Here's a preview of Friday's CDN

- Shake up comes for hospital 

- Tower drainage continues

- Track getting resurfaced at CHS

- Lady Reds basketball celebrates 50th anniversary

- Local, state, national news, sprots and more

In what was expected to be a routine meeting of the Clinton Hospital Authority Wednesday to continue work to reopen the Clinton Regional Hospital with decisions regarding hospital policies and transfer agreements to be made, Trustee Dr. Robert Blakeburn unexpectedly resigned from his position on the board citing concern for the authority’s standing as well as objections to some of the recent decisions made regarding the staffing of the Clinton Regional Hospital’s emergency room.

School’s out

Fourth-grader Harley Hulett spends her fall break at McLain Rogers Park with her family, riding the zip line.

The City of Clinton’s 2.5-million-gallon water tower located at the intersection of 18th Street and Broadway Avenue continues to cause problems for the City, as officials work to drain the estimated more than 100-year-old tower so they can determine just what damage lies beneath the surface of the tower that began caving in after a July 7 windstorm.

Track getting resurfaced at CHS

Clinton High School’s track is currently being resurfaced after having the same running surface for the past 17 years. The process is estimated to take about three weeks with a bill for the CPS district of approximately $220,000, according to Supt. Tyler Bridges.

NEW YORK (AP) — Within the past year, young journalists have produced investigations that led to the resignation of Stanford University's president, the firing of Northwestern University's football coach, and a school shooting graphic so striking that it led a veteran newsman to say, 'I've never seen a better front page.'

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The chief justice of the Oklahoma Supreme Court is recommending the removal of a lower court judge who was caught on camera scrolling through social media and texting during a murder trial.

DALLAS (AP) — A 13-year-old Texas boy has been convicted on a murder charge stemming from the fatal shooting of a Sonic Drive-In employee.

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