Playground expanding

Bradley Zellner, left, and Roberto Balderrama assemble a slide component for the new playground equipment at McLain Rogers Park. The project is funded by proceeds from the Clinton Classic Run.

The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics recently arrested one individual and seized more than 1,000 plants from an unregistered and therefore illegal marijuana grow facility located east of Clinton.

In a span of approximately 37 minutes, the Clinton City Council covered a lot of territory during its Tuesday meeting. While the loan for the hospital and property matters were considered the major issues covered, here is a brief rundown of the other agenda items covered.

(AP) — A man armed with a machete was overwhelmed and arrested after threatening to kill officers at a police station in western Germany early Friday, prosecutors said. Investigators said they believe he had an Islamic extremist motive.

HONG KONG (AP) — A powerful typhoon made landfall on the Chinese tropical vacation island of Hainan Friday after it swept south of Hong Kong, bringing many aspects of life in the region to a halt and forcing about a million people in the country’s south to leave their homes.

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