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Panelists David Stringer, JJ Francais and Sharicka Brackens speak at Lawton-Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce’s State of Media and Communications Luncheon. Hugh Scott Jr. | Southwest Ledger

Panelists David Stringer, JJ Francais and Sharicka Brackens speak at Lawton-Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce’s State of Media and Communications Luncheon. Hugh Scott Jr. | Southwest Ledger

Local media panelists encourage trust between news outlets, public

News Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
LAWTON – Small communities are at risk of losing their local newsrooms, which prompted three area journalists to encourage cooperation and trust between residents and news outlets in the Lawton area.

Two Lawton area dam repair projects planned

News Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Please choose the copy below that best fits your ONE column width. Thank you. LAWTON – The Lake Ellsworth spillway repair project will be readvertised for bids, and a project to repair or replace Gondola Dam below Lake Lawtonka is being evaluated.

Youth Sports Authority secures site for new sports complex

News Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
LAWTON – Lawton’s search for a site for the city’s indoor youth sports complex is over. The Lawton Youth Sports Authority voted 6-0 March 14 to purchase nearly 85 acres of land on the southwest corner of East Gore Boulevard and Southeast 45th Street, south of MacArthur High School, for the complex.
An engineering contract for a project to widen this unlined section of Numu Creek in southeast Lawton was approved by the City Council. Garver will be paid up to $687,825 to develop a project management plan for improving the creek from upstream of South Railroad Street and extending north-northwest a third of a mile to downstream of Lee Boulevard. The creek would be widened on the same alignment as the existing stream, records reflect. The project would be financed, at least in part, from a $30 million Cle

An engineering contract for a project to widen this unlined section of Numu Creek in southeast Lawton was approved by the City Council. Garver will be paid up to $687,825 to develop a project management plan for improving the creek from upstream of South Railroad Street and extending north-northwest a third of a mile to downstream of Lee Boulevard. The creek would be widened on the same alignment as the existing stream, records reflect. The project would be financed, at least in part, from a $30 million Cle

An engineering contract for a project to widen this unlined section of Numu Creek in southeast Lawton was approved by the City Council

News Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Lawton creates Homeless Action Committee

News Staff
Tuesday, March 19, 2024
LAWTON – A seven- member Homeless Action Committee has been established to “reduce the community impact of homelessness” by identifying services available locally and referring homeless individuals to servicing agencies.
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