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Duncan Mayor Robert Armstrong is sworn into office by Municipal Judge Joe Enos during the Duncan City Council’s May 6 meeting at the Police Department Complex. Armstrong is starting his second three-year term in office. Loisdawn Jones | City of Duncan

Duncan Mayor Robert Armstrong is sworn into office by Municipal Judge Joe Enos during the Duncan City Council’s May 6 meeting at the Police Department Complex. Armstrong is starting his second three-year term in office. Loisdawn Jones | City of Duncan

Duncan council marks beginning of mayor’s second term

News Staff
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
DUNCAN – Duncan City Council recently marked the start of Mayor Robert Armstrong’s second term and chose a new vice mayor.Armstrong was sworn into office and signed the oath of office during a special meeting May 6 at the Duncan Police Complex.
Presented with a special Customer Service award for talking a distraught man from self harm in November 2021 were Daniel Parker, right, and Charissa King, second from right. Also present for the ceremony were Turnpike Authority board member Gene Love of Lawton, left, and Marcus Williams, OTA Director of Customer Service, second from left. Oklahoma Turnpike Authority

Presented with a special Customer Service award for talking a distraught man from self harm in November 2021 were Daniel Parker, right, and Charissa King, second from right. Also present for the ceremony were Turnpike Authority board member Gene Love of Lawton, left, and Marcus Williams, OTA Director of Customer Service, second from left. Oklahoma Turnpike Authority

Turnpike Authority customer service reps save man’s life

News Staff
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Marcus Williams, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority’s Customer Service director, reported recently that his division fielded hundreds of thousands of telephone calls in 2021. One of them saved a man’s life.

MPEDA to cancel Discover Medicine Park contract

News Staff
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
MEDICINE PARK – The Medicine Park Economic Development Authority’s current agreement with Gary Gregory, a contractor who manages the Discover Medicine Park page on Facebook, will end next month.At Gregory’s request, the board voted 4-0 May 9 to cancel his existing contract effective June 1.

Honorees at LPS’ Salute to Service event

News Staff
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
LAWTON – The following students were honored April 30 at Lawton Public Schools’ Salute to Service. Students are listed by their high school and their chosen branch of military service.Lawton MacArthur High School Luke Blackmon: United States Military Academy.Haley Jones: Oklahoma National Guard.

Prosecutors aim to build opioid treatment center

News Staff
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
LAWTON – Prosecutors and county commissioners in southwest Oklahoma are seeking to build a first-rate opioid treatment center.The facility would be built with settlement funds from lawsuits filed against national pharmaceutical companies for their role in promoting the opioid drug crisis.

U.S. unemployment rate remains below 4% for 2+ years

News Staff
Wednesday, May 15, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – Job growth slowed last month and unemployment in Oklahoma and nationally increased the first week of this month, stoking optimism for an interest rate reduction by the Federal Reserve this summer as fears of an overheated economy wane.U.S.
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