Showing off a big catch

Addison Cravens shows off the fish she caught during Summer Playground’s trip to Crowder Lake.

YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK, Calif. (AP) — California firefighters gained ground Monday in the battle against a wildfire that poses a threat to a grove of giant sequoias and a small community in Yosemite National Park.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon during the first half of 2022 broke all records, a measure of the increasing destruction taking place under the presidency of Jair Bolsonaro.

DENVER (AP) — People have a right protected by the First Amendment to film police while they work, a western U.S. appeals court ruled Monday in a decision that concurs with decisions made by six of the nation’s other 12 appeals courts.

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — The head of Texas’ state police met again Monday with a committee investigating the Uvalde elementary school shooting as anger over why officers waited so long to confront the gunman mounted among families of the 21 people killed inside a fourth-grade classroom.

Here in Oklahoma, one of the main topics of conversation is the weather, but I’d say transportation is right after that. People want to know when a road they rely on is going to be repaired, or how long before all the darn road construction is finally done.

(AP) – Elon Musk announced Friday that he will abandon his tumultuous $44 billion offer to buy Twitter after the company failed to provide enough information about the number of fake accounts. Twitter immediately fired back, saying it would sue the Tesla CEO to uphold the deal.

Surveying work

Jerry McClanahan looks over some of the items he used to capture images of Route 66 that are now part of an exhibit, Route 66 Transitions, at the Clinton Route 66 Museum. This new exhibit was first viewed by the public Saturday at the Route 66 Museum in Clinton as a part of its Hall of Fame Induction and Exhibit opening event.

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