Area FFA officers attend leadership conference

Officers from the Clinton and Arapaho Butler FFA chapters attended the Chapter Officer Leadership Training (COLT) Conference Sept. 19 at the Great Plains Technology Center in Lawton to connect with other FFA Officers and undergo leadership training.

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Performed an agency assist with Clinton Police Department near Nowahy Ave. and Congress.

Responded to a 911 hang-up in the 300 block of N. 11th St., arrested 26-yearold subject on a new Custer County charge.

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OKLAHOMA CITY – Sen. Jo Anna Dossett, D-Tulsa, presented an interim study to the Senate Public Safety Committee Monday afternoon looking at the predatory practice of for-profit mugshot websites.

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