A felony charge of embezzlement has been filed against a former Weatherford man who was allegedly paid $6,000 in advance 15 months ago to do some home repairs that were never done.

The suspect is Terry Nelson, 36, believed to be living now in Williston, N.D.

Eugene Hall, one of the coordinators for this year’s Clinton Veteran’s Day Parade, said Tuesday it will be held at 4 p.m. Monday, Nov. 11.

As usual, the parade will go east on Frisco Avenue from Tenth Street to Fifth.

Custer County Officers host fellows

Custer County elected officers played host Thursday to those from 18 neighboring counties at the annual meeting of the Northwest District County Officers and Directors Association held at the Frisco Center in Clinton.

Details of two auto accidents resulting in injuries, one on U.S. Highway 183 north of Cordell and the other east of Sayre on Interstate 40, were released Thursday by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.

Ball field gets heave-ho

Mark Miner pulls the chain link fencing from the backstop at the old ball field at the rodeo grounds. He was there volunteering in the city’s inaugural “Clinton FIRST” cleanup day.

Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Subcommittee on Regulatory Affairs and Federal Management, today praised the Administration’s announcement of two executive orders (EOs) regarding transparency in agency guidance.

A Celebration of Life will be held for Jimmie (Jim) B. Young, 64, of Elk City and formerly of Weatherford, at 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 2, at the Pioneer Center, 1000 Gartrell Pl. in Weatherford.

Young died Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019.

SATURDAY

OCTOBER 12

MEETING: Al-Anon New Beginnings will be hosted at First United Methodist Church in Clinton. Meets every Saturday. 9 a.m.

SUNDAY

OCTOBER 13

Fire fighters clean up rodeo grounds

Pulling up fence posts at the rodeo grounds on Clinton FIRST community-wide cleanup day are, from left, Mark Switzer (partially hidden), Brad Lambeth, Joe Williams, Troy Calvert and Blake Shaddon.

Southwestern Oklahoma State University will celebrate the 50th annual SWOSU Jazz Festival in 2020 with the Grammy Award winning Gordon Goodwin’s Big Phat Band. The SWOSU Jazz Festival is planned Feb.

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