up near Farmrail’s office on Gary Boulevard are stark evidence of the downturn in the oil industry. Farmrail president and general manager Judy Petry said the rail cars, many of them sand hoppers used in fracking service, are in storage all over the company’s 350 miles of track right now.
Clinton High School graduates, at left, Aaron Haskell and, at right, Lauren Margerum and Leslie Lopez, prepare to board their chariots of honor during the recent graduation festivities.
Oklahomans eligible for 13 weeks of extended unemployment benefits may now file online at ui.ok.gov.
Here's a look inside the Weekend Edition
- Mission House sets new record
- Registration deadline set for June election
- Estrada uses new job to find homes for animals
- Legion cancels service due to COVID-19
- Four make OBCA teams
- State deaths
Clinton Boy Scouts Blake Brewer, left, and Gabriel Simpson reverently unfurl the American flag to raise at the Clinton Cemetery in honor of Memorial Day. CDN
Custer County Election Board Secretary Ann Brown said Friday, June 5, 2020, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the June 30, Primary Election, Special City of Weatherford Election, Special City of Thomas Election, Caddo-Kiowa Technology Center Election, and Hammon School Election, Custer County Secretary.
Clinton’s Mission House has been helping the community’s most vulnerable for more than 30 years, and during the COVID-19 pandemic it has continued to serve three meals a day, seven days a week, out of its dining room. These days those meals are served in togo boxes instead of at communal tables, but in spite of rising food prices no one has gone hungry, said director Jennifer Howard.
Clinton Police Department has appointed a new full-time ACO (animal control officer). Heather Estrada is already well-known for her animal rescue work in Clinton since 2015, so being the ACO gives her a solid base from which to continue improving the plight of stray and unwanted dogs here.
Due to CDC recommendations, public Memorial Day services at the Clinton Cemetery have been cancelled. However, American Legion Post 41 members are placing flags at various local cemeteries to honor veterans.
DAY SHIFT Officers conducted a