PEN America launches digital site to support incarcerated writers

NEW YORK (AP) — Writers in U.S. prisons will have a new path to getting their work seen through a website managed by PEN America that includes information on publishers, agents, journalists and other potential contacts.

New owner to open memorial site where Emmett Till was killed

(AP) – The barn in Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed will open to the public as a “sacred” memorial site by 2030, the new owner announced.

Ready to perform

Clinton High School “Pride of Clinton Band” students from left, bass clarinet Jonathan Frater, earned 2nd Chair Symphonic; flute Grace Rivas, earned 10th Chair Symphonic; trumpet Lily Tarkington, earned 2nd Chair Symphonic and French horn Jackson McCullough, earned 5th Chair Symphonic with the...

Firefighter training center plans revived

(AP) – Norfolk Southern railroad worked with the state of Ohio and Youngstown State University to revive plans for a $20 million first responder training center near the site of the worst derailment in a decade in East Palestine, Ohio.

POLICE REPORT - MONDAY

Responded to a report of vandalism in the 1400 block of Neptune Dr.Responded to a report of an illegal parking complaint in the 400 block of S. 25th St.Responded to a report of larceny in the 1200 block of W. Gary Blvd.Responded to a report of a suspicious subject in the area of 7th St.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Dannie B. Kliewer to Susan D. Shantz and Terry E. Kliewer, QCD. SE ¼ 27-13N-14W.Alfred Gene Morelock to Alfred Gene Morelock and Seth Morelock, Deed. Lots 1 and 2, Blk. 32, Huber Addn. Weatherford.Pile Land & Cattle Company, Inc. to Andrea Pile, Trustee and Allison Kendall, Trustee, QCD. Lot 2, Blk.

Honor band

Clinton Middle School Students from left, William Roberts, earned sixth chair horn; Payson Panana, earned seventh chair trumpet; Santiago Rodriguez, earned second chair bass clarinet; and Madilyn Ruyle, earned third chair percussion with the Southwest Oklahoma Band Directors Association Honor Band,...

Tornado damages homes

(AP) — A tornado that raced through residential areas north of Houston damaged more than 100 homes, tearing o– roofs, moving garages o– their foundations and smashing windows, authorities in Texas said.

Moore Public Schools responds to teen housing crisis

Bridges of Oklahoma, alongside Moore Public Schools, has begun construction on a village for Moore High School students needing a place to live.

One of 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre’s last survivors, dies at 111

(AP) — Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111.