Citizens set to decide hospital issue

Clinton citizens will be the determining factor Jan. 14 when they go to the polls to approve or disapprove the impending sale of Clinton Regional Hospital to Rural Hospital Solutions. The vote must be approved by a majority outcome of 50% of the vote plus one to go forward.

On Dec. 27, Jesse Freeman, 38, of Clinton, was arrested by the Custer County Sheriff’s Office on the charge of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon with intent to injure. That weapon happened to be a motor vehicle.

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Logan Pierce with Oklahoma Natural Gas fills a hole following a gas line repair on S. Sixth Street Thursday afternoon.

In 1896, Utah was admitted as the 45th U.S. state.

MARRIAGE LICENSES Cesar Soto Rivera and Carolina Lopez Javier David Venegas

LAS VEGAS (AP) — The highly decorated U.S. Army soldier inside the Tesla Cybertruck that burst into flames outside President- elect Donald Trump’s Las Vegas hotel shot himself in the head before the explosion and likely planned to cause more damage but the steel-sided vehicle absorbed much of the force from the rudimentary explosive, officials said Thursday.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Donald Trump is expected to hold a big Washington rally the day before he’s sworn in as the nation’s 47th president.

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