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Lawton City Council votes to replace old water, sewer lines

News Staff
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
LAWTON – Contracts have been approved to replace several deteriorated water and sewer lines. • The City Council awarded a $14,177,260 contract to Timco Blasting and Coatings of Bristow to replace approximately 37,000 linear feet (seven miles) of “high-maintenance” waterlines in Lawton.

Lawton recreational plans progressing

News Staff
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
LAWTON – With warmer weather approaching, City Hall issued updates on plans for aquatics and parks improvements. The City Council hired C.H. Guernsey and Co. last November to design a new Aquatics Center to be funded through Propel FY24.

Oklahoma coping with illegal immigration

News Staff
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – State Attorney General Gentner Drummond joined a legal brief supporting Texas in its effort to preserve their controversial immigration law, because Oklahoma too is coping with undocumented immigrants.
The Kiamichi River, seen March 17 from a bridge approximately six miles due east of Albion on Indian Highway. Mike W. Ray | Southwest Ledger

The Kiamichi River, seen March 17 from a bridge approximately six miles due east of Albion on Indian Highway. Mike W. Ray | Southwest Ledger

‘Whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting’

News Staff
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Mark Twain purportedly once said that “whiskey is for drinking, water is for fighting.” Whether he did or didn’t is uncertain, but the maxim certainly applies to southeastern Oklahoma.

BlackRock catching grief from right and left

News Staff
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – Although BlackRock invests billions of dollars in numerous energy companies and dropped its membership in a global investment coalition that has pressured companies to decarbonize, the world’s biggest asset manager is catching grief from both political wings.

Judge won’t dismiss suit against Treasurer

News Staff
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
OKLAHOMA CITY – An Oklahoma County judge denied State Treasurer Todd Russ’ motion to dismiss a lawsuit challenging Oklahoma’s law that forbids state government entities from doing business with financial institutions that “discriminate” against the oil and gas industry.
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