The Clinton City Council in its role as the Clinton Industrial Authority took no action surrounding a grant application for Central Oklahoma Little Britches Rodeo Association during its regular meeting Tuesday pointing to a lack of knowledge surrounding the event’s economic impact and its longevity in the Clinton community.

The CPS Board of Education (BOE) met for its monthly meeting Tuesday evening where members discussed student progress, capital improvement, new policy and financial business.

Pork and beans

Pre-schoolers, from left, Briston Adams, Greyson Jones, Sky Labastida, Alexiana Bowens, Gael Lagunas and Bobby Clark sit around the table for lunch while teacher aide Yanette Casas helps them make their plates at the Clinton Headstart at 700 Avant Ave.

Destined for greatness

Students, from left, Devin Wilson, Yair Labastida, Paisley Ruyle, and Tatum Shackelford were each awarded Student of the Month for September at the Clinton Middle School.

Lost in a book

Senior Ray Flores, left, reads along to the “Island of the Blue Dolphins” audiobook with paraprofessional Sarah Dean at Clinton High School.

NEW YORK (AP) — Researchers have uncovered a simple structure from the Stone Age that may be the oldest evidence yet of early humans building with wood.

(AP) —Kraft Heinz said it's recalling more than 83,000 cases of individually-wrapped Kraft Singles American processed cheese slices because part of the wrapper could stick to the slice and become a choking hazard.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A man arrested after a weekend police chase and motorcycle crash in Georgia turned out to be a fugitive accused of avoiding a child rape charge by faking his own drowning death last month in a Mississippi River kayaking accident, according to a Louisiana sheriff.

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