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.

Here's your preview of Thursday's paper

- 2026 Business and Professional Honor Roll

- CEDA talks about open position

- Longstanding Clinton business doesn’t look a day over 132

- Positives, negatives addressed

- Reds finish off second-half comeback in win

(AP) – Nearly 1,000 households displaced by catastrophic wildfires on the Hawaiian island of Maui are anxiously awaiting word on whether federal assistance helping them stay housed will be left to expire, forcing them to find new housing or pay more for it in one of the tightest and most expensive rental environments in the country.

High-speed internet expansion is coming to fruition in Oklahoma. Two broadband expansion projects administered by the Oklahoma Broadband O_ce and funded through the State and Local Fiscal Recovery Fund (SLFRF) have o_cially closed out, bringing new high-speed internet access to residents and businesses in Washita and Greer counties.

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