Another update has been announced in the continuing lawsuit between the City of Clinton and Community Health Systems, Inc. (CHS), the parent company of AlianceHealth Clinton, the original lease holder before the hospital doors were shuttered midnight Dec. 31, 2022.

From left, Melissa Dquasie takes a large bag of onions from Tommy Caviness as the Mission House Tuesday morning unloaded a food truck for the community. CDN | Michael Maresh

Members of the community began lining up Tuesday at the Mission House to get boxes of fresh fruit and produce that was delivered earlier in the day.

Cayce Evans, left, and Jade McCracken cross the finish line at Saturday’s 5K fundraiser run for Sha Carpenter.

Michaela Morales, a physical therapist, who put on the fundraiser to help with finances for one of her clients, Sha Carpenter, who has Lou Gehrig’s disease (ALS), announced Saturday morning that $17,000 had been raised.

Custer County commissioners approved bids for two new used semitrucks for Dist. 1 and Dist. 2 during Monday’s meeting at the Custer County Courthouse in Arapaho.

The western Oklahoma community was rocked Friday afternoon, as two people died as a result of a head-on collision along U.S. Highway 183 and E. 920 Rd., 4 miles west of Custer City. The initial report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol had the incorrect highway listed.

From left, Dr. Ashish Gupta talks with Speaker Pro Tempore Anthony Moore and State Sen. Darcy Jech at Friday’s Variety Care ribbon cutting held after the chamber’s legislative forum. CDN | Michael Maresh

The date for the beginning of the Oklahoma Highway Patrol new Troop H Headquarters in Clinton was mentioned by State Sen. Darcy Jech at Friday’s Clinton Chamber of Commerce legislative luncheon when he and Speaker Pro Tempore Anthony Moore addressed the crowd.

A Clinton woman is facing a felony charge of unauthorized use of a vehicle after allegedly taking off with a woman’s car after she attempted to return her to her apartment due to being allegedly intoxicated.

Clinton Public Schools’ Gifted and Talented testing referral window is back for another semester, according to GT Director Nancy Murray.

Brendan Price, a CNO with Clinton Regional Hospital, stands next to the free naloxone box in the hospital lobby as part of the opioid abatement program. CDN | Michael Maresh

Two locations in Clinton have asked for and received naloxone vending machines from the South Western Oklahoma Development Authority (SWODA) to assist people who may have overdosed on opioids. Kits have also been distributed to other locations as well.

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Chisum Roper finished in fourth place at the recent Oklahoma Youth Expo out of 57 participants in his class.

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