Arapaho-Butler Elementary School students prepare for the upcoming pancake dinner. Front row from left are Briella Ray, Kasydi Guthrie, Mackee Chisum, and Vivienne Rosales; back, Rowdy Bond, Jagger Hulett, Blain Palmer, and Clint Roush. CDN | Shiann Dawso
No. 23 Easten Powell jumps for the contested layup during Clinton’s regular season finale against Weatherford. CDN | Sam Goodwyn
Clinton’s Sy Foster feeds broilers prior to the Broilers Show Tuesday evening at the Custer County Fairgrounds for the Custer County Junior Livestock Show. CDN | Sam Goodwyn
SWOSU releases fall graduates list
CDN | Sam Goodwyn
CDN | Sam Goodwyn Coach Austin Long, right, talks with Carsen Smith prior to the Hub City Tournament held at the Tornado Dome.

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Mason Hileman smiles with his gold medal after placing first in the Southwest Regional Tournament that was held in Norman. He will wrestle at the OKWA State Tournament starting Friday in Oklahoma City. CDN |Courtesy Photo

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No. 23 Easten Powell jumps for the contested layup during Clinton’s regular season finale against Weatherford. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

On the night to celebrate the Clinton basketball seniors and what they meant to the basketball programs, both teams faced off with Weatherford in the final “Custer County Conflict” of the regular basketball season Tuesday in the Tornado Dome.

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.