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To kickoff the postseason, both of the Arapaho-Butler basketball teams took on Pioneer-Pleasant Vale for the district title Saturday in front of their fans.
Completing a season without a loss in basketball is rare, but the Clinton Middle School seventh-grade girls’ basketball team was able to etch its name in that list after finishing the 2026 season 18-0.
Columns & Opinions
DEAR HARRIETTE: My friend and I have been talking for a month now about booking a summer vacation together to Greece. I recently brought it up again, and she said that she can’t go anymore because she booked a different vacation with a different friend. She didn’t mention it beforehand or talk to me about possibly changing plans. She just said it was cheaper and easier to coordinate.
There are few things as daunting as buying jeans.
Obituaries
Anita Sue (Tyson) Crawford, age 73, of Fort Cobb, Oklahoma, was born December 28, 1952, in Oceanside, California, to Frances Hudson, and passed away in Oklahoma City on Wednesday, February 11, 2026.
Teddy Lynn Gilliam, age 73, former Clinton resident, was born March 29, 1952, in Tucumcari to Earl and Mildred (Smith) Gilliam.