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Here's your preview of Thursday's paper- Council awards bid for hospital roof- Authority joins suit with City- Local students do well at livestock show- Lady Reds softball overcome early deficit in win- Notice of death and services for Joan Phyllis Chain, James Craig Donoho- Local, state, national...
Madison Ashcraft sets her show heifer to be judged during the Fletcher Free Fair Cattle Show. CDN | Courtesy photo

Madison Ashcraft sets her show heifer to be judged during the Fletcher Free Fair Cattle Show. CDN | Courtesy photo

Local students do well at livestock show

Clinton High School’s FFA program sent several students to the Fletcher Free Fair this past weekend for the first set of livestock shows of the school year.

Authority joins suit with City

After an executive session which lasted 17 minutes, the Clinton Regional Hospital Authority unanimously approved a motion to enter the impending lawsuit with the City of Clinton against Rural Health Solutions and 3rd Avenue West.

Council awards bid for hospital roof

Eight prospective bidders considered throwing their hat in the ring for the work on Clinton Regional Hospital’s roof. Only one submitted a bid within the deadline. At Tuesday’s Clinton City Council meeting, the council accepted the bid, as was the only option available due to state statute.
City of Clinton Streets Supervisor Craig Tucker replaces a fallen stop sign with a new one Wednesday morning at the corner of Sixth Street and Frisco Avenue. CDN | Micah Ashcraft

City of Clinton Streets Supervisor Craig Tucker replaces a fallen stop sign with a new one Wednesday morning at the corner of Sixth Street and Frisco Avenue. CDN | Micah Ashcraft

Red means ‘STOP’

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

Allen Boyd, Trustee and Ruth Ann Boyd, Trustee to Hunter D. Aaron, WD. Lot 7, Blk. 1, Sandstone Second Addn. Weatherford.Robin R. Sobansky to Russell Shields and Stefanie Shields, JTWD. Lot 3, Blk. 14, Woodlands Phase IV., Weatherford.

TODAY IN HISTORY

In 1781, 44 Spanish settlers founded El Pueblo de Nuestra Senora la Reina de los Angeles de Porciuncula, now known as Los Angeles.In 1882, Thomas Edison flipped on the switch at the world’s first commercial electrical distribution plant, powering downtown Manhattan in New York City.

Houston man charged with murder in shooting of 11-year-old boy after prank

HOUSTON (AP) — Police have charged a Houston man with murder in the fatal shooting of an 11-year-old boy who rang the doorbell of a home and ran away as a prank, police said Tuesday.The 42-year-old man, identified by authorities as Gonzalo Leon Jr.