The OSSAA’s opening phase for high school athletics to return is scheduled to go from June 1 to June 26. This start allows in-person workouts again with coaches. Once the annual “dead week” ends, the second phase begins July 6 and ends the 15th.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported Wednesday there are now 30 confirmed cor
Here's a look at Wednesday's headlines:
- Nursing homes to open under own accord
- Elk City PD searching for dangerous suspect
- Beef model to be looked at Thursday
- County virus cases increase
- Clinton baseball returns Monday
DAY SHIFT
Paint crews added a Red Tornado logo on the north side of the water tower on the west side of town over the weekend. A new coat of paint was added and “Clinton” was painted on the south side of the tower in addition to Clinton’s Rt. 66 Museum logos visible from from both directions of I-40.
On Monday the state entered Phase 3 of Gov. Kevin Stitt’s plan to reopen the economy, and in it he ordered long-term care facilities to remain closed to visitors for now. But even if he’d given them the go-ahead to open up, nursing home directors in Clinton say they would still remain closed to visitors — for now.
Elk City Police are looking for a suspect they believe was directly involved with beating a man in an Elk City hotel last week.
A free online webinar for beef producers will be held at 2 p.m. Thursday, hosted by the 15-person packer/processor task force recently formed by Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF) and the Oklahoma Cattlemen’s Association (OCA). OCA spokesperson Chancey Hanson said the subject of the webinar will be “The Co-op Model for Beef Packing and Processing.”
Clinton firefighter Jeremiah Giles battles a grass fire just off S. Highway 183 Saturday night. CFD kept smoke off the highway and contained the fire to a small area.
The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported Tuesday there are now 26 confirmed coronavirus cases in Custer County.