(AP) – A roundup of some of the most popular but completely untrue stories. None of these are legit, even though they were shared widely on social media. The Associated Press checked them out. Here are the facts:
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(AP) — The number of Americans applying for unemployment benefits fell to a fresh pandemic low last week, another sign the job market is healing after last year’s coronavirus recession.
(AP) — The pandemic has both laid bare the disproportionate burdens many women shoulder in caring for children or aging parents and highlighted the vital roles they have long played in America’s labor force.
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- Fire Dept. auctions off old vehicles
- OHP to stage ‘bridge’ academy
- Cheer ready for regionals
- ‘Elf: The Musical’ at playhouse in December
- Red Tornadoes statistical leaders
Four older Clinton Fire Department vehicles were sold recently at an auction held by Entz Auction & Real Estate of Hydro. The four vehicles brought $42,000 collectively.
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol’s 69 trooper academy will be held next spring as a “bridge” academy, which will be the first of its kind in OHP. It’s intended to encourage more already qualified officers from other agencies to become OHP troopers.
Clinton High School’s competition cheerleading team will compete in regionals Saturday at Woodward High School against 25 other teams. There hasn’t been a competition cheerleading team for Clinton since 2006 according to cocoaches Angie Newcomb and Sarah Denison.
Clinton’s Southwest Playhouse announced its cast for “Elf: The Musical.” Ashby De La Plaine will be the director for the show.