As the summer nears its end, Western Plains Library System’s Summer Reading Program has finished for the year. The last day for the program was last Friday.

The Clinton School Board received updates on the district’s capital improvement plan and began the process of school board redistricting at its monthly meeting Monday.

The Clinton Fire Department responded to two structure fires over the weekend, according to Fire Chief Brett Russell. The two blazes were easily extinguished with little damage to the buildings.

Enjoying a local attraction

Audrey Fish, left,watches her golf ball. Nokese Fish, right, focuses on his swing as they play a round at the Route 66 putt-putt course. CDN

TULSA, Okla. (AP) — An 18-year-old woman was killed after gunfire broke out as several young adults hung out a landmark in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma, where there's an acoustic anomaly, police said.

(AP) — The Texas Department of Public Safety announced Monday an internal review into the actions of state police who had dozens of troopers and agents on the scene during a slow and chaotic response to the Uvalde elementary school massacre.

(AP) — The prosecutor seeking the death penalty for the gunman who massacred 17 people at a Parkland, Florida, high school detailed for jurors Monday how Nikolas Cruz coldly mowed down his victims, returning to some as they lay wounded to finish them off with a second volley.

(AP) — The U.S. will spend $1.3 billion to develop advanced satellites that will be able to better track hypersonic missile threats, the Pentagon said Monday, announcing two new contracts that will put the detection and tracking systems in orbit by 2025.

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