A $576,000 purchase for eight new Custer County Sheriff’s Office vehicles using the county’s ARPA funds was approved by commissioners during their regular Monday meeting.

Sign of the sign

Esther Dunford, left, and Director Pat Smith show off one of the new neon Route 66 signs found at the Oklahoma Route 66 Museum. CDN

Gametime cheers

Clinton High School cheerleaders leading the crowd in cheers during halftime of the Lady Reds basketball game from left are Jacky Johnson, Jaycee Rodebush and Jessie Allen. CDN

Convicted aggravated sex offender Dusty Benavidez, 39, of Hollis, has a Custer County warrant for his arrest issued Jan. 10 on one count of a sex offender unlawfully loitering within safety zones or state parks and another for illegal entry into a state park.

Oklahoma State University recently released its President’s Honor Roll and Dean’s Honor Roll list, and several area students were recognized for succeeding in the classroom this past fall semester.

Fight song prevails

Clinton High School band member Micah Ashcraft performs the Red Tornado Fight Song at a home basketball game. CDN

(AP) – World health officials are offering hope that the ebbing of the omicron wave could give way to a new, more manageable phase of the COVID-19 pandemic, even as they warn of difficult weeks ahead and the possibility of another, more dangerous variant arising.

(AP) — Raymond Washburn, a blind man who was credited with helping rescue five people from the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah federal building following the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, has died. He was 75.

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