The Custer County Commissioners Board has approved contracts to start work on the courthouse bathroom remodel that is estimated to cost around $500,000. Two contracts have been approved from Architects in Partnership and Rick Scott Construction to begin working on bids and plans for the remodel.

Honored at state level

Arapaho-Butler High School math teacher Melinda Griffith, right, poses with Carson Kinder, an Academic All-Stater from Arapaho-Butler, during the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence Academic Awards Banquet, held recently in Oklahoma City. Kinder, a 2022 graduate of Arapaho-Butler High School, was among 100 outstanding seniors from Oklahoma public schools who were honored by the foundation as Academic All-Staters. CDN

Preparing for luncheon

Toshia Cuccias, left, and Julie Caldwell finish pushing in chairs for the upcoming Clinton Chamber of Commerce luncheon tomorrow from noon to 1 p.m. at the Frisco Center. CDN

(AP) — The skies over a scattering of western U.S. cities will stay dark for the third consecutive Fourth of July as some major fireworks displays are canceled again this year, this time for fire concerns amid dry weather, along with pandemic related supply or staffing problems.

Responded to a report of cattle out north of the sale barn on U.S. Highway 183.

Performed a medical assist in the 1500 block of Orient Ave.

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Gun deaths in Oklahoma have increased since a “permitless carry” law allowing people over the age of 21 to carry a gun without a permit or training went into effect in 2019, according to a newspaper’s review of data.

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