As the municipal election filing deadline finished Wednesday two races emerged in the City of Clinton – one for the mayoral position and another for the Ward 4 council seat.

New dentist to expand services in Clinton

Dr. Devin Morales, a recent graduate of the University of Oklahoma College of Dentistry, will join the dental practice of Dr. Kyle Serfoss at Clinton Dental Group this July. A native of Ardmore, Dr. Morales brings with him a passion for helping others and building meaningful relationships, which drew him to pursue a career in dentistry.

Fire hydrant installation

Public Works Director Gene McCullough inspects a new fire hydrant being installed at the intersection of 10th Street and Frisco as part of the ongoing water pipe replacement project. 

TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — A company drilling for natural gas off the coast of northern Israel discovered a 3,300-yearold ship and its cargo, one of the oldest known examples of a ship sailing far from land, the Israel Antiquities Authority said Thursday.

(AP) – Kerry Max Cook is innocent of the 1977 murder of Linda Jo Edwards, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals found, citing stunning allegations of prosecutorial misconduct that led to Cook spending 20 years on death row for a crime he did not commit.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A five-year investigation by U.S. officials has uncovered a complex partnership between one of Mexico’s most notorious drug cartels and Chinese underground banking groups in the U.S. that laundered money from the sale of fentanyl, cocaine and other drugs, federal prosecutors said Tuesday.

BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — Louisiana has become the first state to require that the Ten Commandments be displayed in every public school classroom under a bill signed into law by Republican Gov. Jeff Landry on Wednesday.

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