The statewide unemployment report has been released for December 2025, reflecting that the seasonally adjusted unemployment rate increased by 0.1 percent for a total of 3.6 percent. Through the year, the unemployment rate increased by 0.3%, having been 3.3% in November 2024, according to a release from the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission.
A recent traffic stop led to an arrest of a 35-yearold man from Mustang for the discovery of 1,000 illegally transported marijuana plants.
At Tuesday’s Custer County commissioner’s meeting, county officials discussed the upcoming weather and how they’re preparing for the cold, as well as a few odds and ends.
Tuesday night’s meeting of the Clinton City Council was short and sweet, wrapping up in less than 10 minutes but delivering a few important bits of information.
One phone call set in motion a chain of events where all of the schools in the Clinton Public Schools’ system were placed in a “soft lockdown” Tuesday morning.
With the new year comes hope for growth and expectations of excitement for Clinton.



