CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (AP) — A chartered spaceflight for India, Poland and Hungary’s first astronauts in decades has been delayed indefinitely because of leak concerns at the International Space Station. NASA said Thursday that it wants to monitor the cabin pressure on the Russian side of the orbiting lab before accepting visitors.

(AP) — Heavy rains swamped San Antonio early Thursday, killing at least four people who were swept away in floodwaters as crews rescued dozens of others, officials said.

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. (AP) — Seven Arkansas families filed a lawsuit Wednesday challenging an upcoming state requirement that public school classrooms have posted copies of the Ten Commandments, saying the new law will violate their constitutional rights.

Rick Koch

Conservative businessman and community leader Rick Koch, of Weatherford, officially announced his campaign this week for the Oklahoma State Senate District 26, currently held by Darcy Jech, of Kingfisher, who is in his final year of service due to term limits.

Spirits were high at Wednesday’s meeting of the Clinton Hospital Authority Board of Trustees following a successful election the night before, which will eventually allow the hospital to continue functioning under new ownership.

Discovery time

Ventriloquist Meghan Casey and Aiden the Dinosaur take a peep at the audience during the Western Plains Library System’s Summer Reading Program’s weekly performance Wednesday afternoon at the Clinton Public Library. 

(AP) — A teenage girl with a rare form of epilepsy won a unanimous Supreme Court ruling on Thursday that’s expected to make it easier for families of children with disabilities to sue schools over access to education.

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