LAWTON – The Comanche County Election Board rejected challenges that a Republican candidate for Comanche County sheriff filed against two other GOP contenders for that post, leaving voters to make the final decision.

DUNCAN – A sold-out formal attire chamber of commerce banquet was highlighted by several high-profile awards earlier this month. Kelly Arnold, who began her new job as chamber president three weeks ago, said the annual event attracted close to 400 people.

CHICKASHA – May 15 is the anticipated opening date of businessman Chet Hitt’s “Town’s End Brewing Co., Powered by El Cheto’s” in downtown Chickasha. The brewery is housed in the 7,900 square-foot building formerly occupied by the Canadian River Brewing Co.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Lawmakers don’t want cursive handwriting to become a cryptic code to future readers. A measure sent to Governor Kevin Stitt’s desk last week, House Bill 3727, would require students from the third through fifth grades to receive instruction in cursive handwriting.

MEDICINE PARK – The Medicine Park Board of Trustees took the first step recently toward rebuilding the facade at Town Hall. The trustees directed staff on April 18 to prepare the scope of work and seek price quotes for the project, then present the quotes to the board at its next meeting.

LAWTON – It’s been about a five-year process from start to finish, but it’s now legal to drive 80 miles per hour along a 59-mile portion of the Interstate 44/H.E. Bailey Turnpike between Lawton and Chickasha.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Two resolutions authored by Pro Tem Greg Treat were adopted in the state Senate last week. The first, Senate Resolution 42, congratulated the Oklahoma City Blue for winning the 2024 National Basketball Association G League Championship.

OKLAHOMA CITY – State House leadership released preliminary budget numbers to the state Senate onTuesday, which allowed bills passed to the Senate Appropriations Committee to be heard and processed.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Gasoline prices held at higher amounts last week, reaching an average of $3.22 per gallon across Oklahoma. It’s a penny less than a week ago but 15 cents more than one month ago, reports the American Automobile Association.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond’s latest fight with the Environmental Protection Agency focuses on the agency’s consideration of race in regulation of pollution. He is one of 23 attorneys general who signed on with a petition authored by Florida Attorney General Ashley Moody asking the EPA to stop including race as a consideration.