Clinton Ag program staying busy

With one semester completed for the Clinton FFA in the 2023-2024 school year, yet another has begun that will once again be filled with shows, shooting competitions and even public speaking.

Andrew Valle, 23, of Clinton, has been charged with endangering others while eluding police and driving without a license after an attempted routine traffic stop resulted in a high-speed chase through the streets of Clinton on Dec. 28.

In 1781, British Loyalist forces led by Brig. Gen. Benedict Arnold captured and burned Richmond, Va.

Oklahoma State Auditor & Inspector Cindy Byrd recently released her investigative audit report for the Town of Jones in Oklahoma County.

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OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The lethal injection of an Oklahoma man scheduled to be executed next month has been paused for 100 days so that a hearing can be held to determine if he’s mentally competent enough to be executed.

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Kevin Hines regretted jumping off San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge the moment his hands released the rail and he plunged the equivalent of 25 stories into the Pacific Ocean, breaking his back. Hines miraculously survived his suicide attempt at age 19 in September 2000 as he struggled with bipolar disorder, one of about 40 people who survived after jumping off the bridge. Hines, his father, and a group of parents who lost their children to suicide at the bridge relentlessly advocated for a solution for two decades, meeting resistance from people who did not want to alter the iconic landmark with its sweeping views of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay.

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