Allocation of Lawton FY25 CDBG funds still unresolved

City officials in Lawton have not yet decided how funds in the current Community Development Block Grant should be allocated among local public service organizations that support the homeless.Homelessness is “the Number 1 thing we want to address” with Lawton’s CDBG, Mayor Stan Booker said.

TSET Healthy Incentive Grants awarded to local schools

LAWTON – Five local schools are the recipients of the recent Tobacco Settlement Endowment Trust Healthy Incentive Grants.

Area Election Results

Here’s a roundup of unofficial area results from the April 1 elections. Results shown here are subject to contest and recount and are neither final nor official until they are certified by the appropriate election board.Mayor of Cache: Scott Brown: 196 votes, 64.26% of total votes cast.

Elgin voters reelect Francais, approve lodging tax

ELGIN – Elgin Mayor JJ Francais is headed for another four-year stint in office.

Three new members elected to Chickasha City Council

CHICKASHA – For the second consecutive year, three new members have been elected to the nine-member City Council.

Lawton sports authority chooses designer for sports complex

LAWTON – The Lawton Youth Sports Trust Authority has tapped the Oklahoma City-based architectural firm ADG Blatt to design the city’s proposed youth sports complex.

Southwest Oklahoma Legislative Update: Senate

OKLAHOMA CITY - A Senate Resolution, SR 11, aimed at recognizing the critical national aviation security role of the Mike Monroney Aeronautical Center and its Federal Aviation Administration Academy, was supported by southwest Oklahoma senators.

Southwest Oklahoma Legislative Update: House

OKLAHOMA CITY Three southwest Oklahoma representatives - Reps. Stacy Jo Adams (R-Duncan), Dick Lowe (R-Amber) and Daniel Pae (R-Lawton) - are co-sponsors of House Bill 1389, which pertains to mammography screening.

Free Speech in Crisis: How an Archaic State Law is Landing Oklahomans in Jail for Libel

Free speech cases in Lawton and Norman reveal how a toxic national discourse trickles down onto local politics.Despite superficially similar biographies, it would be hard to imagine two Oklahomans more different than Matina Davis and Mike Reynolds.

Justice Deptartment beefs up resources to investigate ‘Indian Country’ crimes

From staff reports OKLAHOMA CITY – The U.S. Justice Department announced it will surge FBI assets across the country to address unresolved violent crimes in Indian Country, including crimes relating to missing and murdered indigenous persons.