Getting in one final practice

Preparing to sing the national anthem at the first home Clinton High School football game tonight, from left, are CHS choir director Sandra Roulet, Morgandee Fernandez, Kenzie Kauk, Grayson McCullough, Finn Murray and Audrey Shackelford.

Prep work

Cleanup efforts continued Wednesday morning at the Glancy Motel as Jose Lopez, Pedro Ayala and Bertin Nestor loaded up one of its numerous mattresses. The crew was clearing trash before beginning the asbestos abatement process which is expected to take six to eight weeks.

McALESTER, Okla. (AP) — Oklahoma executed a man Thursday for a 1997 killing, despite a recommendation from the state’s Pardon and Parole Board that his life be spared.

UVALDE, Texas (AP) — The Uvalde school district has fired police chief Pete Arredondo under mounting pressure in the grieving Texas town to punish officers for hesitating for over an hour to storm a classroom and take down the gunman who killed 19 children and two teachers.

Going over drills

Blakelee Lewis, left, and Jennifer Daubenspeck return to Nance Elementary School following a routine surprise fire drill conducted by the Clinton Fire Department.

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