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- County hires emergency director

- Johnston honored as top manager

- Arapaho-Butler gearing up for first day of classes

- Lady Reds volleyball prepares for new season

- Full obituary for Patricia Ann Roque

Oklahoma Municipal Management Services Executive Director Steve Whitlock, left, Clinton City Manager Robert Johnston, and past President of the City Management Association of Oklahoma Brooks Mitchell stand together after presenting Johnston with the 2025

Clinton City Manager Robert Johnston was named the winner of the 2025 Gerald Wilkins Award on July 24. The award is named for the late Wilkins, who was a city manager and municipal adviser to the Oklahoma Department of Commerce.

On his first day officially acting in the position, Hardy Sperle was introduced as the new emergency management director for Custer County at Monday’s Custer County Commissioner’s meeting.

Welcome event

Clinton Public Schools Supt. Nathan Meget welcomes the newest teachers of the school district during the New Teacher Luncheon at the Frisco Center. 

FRIDAY DAY SHIFT Responded to a report of an unwanted subject in the 2700 block of Chapman Rd.

PERKINSTON, Miss. (AP) — In the embrace of a cheerfully chittering spider monkey named Louie, an Army veteran who grappled for decades with post-traumatic stress disorder says he finally feels at peace.

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