A bill to encourage and retain Oklahoma’s top educators has cleared its first legislative hurdle. Sen. Rob Standridge, R-Norman, is the author of Senate Bill 1127, the Teacher Retention Act of 2020. The bill has been approved by the Senate Education Committee.
Seventh-graders at Clinton Middle School recognized at the Clinton Public School Foundation-sponsored Honor Roll Breakfast are, front row from left, Braxton Driskill, Parker Adams, Derron Jackson, Kyler Ringo-Kabunda, Cooper Whitetail, Vinay Madi and Jagger Moschetti; middle row, Addison Newcomb,
Social media has allowed at-home food business owners to reach larger numbers of potential customers, but Oklahoma’s strict regulations have kept many from growing and succeeding. Sen.
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Stormy Flores, left, on the Grace Living Center activities staff, paints resident Jimmie Hamilton’s fingernails.
Despite a few scattered cases, Clinton Public Schools nurse Sheffield Southall said the district appears to be over the worst of the flu season for the year.
“I’m not saying we don’t have any flu cases, because we do, but it’s nothing like it was before Christmas,” Southall said.
Clinton’s Economic Development Authority met behind closed doors for nearly an hour Tuesday “for the purpose of purchase or appraisal of real property.”
Southwest Elementary students rehearsing for an upcoming performance of “The Aristocrats” are, front row from left, Aaricia Fierros and Arlo Smith; and back row, Alexa Villa, Hadley Meget, Gabriela Abraham and Laney Anderson. The musical will be performed at 6 p.m. Thursday, Feb.
Telephone scammers trying to swindle farmers out of their hard-earned money have so far been unsuccessful in their attempts, it was officially reported in Beckham County this week.
During Kindness Week at Western Oklahoma Christian School, student Greta Geisler, left, announces that Mrs. Dick is one of two teachers whose fundraising efforts earned her a pie in the face.