CPS grads receive biliteracy seal

Three 2023 Clinton High School graduates were selected to receive the Oklahoma Seal of Biliteracy, an award given by the Oklahoma State Department of Education in recognition of students who have studied and attained proficiency in English as well as an additional language upon high school graduation. Morgandee Fernandez, Stacey Franco and Diana Mejia were each selected for their proficiency in both English and Spanish.

Monday the Custer County Treasurer’s Office will be holding its yearly Delinquent Tax Sale outside of the Custer County Courthouse in Arapaho. Up for auction will be properties across the county that have been delinquent on their taxes for the past four years. Owners of atrisk properties have until the sale starts at 9 a.m. Monday to pay in cash at least one year of their delinquent property taxes to stave off the property changing hands.

Summer Playground underway

As summer break has gotten underway, Summer Playground has had a successful start with a large number of students and staff attending as well as having many programs, resources and experiences for students while providing a safe space for them.

Tasty snack

Clinton Noon Lions Club member Billy Goodwin, left, gives Vivien Salinas popcorn from the concession stand after playing in a T-ball game sponsored by the civic club.

4 PARIS (AP) — As bystanders screamed for help, a man with a knife stabbed four young children at a lakeside park in the French Alps assaulting at least one in a stroller repeatedly. The children between 22 months and 3 years old suffered life-threatening injuries, and two adults also were wounded, authorities said.

Introducing new tunes

Moksha Sommer, left, and Jemal Wade Hines of HuDost open their performance with electric folk music during the first Levitt Amp Clinton Concert Series last week at the Clinton Middle School Auditorium.

HONOLULU (AP) — Kilauea, one of the most active volcanoes in the world, began erupting on Wednesday after a three-month pause, displaying spectacular fountains of mesmerizing, glowing lava that's a safe distance from people and structures in a national park on the Big Island.

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