The Clinton Lady Reds basketball team comes together while in Broken Bow for a summer camp. Pictured in front, from left, are Emily De La Rosa, Paisley Ruyle, Laney Anderson, Ale-Jia Lacey, Hannah Miller, Sydney Pugh and Hadley Meget; back, Coach Ashley G
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The image above depicts an artist’s rendering of the proposed new location of a Rt. 66 monument at the “The Triangle” located where 10th Street and Opal Avenue converge. Below is a photo of what the present-day location looks like. CDN | Courtesy ph
Drake Carnes lines up the frame of the new equipment shed Tuesday at Clinton High School near the weight room and track. CDN | Christian Jacobsen

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The Clinton Lady Reds basketball team comes together while in Broken Bow for a summer camp. Pictured in front, from left, are Emily De La Rosa, Paisley Ruyle, Laney Anderson, Ale-Jia Lacey, Hannah Miller, Sydney Pugh and Hadley Meget; back, Coach Ashley G

Throughout the summer, high school teams get to work as they try improve for the season.

Clinton’s Jaeda Blackeagle fields the ball during preseason practice Tuesday at the softball field at the high school. CDN | Sam Goodwyn

With the Clinton Lady Reds softball team under new leadership, the team went to work this offseason to help build the program for the fall.

Columns & Opinions

Dear Doctors: I’m hoping you will talk about dealing with a heat wave. It’s probably something you have covered before, but maybe you would be willing to do a repeat? I’m a counselor at a day camp, and we are seeing how easy it is to get into trouble on a hot day.

In the last week, the war in Iran has seemed like a war again, after a long time in a gray area that was neither war nor peace. Now, with both sides shooting at each other, war is back. And, politically, the threat that the war presents to Republican prospects in the midterm elections is back, too.

Obituaries

Cesario “Frank” Flores, age 77, a longtime Clinton resident, was born on January 30, 1949, in Edinburg, Texas, to Virgino and Leonarda (Gonzales) Flores. He peacefully passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Oklahoma City, surrounded by the love of his family.

Donna Sue “Sue” Gorshing, age 85, a lifelong Clinton resident, was born on January 2, 1941, in Cordell, Oklahoma, to Don and Henryetta (Dunaway) Duncan. She peacefully passed away on Tuesday, July 21, 2026, in Weatherford, Oklahoma.