By 2026, the Mother Road that spans from Chicago to Santa Monica will be 100 years old. Route 66 Associations all over the world are preparing for the centennial celebration of the storied highway, and in Clinton, it’s no different.

Royal prospects

Front left, sits Clinton High School homecoming queen candidates Baleigh Giblet, Brenna Maley, Bryale Johnson, Katie Depesa and Kambree Davis. Back left, stands the homecoming king candidates Cooper Sulley, Garrison Rhoads, Parrish Blackwolf, Layden Fuller and Montiel Crane. The coronation revealing the king and queen will be held before the football game on Sept. 22 in the Tornado Bowl.

The City of Clinton’s communications systems will soon be getting an upgrade after a July 7 storm blew through town crumbling the City’s communications tower located at City Hall. With temporary towers in place, the City has come up with a new plan featuring an antenna farm which will further the City’s communications abilities with a smaller price tag.

Waterwork rehab

LoneHickory West LLC’s Donald Webb, left, and Dalton Webb work to bypass the water tower at the intersection of S. 18th St. and Broadway Avenue before it comes offline.

Showing for the

Kalyssa Staggs walks around the arena at the Custer County Fairgrounds to get the judge’s attention in the Senior Showmanship class.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) — Some demonstrators defiantly carried holstered handguns on their hips in a Tuesday rally by gun-rights advocates, protesting Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham's surprise order last week to suspend the right to carry firearms to address what she called an epidemic of gun violence.

Jellies and jams

Fair Board Member Susan Mitchell, left, and Judge Emma Bingham evaluate the canned good section at the Custer County Fairgrounds.

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