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Thursday, January 22, 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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Thursday, January 22, 2026

Here's your preview of Thursday's paper- Call leads to schools in soft lockdown- Council conducts speedy meeting- County leaders talk about bracing for the bitter cold- Clinton wrestling finishes third in District Duals- Local, state, national news, sports and more Read the Clinton Daily News in...

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Call leads to schools in soft lockdown

Thursday, January 22, 2026

One phone call set in motion a chain of events where all of the schools in the Clinton Public Schools’ system were placed in a “soft lockdown” Tuesday morning.

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County leaders talk about bracing for the bitter cold

Thursday, January 22, 2026

At Tuesday’s Custer County commissioner’s meeting, county officials discussed the upcoming weather and how they’re preparing for the cold, as well as a few odds and ends.“We’re finally going to have some winter.

Corn Bible Academy’s homecoming court is all smiles as they take a group photo. CBA’s homecoming was rescheduled to next Thursday against Mt. View after its original homecoming was cancelled to due to illness. Pictured, from left, in front are Gretta

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Homecoming court

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Homecoming court

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Council conducts speedy meeting

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Tuesday night’s meeting of the Clinton City Council was short and sweet, wrapping up in less than 10 minutes but delivering a few important bits of information.Public Works Director Gene McCullough was asked to provide an update on the repairs to the 27-inch sanitary sewer line.

Thomas LaRocco loads a bag of ice melt into a customer’s car Wednesday in the parking lot of Sutherlands. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

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Preparing for winter

Thursday, January 22, 2026

Preparing for winter

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Trump administration drops legal appeal over anti-DEI funding threat

Thursday, January 22, 2026

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration is dropping its appeal of a federal court ruling that blocked a campaign against diversity, equity, and inclusion threatening federal funding to the nation’s schools and colleges.

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Thursday, January 22, 2026

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Jurors selected in trial for alleged murder-for-hire plot in Chicago

Thursday, January 22, 2026

CHICAGO (AP) — A jury was selected Tuesday in the trial of a man accused of offering a $10,000 bounty for the life of a Border Patrol commander behind an immigration crackdown in Chicago last year.Juan Espinoza Martinez, 37, faces one count of murder-forhire.