As the state endured a pandemic, high unemployment and an oil downturn, gross receipts to the treasury show the Oklahoma economy pulled back by almost four percent during calendar year 2020, State Treasurer Randy McDaniel said.

Destruction for education

WOCS 4-H members Makarah Foster, front, demolishes a curling iron while behind her, Mia Foster mangles a flashlight.

Brothers learn how it works

WOCS 4-H members Jagger Jones, left, keeps track of the screwdrivers, Judge Jones tears into an iron and JD Jones finds out the inner-workings of a scale.

Here is a look at Wednesday's headlines

- Bridges’ contract extended

- Redistricting meeting set at Frisco Center 

- Man arrested after shooting gun in yard

- Soccer fundraiser underway

- Patricia Lucile Miskel obituary

- State deaths

Bridges’ contract extended

The Clinton Board of Education voted this week to extend Superintendent Tyler Bridges’ contract for an additional year.

State Sens. Brent Howard and Darcy Jech invite citizens across western Oklahoma to participate in Oklahoma’s redistricting process by attending the Senate-sponsored town hall meeting in Clinton on Tuesday, Jan. 19.

Soccer fundraiser underway

In a trying time for many families across the country, the Clinton Fire Department is giving back to the community.

S-M-A-R-T

Evan Hunter won the Washington Elementary Spelling Bee last week. He won the championship by correctly spelling “eddy.” An eddy is a circular movement of water, counter to a main current, causing a small whirlpool.

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