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Thursday, February 5, 2026

• When wildlife rummages through your garbage, it can be more than just a nuisance – wild animals can choke, get trapped and die. To help them, it’s key to make trash as unenticing as possible and nearly impossible to get into. To wildlife-proof your trash bins, start by minimizing the odors.

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Here are your Daily Lunch Specials.

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Here are the daily specials being offered by Clinton eating establishments:Lucille’s Roadhouse - Download the ASAP Energy app to order To-Go online!

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Main headlines for the Wednesday CDN

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Here's your preview of Wednesday's paper- Clinton’s new substation is online- Moore files three bills for education- Odds, ends from county meeting- Powers meets with community at luncheon- Full obituary for Celestino “Jesse” Flores, Helen Beth Bross- Notice of death and services for Robert Walter...

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Moore files three bills for education

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

House Speaker Pro Tempore Anthony Moore, R-Clinton, has filed a trio of bills to improve education outcomes for Oklahoma students and to provide greater access to higher learning.

This Nissan Rogue is being prepared to have its doors pried open to remove the driver and provide medical treatment after an accident Tuesday morning on Walton Road off of U.S. Highway 183, south of Clinton. Only the one vehicle is known to be involved in

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Tuesday morning crash

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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Odds, ends from county meeting

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

While much of the conversation at Monday’s County Commissioner meeting dealt with recent weather, an assortment of other topics were approached as well.“I pushed the panic button the other day, too.Had everybody coming up here, and didn’t even know I pushed it,” said County Clerk Melissa Graham.

PSO’s new substation is now operational and providing power across Clinton and to nearby homes and businesses along Interstate 40. CDN | Micah Ashcraft

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Clinton’s new substation is online

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

Clinton’s new substation is officially active and serving local area customers.“The project has been years in the making. A lot of that involved zoning requirements, permits, the whole process of rebuilding or constructing a new substation,” said PSO External Affairs Manager Aaron Russell.

Donna Rother, left, looks in awe as art teacher Megan Malloy shows off her brand new art room during the new Clinton Middle School open house Monday evening. Classes at the new facility began Tuesday. CDN | Micah Ashcraft

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New art room

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

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TODAY IN HISTORY

Wednesday, February 4, 2026

In 1974, the Symbionese Liberation Army, an American revolutionary group, kidnapped newspaper heiress Patty Hearst in Berkeley, California.In 2004, Harvard sophomore Mark Zuckerberg launched thefacebook. com, the site that would eventually become Facebook.

Chris Maley works on the computer to update the brackets during the first day of the recent Hub City Wrestling Tournament at the Tornado Dome. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

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Tech work

Wednesday, February 4, 2026