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Youth Sports Authority interested in beginning negotiations for KCA site

Eric Swanson

Monday, April 3, 2023

LAWTON — The Lawton Youth Sports Authority is interested in starting negotiations with the Kiowa, Comanche and Apache tribes over building the city’s youth sports complex on tribal trust land.

Renovation has begun on the interior of the Savoy Hotel. Entrepreneur Chet Hitt said a restaurant and bar are planned for the building. MIKE W. RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

California dreamer expands plans for Chickasha project

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Monday, April 3, 2023

CHICKASHA — A California dreamer who envisions a multimillion-dollar redevelopment project in downtown Chickasha has widened his goal.

This is the headquarters of Bordwine Development Inc. at 1102 Pikes Peak Road south of Chickasha. KYLETTA RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Bordwine, his companies owe almost $110K in property taxes

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

CHICKASHA – The owner of multiple properties in Chickasha who owns or leases three sites where large quantities of hand sanitizer and hand lotion were destroyed in fires last year owes more than $100,000 in overdue property taxes, online records of the Grady County Treasurer’s Office show.

Fortenbaugh resigns from Lawton City Council

Eric Swanson

Wednesday, March 29, 2023

LAWTON – Citing health issues, Lawton City Councilman Sean Fortenbaugh has resigned from the council. Fortenbaugh, who represents Ward 6, announced his resignation in a letter to Mayor Stan Booker.

Bordwine and his companies owe more than $100K in property taxes

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

CHICKASHA – A Grady County resident who owns or leases three sites where large quantities of hand sanitizer and hand lotion were destroyed in fires last year owes more than $100,000 in overdue property taxes, online records of the Grady County Treasurer’s Office show.

A woman walks into the Oklahoma Judicial Center at 2100 N. Lincoln Blvd. in Oklahoma City. JENNA LOWRANCE | FOR SOUTHWEST LEDGER

State Supreme Court: Oklahoma Constitution gives “Limited Right” to Abortion

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Monday, March 27, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — A sharply divided Oklahoma Supreme Court last Tuesday ruled that a woman has an inherent right to end a pregnancy when its necessary to save her life.

Two admit damaging federal buildings; judges impose prison and restitution

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Monday, March 27, 2023

OKLAHOMA CITY — Two men who damaged federal buildings have been sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution. Kevin Shane Owens, 29, broke open a letterbox, mail receptacle, and other authorized depository for mail matter inside a U.S. Post Office in south Oklahoma City on Dec. 24, 2021.

Ranchers displeased with Biden rule on waterways

News Staff

Monday, March 27, 2023

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association is disappointed by a federal judge’s ruling that would have halted the Biden administration’s latest rule on the Water of the United States. U.S. District Judge Jeffrey V.

Fentanyl mixed with xylazine is lethal: 9 Oklahomans died

News Staff

Monday, March 27, 2023

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration is warning Americans about a sharp increase in the trafficking of fentanyl mixed with a veterinary medication, xylazine. Xylazine, also known as “Tranq,” is a powerful sedative that the U.S.

Sanders selected as broadband office executive director

News Staff

Monday, March 27, 2023

After considering more than 40 candidates from across the nation, the Oklahoma Broadband Governing Board unanimously voted to hire former Oklahoma State Representative Mike Sanders as executive director of the Oklahoma Broadband Office.

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