LA PORTE, Texas (AP) — A massive pipeline fire in suburban Houston was shooting a giant plume of fire into the air for more than two hours on Monday as first-responders evacuated a surrounding neighborhood where some homes have caught fire.

Back that tractor up

Showcasing his operating skills, Zavion Mann from Clinton FFA backs the tractor up between the white poles at the fairgrounds during fair week.

BOULDER, Colo. (AP) — The last time Khadija Ahidid saw her son, he came to breakfast in 2021 looking “homeless” with big hair so she offered to give him $20 so he could go get a shave or a haircut that day. Hours later, he shot and killed 10 people at a supermarket in the college town of Boulder.

Building fun

Vincent Schoenhals plays with building blocks after storytime at the Clinton Public Library.

Attorney General Gentner Drummond is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to maintain a federal legal block on California’s Advanced Clean Fleets regulation. That regulation illegally attempts to impose an electrictruck mandate on fleet owners, operators, and manufacturers — including trucking companies that drive one truck for as little as one day per year in the Golden State.

The Oklahoma Women, Infants and Children (WIC) Program will be transitioning from Gerber to Similac brand contract infant formulas. All WIC programs in the U.S. are required to have a formula contract in place for cost containment purposes.

Coming in first

Coming in first for the tractor driving contest, to qualify for the Tulsa State Fair Tractor Driving contest, was Jantz Baker of Arapaho-Butler.

Responded to a report of an accident with injuries on I-40 in the area of mile marker 66; Clinton Fire, Sinor EMS, and Oklahoma Highway Patrol took over scene.

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