Here's your preview of Friday's paper

- Authority to ask for $2 million

- No major damage reported from recent storms, rain deluge

- Martin places second in state

- CHS track prepares for regional meet

- Full obituary for Jeffry Michael Smith

Oklahoma fun

Students in third-grade WOCS teacher Danyal Walters’ class completed state-related projects. Front from left are Annalisa King, Elisabeth Knop and Langley Evetts; in back are Brynlee Warkentin, Walters and Scarlett Fowble.

Marquis Martin

Clinton High School senior Marquis Martin, who just completed his second year at Western Technology Center-Burns Flat, placed second Monday at the Oklahoma SkillsUSA State Leadership Conference in Tulsa in Culinary Arts Grill.

Pieces falling into place

Vickey Carey, right, works on a puzzle with Moriah Hester at Homestead Assisted Living of Clinton Wednesday afternoon.

While other areas of the state were hit hard with flooding and other issues, there was no report of major instances in Clinton. Besides three water pumps going down for a short time Tuesday night because of the rain and possible lightning, that was the extent of disruption for the City of Clinton.

TOKYO (AP) — A climber airlifted with altitude sickness from near the peak of Japan’s Mount Fuji last week returned to the slope and was rescued for a second time just four days later, authorities said Monday.

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