SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — China’s global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah, a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world’s most powerful Communist country.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Irma Reyes changed clothes in the back seat of the pickup: skirt, tights, turtleneck, leather jacket. All black. She brushed her hair and pulled on heels as her husband drove their Chevy through predawn darkness toward a courthouse hundreds of miles from home.

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- Search still continues for school leaders

- Kinney slated to retire after 40 years at Oklahoma Bank

- McLain Rogers Park will be site of Pride Festival

- Reds fall to Elgin in first game of I-40 Classic

Search still continues for school leaders

As the end of the school year approaches, Clinton Public Schools is continuing its search to fill needed administrative positions including Clinton High School principal and assistant superintendent, something Supt. Tyler Bridges says has been a challenge with teacher and leadership shortages across the state shrinking the pool of possible candidates.

McLain Rogers Park will be site of Pride Festival

The Western Oklahoma Pride Festival will take place June 10 in McLain Rogers Park. According to event organizers, it’s an event that will be the first of its kind in western Oklahoma. The festival will kick off at noon and run until 9 p.m. with speakers, performers and an art show along with various food trucks and other vendors.

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