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- Expenses questioned by authority

- Love is in the air thanks to Playhouse’s ‘Little Shop’

- Recipe contest set

- A-B hoops set to host Mustangs in district playoffs

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Thanks to the Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) distinction there was no need for the Clinton Hospital Authority to take action on Wednesday’s agenda item seeking funds from the City of Clinton to meet matters such as employee payroll. The federally funded REH program has aided in that regard.

Clinton Public School’s food service and management provider, OPAA! Food Management, is having its annual company recipe contest, with staff from all of the district’s cafeterias hosting a recipe judging by students and community members starting Tuesday. OPPA! Food Management is a Missouri-based provider of school meals to K-12 schools in nine different states.

CHICAGO (AP) — Border Patrol commander Gregory Bovino praised a federal agent who shot a Chicago woman during an immigration crackdown last year, according to evidence released Wednesday by attorneys who accused the Trump administration of mishandling the investigation and spreading lies about the shooting.

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