Fifth-grader Adrianah Rhoads sits on the floor at Southwest Elementary School and focuses on designing a giftbag for the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum. Several were produced to hand out to people who purchase items in the museum’s gift shop.
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Sports
The Clinton Reds (46) fell behind early and were unable to recover, as the team fell 10-2 Monday to the visiting Woodward Boomers.
With the calendar turning to spring, the Clinton Lady Reds golf team heads into the second year of the Tasha Marshall era with a lot of enthusiasm and belief.
Columns & Opinions
DEAR HARRIETTE: I just received an invitation to a wedding from an old friend. This friend and I used to be close, but frankly, we started hanging out a lot less because I couldn’t afford her lifestyle. She always had a taste for more expensive things in life, and that just wasn’t my priority at the time. She used to poke fun at me, calling me cheap, and that took a toll on us, but we stayed in touch through phone calls and texts on birthdays and big milestones.
Ihad a really good ice-cream cone this week.
Obituaries
Roger Don “Sundance” Maddox, 70, of Dill City, Oklahoma, passed away Saturday, March 21, 2026. He was born January 1, 1956, to Charles “Buddy” Maddox and Shirley (Downs) Maddox in Sentinel, OK.
Funeral services for Gay Lee Patterson, 75-year-old Clinton resident, will be held at 11:00 a.m., Thursday, March 26, 2026, in the Hyman Chapel of the Lee Hometown Funeral Home.





