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Here are your Daily Lunch Specials.

Thursday, September 25, 2025

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 Thursday CDN

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Here's your preview of Thursday's paper- OHP nabs counterfeit money, pot- Baker’s dessert wins big at fair- Southwest installs reading room- Red Tornadoes look to clip Eagles’ wings- Senior volleyball player looks to work with animals- Full obituary for Douglas George Ashby- Local, state, national...

Mickie Haag stocks several pairs of newly donated boots to the “Boot Room” shelves Wednesday morning at the Clinton Mission House Wear It Again store. CDN | Micah Ashcraft

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These boots are made for sellin’

Thursday, September 25, 2025

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OHP nabs counterfeit money, pot

Thursday, September 25, 2025

A Nevada man has been arrested following a traffic stop that led to the discovery of alleged trafficked marijuana and counterfeit cash.According to his affidavit of probable cause, Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Dalton Justice initiated the stop in the late hours of Sept.19.

From left, Oklahoma Wheat Commissioners Chairman Raymond Parrish, Miss Elk City Teen Bailey Gossen, Arapaho-Butler’s Malley Baker and David Gammill recognize Baker’s champion tray for winning “Best of Wheat” bread making contest at the Oklahoma St

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Baker’s dessert wins big at fair

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Clinton local and Arapaho- Butler senior Malley Baker recently placed first in the Sweet Bread Category of the Junior Division at the State “Best of Wheat” Bread Baking contest held Sunday at the Oklahoma State Fair.

CDN | Micah Ashcraft

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Southwest installs reading room

Thursday, September 25, 2025

Southwest Elementary School has just started a new program, with a goal of improving students’ reading ability with a dedicated reading room.Southwest Elementary School Principal April Miner was able to share some of the details as to what led to creating the reading room.

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Three people shot at immigration facility

Thursday, September 25, 2025

DALLAS (AP) — Three people have been shot at a U.S.Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Dallas and the shooter is dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the agency’s director said.Acting ICE Director Todd Lyons confirmed the shooting during an interview on CNN on Wednesday.

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Trump rehires hundreds of federal employees

Thursday, September 25, 2025

(AP) — Hundreds of federal employees who lost their jobs in Elon Musk’s cost-cutting blitz are being asked to return to work.

Scarlett Scheib puts fries into a container for students’ lunches at Clinton Middle School. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

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Lunch prep

Thursday, September 25, 2025

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Maui officials lift evacuations

Thursday, September 25, 2025

(AP) — Officials on the Hawaiian island of Maui have lifted evacuation orders for residents living near a wildfire that broke out late Tuesday. Police went door-to-door evacuating residents and emergency sirens sounded before firefighters stopped the blaze’s forward progress.