On Monday night, members of the Clinton Public Schools Board of Education met to continue discussions on the district’s Capital Improvement Projects, possible bond issues and current enrollment. This month’s meeting had also been marked with an executive session to discuss the annual evaluation and contract of Supt. Tyler Bridges.
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation has been called in to investigate the death of a 2-year-old child in Cordell.
Responded to a report of tree blocking one lane one half mile east of Custer City.
In 1776, Thomas Paine published his pro-independence pamphlet “Common Sense.”
Responded to a report of a commercial alarm in the 900 block of Frisco Ave.
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PARIS (AP) — Paris immortalized late British music icon David Bowie by naming a street after him in the city’s southeast region on what would have been his 77th birthday on Monday.
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — The Boeing jetliner that suffered an inflight blowout over Oregon was not being used for flights to Hawaii after a warning light that could have indicated a pressurization problem lit up on three different flights.

