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Teachers Gabby Paul, left, and Kenzie Medina are out in the sun during recess duty at Southwest Elementary School. CDN | Christian Jacobsen

Teachers Gabby Paul, left, and Kenzie Medina are out in the sun during recess duty at Southwest Elementary School. CDN | Christian Jacobsen

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Recess duty

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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CPS discusses upcoming projects

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
Supt. Nathan Meget talked Monday evening at the Clinton Board of Education meeting about future projects the school district is working on, planning to start soon, and other updates about the district.

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Voter registration deadline set

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
May 22 is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the June 16 Primary Election.Custer County Election Board Secretary Ann Brown said persons who are United States citizens, residents of Oklahoma, and at least 18 years old may apply to become registered voters.

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More details given about ‘Firehouse

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
66’The “Firehouse 66” project was recently approved for a grant through the Route 66 Revitalization Grant Program.
Clinton Firefighter Jacob Hoffman, left, and Lt. Billy Gerstenkorn remove the front bumper off a car so the user can drive it away after a twovehicle collision after 5 p.m. Tuesday on the corner of Modelle Avenue and Sixth Street. CDN | Christian Jacobsen

Clinton Firefighter Jacob Hoffman, left, and Lt. Billy Gerstenkorn remove the front bumper off a car so the user can drive it away after a twovehicle collision after 5 p.m. Tuesday on the corner of Modelle Avenue and Sixth Street. CDN | Christian Jacobsen

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Modelle crash

Wednesday, May 13, 2026
A little after 3 p.m. Tuesday, a Toyota SUV ran into the Diamond Wash located at 306 N. Fourth St. Surveying the damage at the laundromat are, from left, SRO Andrew Wilson, Officer Tucker Stevens, and SRO Dillon Whitten of the Clinton Police Department. CDN | Staff Photo

A little after 3 p.m. Tuesday, a Toyota SUV ran into the Diamond Wash located at 306 N. Fourth St. Surveying the damage at the laundromat are, from left, SRO Andrew Wilson, Officer Tucker Stevens, and SRO Dillon Whitten of the Clinton Police Department. CDN | Staff Photo

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Bent brick

Wednesday, May 13, 2026

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TODAY IN HISTORY

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
In 1940, British Prime Minister Winston Churchill gave his “blood, toil, tears and sweat” speech to the House of Commons as Germany’s conquest of France began. In 1943, the German Afrika Korps surrendered to Allied forces in North Africa.

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Abe Foxman, advocate for American Jews, dies

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
NEW YORK (AP) — Abraham H. Foxman, who was a forceful advocate for American Jews as national director of the Anti-Defamation League for nearly three decades, has died, the ADL said Sunday. He was 86.

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MD-11 planes like the one in deadly crash, resume flights

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
(AP) – The model of cargo plane that crashed in Kentucky last fall after an engine fell off a UPS jet as it was taking off resumed flying over the weekend. The Federal Aviation Administration said it approved Boeing’s proposed fix for the workhorse MD11s “after extensive review.

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Process for correcting death certificates has become law

Tuesday, May 12, 2026
Legislation authored by Rep. Marilyn Stark, R-Bethany, updating Oklahoma’s process for correcting death certificates has become law without the governor’s signature. House Bill 3931 updates state law governing requests to correct a death certificate.