Among the masses Friday at “Circle the State with Song” in Elk City are Southwest Elementary, Washington Elementary, and Arapaho-Butler Elementary singers.

More than 250 young singers, including students from Southwest Elementary, Washington Elementary, and Arapaho-Butler Elementary, showcased their collective abilities by performing Friday at Elk City for Circle the State with Song – Region J.

Clinton Firefighter John Denney cuts into the side of a house at 1011 Avant Ave. as part of a Saturday morning training exercise. CDN | Michael Maresh

Clinton firefighters train all the time to prepare themselves for how to respond to a real-life emergency, but over the last few weeks they have been able to do their training on actual building structures within the city.

PUNXSUTAWNEY, Pa. (AP) — Punxsutawney Phil saw his shadow Sunday and predicted six more weeks of wintry weather, his tophatted handlers announced to a raucus, record-sized crowd at Gobbler’s Knob in Pennsylvania.

SANTORINI, Greece (AP) — Schools were closed and emergency crews deployed on the volcanic Greek island of Santorini on Monday after a spike in seismic activity raised concerns about a potentially powerful earthquake.

In 1789, George Washington was unanimously elected the first president of the United States by the Electoral College.

Reading

Sixth-grader Adriana Lewis reads from a book at Eastside Academy. 

Talking at luncheon

From left, Keith Warkentin and April Jaworsky, both from Corn Bible Academy, talk with Steve Carson, field representative for Sen. James Lankford, at Wednesday’s Clinton Chamber of Commerce Luncheon. 

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Unidentified gunmen shot and killed on Monday a police officer working on Pakistan’s first polio vaccination drive of the year, police said.

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