Mandi Bridges, left, reads a book with Pre-K student Sienna Hooper. CDN | Courtesy photo

Mandi Bridges has a great impact on the community of Clinton, specifically the younger generation of residents, through her role as school counselor at Nance Elementary.

Kent Miller, a sales consultant with McKinsey Motors, looks over an engine at the auto dealership. CDN | Michael Maresh

Kent Miller, who was the golf pro at Riverside Golf Course for 18 years before becoming a sales consultant with McKinsey Ford Motors about two years ago, likes Clinton for its small size.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Justice Department leadership is proposing combining the two agencies responsible for enforcing drug and gun laws as part of a dramatic restructuring of the department, according to a memo reviewed by The Associated Press. The memo from Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche seeks feedback on a reorganization plan that would combine the Drug Enforcement Administration and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives into a single agency “to achieve efficiencies in resources, case deconfliction, and regulatory efforts.”

(AP) – A measles outbreak in Kansas doubled in less than a week to 23 cases and has “a possible link” to outbreaks in Texas and New Mexico that have sickened more than 370, the state health department said Wednesday.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Synthetic dyes used to make brightly colored cereals, drinks and candies are coming under scrutiny in states across the country, where lawmakers say the federal government has stalled in taking action despite evidence of harmful effects.

CDN | Sam Goodwyn

Julian Bonilla, left, attempts to steal the ball from Daxon Mc-Carther Tuesday during recess at Southwest.

(AP) — French prosecutors on Thursday requested a sevenyear prison sentence and a around $325,000 fine for former President Nicolas Sarkozy, in connection with allegations that his 2007 presidential campaign was illegally financed by former Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi’s government.

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