DALLAS (AP) — The U.S. government fined American Airlines $50 million for failing to provide wheelchair assistance to passengers with disabilities and damaging thousands of wheelchairs over a five-year period, The Transportation Department said Wednesday that “in some cases,” wheelchair users were injured, but it did not give a number.
(AP) — A huge fish in the Mekong River thought to be extinct has been spotted three times in recent years.
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- Mayoral candidates share views
- Young author steals show at school board meeting
- Detainee facing assault charges
- Senior looks to join family business after school
- Bridgeman wins football picks contest
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On Aug. 16, Dakota Cometsevah, 23, of Clinton, was charged with assault and battery upon a correction officer. Cometsevah was being held in the Custer County Detention Center ahead of facing trial for a criminal misdemeanor.
Yes, there were bills to be paid and the superintendent’s report about construction updates throughout the district – particularly the newly opened Southwest Elementary addition, but the main attraction of Monday night’s Clinton Public Schools Board of Education meeting proved to be Santiago Vazquez.
New park benches are ready to be installed by volunteers during the M.T. and Helen Gholston Children’s Park workdays Friday and Saturday. Volunteers will be working shifts from 8 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. and 12:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. both days. Organizers say all people need to do to help is show up.
Monday night Fuerza Latina Clinton hosted the first forum for candidates running for mayor of Clinton and for the Ward 4 City Council seat. The mayoral candidates are incumbent Mayor David Berrong and Chris Roland.