Strong winds whip up damage

Mid-summer thunderstorms rampaged across western Oklahoma over the weekend wreaking havoc across the area with the City of Clinton receiving the brunt of its damage Friday evening when a storm bringing surprise wind gusts of more than 70 mph ripped through town taking down Clinton City Hall’s communications tower, peeling back the roof of Homeland, knocking out power to many residents and scattering broken tree limbs across town among other damage.

Red Dirt Rangers

Red Dirt Rangers, from left, John Cooper, Brad Piccolo and Ben Han play at Friday’s Levitt Amp Concert at the Clinton Middle School Auditorium.

GENOA, Neb. (AP) — Bodies of dozens of children who died at a Native American boarding school have been lost for decades, a mystery that archeologists aim to unravel as they dig in a central Nebraska field that a century ago was part of the sprawling campus.

NEW YORK (AP) — An influencerbacked energy drink that has earned viral popularity among children is facing scrutiny from lawmakers and health experts over its potentially dangerous levels of caffeine.

Future engineer

Judd Hall holds his first-place trophy for a robotics race held during STEM Summer Academy at Oral Roberts University.

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WASHINGTON (AP) — Disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar, was stabbed multiple times during an altercation with another inmate at a federal prison in Florida. He is reported to be in stable condition.

FRIDAY DAY SHIFT Responded to a report of a commercial alarm in the 500 block of S. 30th St.

A touch of color

Artist Swab Gonzales of the West OK Co-Op paints the Route 66 logo in the intersection of Frisco Avenue and N. Seventh Street.

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