OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — One person was injured when shots were fired during an argument between two groups of people at the Oklahoma State Fair on Saturday, sending a crowd of people running for safety, police said.

Whinery honored on list

Corn Bible Academy has one of its own in the semifinals for the 69th annual National Merit Scholarship Program, joining 16,000 others across the nation in a competition for 7,140 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $28 million that will be offered this coming spring.

Funding road projects is always a concern of Custer County Commissioners as they work to keep county roads in good shape. As commissioners eye needed projects, the search for possible grant funding for those projects also continues like grants from the Oklahoma Conservation Commission, an application for which was approved during a Monday meeting of the commissioners.

Homecoming royalty

Bryale Johnson, left, and Parrish Blackwolf were crowned Homecoming Queen and King during the coronation held before Friday’s football game against John Marshall.

Float champions

Clinton High School junior class representatives, from left, Rodman Villanueva, Craig Hunter, Palmer Matlock, Addyson Littke, Grace Meacham and Rylee Cummins stand with the championship float they built for homecoming before the parade.

The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating the death of Lyman Weasel Bear Jr., 48, who died in what is being treated as a homicide after an altercation occurred late Friday evening at a residence in the 600 block of Modelle Avenue.

A Colorado man was transported to the hospital by helicopter Monday morning due to injuries incurred from a motorcycle accident on Interstate 40, three miles west of Clinton.

On top of spaghetti ...

Sixth-graders and Munchkin Managers, Barrett Rojo, left, and Damarian Bailey, enjoy spaghetti and dessert at Junior Service League’s Spaghetti Day Friday at the Frisco Conference Center.

$5 M AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — A white Texas gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack on Hispanic shoppers at a Walmart in 2019 agreed Monday to pay more than $5 million to families of the victims.

In 1789, Thomas Jefferson was named the first U.S. secretary of state, and John Jay was named the first chief justice of the United States.

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