(AP) — A federal judge on Thursday dismissed a U.S. Department of Justice lawsuit against California that sought detailed voting records and personal data on its 23 million registered voters, concluding that the government’s request was “unprecedented and illegal.”

Here's your preview of Friday's paper

- CRH not expected to ask for cash

- Winter Reading program underway

- Stabbing suspect claims molestation happened

- Clinton Reds senior hooper eyes being his own boss

- Full obituary for Albert Herbert Korfman

The Clinton Regional Hospital Authority met Wednesday to discuss a few items of business and one particularly good bit of news: the hospital is cash positive as of this month and will not need to turn to the City of Clinton for assistance for January.

Let there be light

Donald Burgess uses a ladder to reach the high ceilings while installing the covering for some of the lights Thursday morning in the new Clinton Middle School building.

A table full of contraband seized by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections in 2025. CDN | Courtesy photo

The Oklahoma Department of Corrections seized millions of dollars in contraband during 2025 as part of ongoing efforts to protect staff, inmates and the public and to disrupt illegal activity inside state correctional facilities.

Myra Whitney, left, receives help signing up for the 2026 WPLS Winter Reading Challenge from Librarian Madison Wright at the Clinton Public Library. CDN | Micah Ashcraft

Although many see the back nine of the winter season as nothing more than waiting for spring to arrive, Western Plains Library System is taking the time to encourage adults to read books with its 2026 WPLS Winter Reading Challenge.

Responded to a report of a physical domestic in the area of S. 28th St. and Hayes Ave.

Pages