Couple seeks to bring new business life to strip mall

Aaron and Jenny Hemingway have continued their mission of bringing new life to buildings in Clinton and also bring new businesses to town with their recent purchase of the strip mall located in the 1900 block of W. Gary Boulevard.

Rt. 66 grant project pitched to council

Big ideas for the upcoming Route 66 Centennial took center stage at Tuesday evening’s Clinton City Council meeting. The West OK Co-Op presented a roadside attraction concept to showcase a section of the original Route 66 in Clinton.

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Early last week, floodwater in rural Minnesota pushed debris against a more than century-old dam and then carved a path around it, eroding so much of the riverbank that most of a house fell into the river. Several days later, intense rain damaged a dam that holds drinking water for Houston, forcing officials to issue a potential failure warning.

OROVILLE, Calif. (AP) — Firefighters lined roads to keep flames from reaching homes as helicopters dropped water on a growing wildfire Wednesday in Northern California that has forced at least 13,000 people to evacuate, with another day of extreme heat expected.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — The former Cleveland officer who fatally shot 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014 has resigned from a police force in West Virginia, the third time in six years he left a small department amid backlash shortly after he had been hired.

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