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Cotton County imposes 14-day burn ban

Cotton County imposes 14-day burn ban

Cotton County imposes 14-day burn ban

Mike W. Ray
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
Cotton County commissioners approved a burn-ban resolution Monday, and Comanche County Emergency Management Director Clint Langford noted that the burn ban imposed last Monday still remains in effect this week.
Eric Swanson | Southwest Ledger From the left, Medicine Park Economic Development Authority members Noel Alsbrook and Rich Amadon listen to a discussion during the board’s Aug. 13 meeting. MPEDA, which is exploring the possibility of turning the dugout farm in town into a museum, is seeking a survey of the property.

Eric Swanson | Southwest Ledger From the left, Medicine Park Economic Development Authority members Noel Alsbrook and Rich Amadon listen to a discussion during the board’s Aug. 13 meeting. MPEDA, which is exploring the possibility of turning the dugout farm in town into a museum, is seeking a survey of the property.

MPEDA seeking property survey for dugout farm

Eric Swanson
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
MEDICINE PARK — The Medicine Park Economic Development Authority, which is exploring the possibility of turning a dugout farm within the city limits into a museum, wants to evaluate the property’s boundaries and features.
Heat, drought prompt Chickasha council to adopt odd-even water rationing ordinance

Heat, drought prompt Chickasha council to adopt odd-even water rationing ordinance

Heat, drought prompt Chickasha council to adopt odd-even water rationing ordinance

Mike W. Ray
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
CHICKASHA – An ordinance imposing mandatory outdoor water rationing for customers of Chickasha’s municipal water system was adopted Friday evening during a special meeting of the City Council – and “boo birds” wasted no time in attacking it and the council’s motives.
Scott Rains | For Southwest Ledger A recent Ottawa County jail death verdict offers an ominous possibility as six similar lawsuits are pending regarding the Comanche County Detention Center.

Scott Rains | For Southwest Ledger A recent Ottawa County jail death verdict offers an ominous possibility as six similar lawsuits are pending regarding the Comanche County Detention Center.

Ottawa County $33M jail death verdict serves as warning to other counties

Mike W. Ray
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY – Terral Ellis, 26, voluntarily surrendered at the Ottawa County Jail in Miami, in far northeastern Oklahoma, on Oct. 10, 2015, in response to an outstanding arrest warrant. He would be dead before Halloween.
Ashley Payne | Southwest Ledger From left, Lawton Economic Development Authority board member Rick Walker, Chairman David Madigan, and then-board member George Gill acknowledge Westwin Elements’ official notice not to proceed with a large-scale commercial nickel refinery in Lawton.

Ashley Payne | Southwest Ledger From left, Lawton Economic Development Authority board member Rick Walker, Chairman David Madigan, and then-board member George Gill acknowledge Westwin Elements’ official notice not to proceed with a large-scale commercial nickel refinery in Lawton.

LEDA takes off the gloves, votes to get tough with Westwin Elements over refinery debts

Mike W. Ray
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
LAWTON – The Lawton Economic Development Authority intends to play hardball with Westwin Elements.LEDA voted unanimously Thursday to “take appropriate action to recover possession” of the company’s pilot nickel processing plant in Lawton, “enforce and collect amounts due” to LEDA, “and exercise...
Photo provided Construction on this building at the Firehawk Aerospace site in northwest Lawton was underway at 4:45 a.m. Thursday, before the temperature soared to triple digits. A concrete foundation is being poured, and rebar has been installed to provide support for walls that will be up to 3 feet thick.

Photo provided Construction on this building at the Firehawk Aerospace site in northwest Lawton was underway at 4:45 a.m. Thursday, before the temperature soared to triple digits. A concrete foundation is being poured, and rebar has been installed to provide support for walls that will be up to 3 feet thick.

Dirtwork complete on Firehawk project, construction starts, pipes to be installed

Mike W. Ray
Wednesday, August 26, 2026
LAWTON – Dirtwork in preparation for construction of buildings at the Firehawk Aerospace site in northwest Lawton is complete and the project remains “on schedule,” the Lawton Economic Development Authority was informed Thursday.More than 130,000 cubic yards of earth were excavated, moved, then...
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