Lawton panel begins ward redistricting task

LAWTON – Armed with a new set of census numbers, the Lawton Redistricting Commission is tackling the task of redrawing ward boundaries.

County COVID cases falling

LAWTON – Latest figures from Comanche County Memorial Hospital and Lawton Public Schools indicate the number of COVID-19 cases is dropping. The hospital had 18 COVID-19 patients as of October 19 with 14 of those being unvaccinated.

Western Bank of Oklahoma puts its money where its mouth is

ELK CITY — Jimmy Harrel and his band of bankers love helping people in their communities, and beyond. Harrel, chief executive officer of Western Bank of Oklahoma, has been a big part of the Elk City and Vici communities since he and his late cousin Donald Harrel bought the bank in the 1980s.

Flower Mound to close 3 polling places for special election

LAWTON – Flower Mound School District will close the polling place for Precincts 160021, 160026 and 160032 in Comanche County for the Nov. 9 special election, Comanche County Election Board Secretary Amy Sims said Wednesday.

Brewers team up to battle disease that hits close to home

LAWTON — Former NFL Running Back Dewell Brewer and his cousin, Bad Boy Gym and Fitness owner Grady Brewer, will join forces for the Alzheimer’s Association Walk to End Alzheimer’s on Saturday, Oct. 16 at Elmer Thomas Park in Lawton.   The event is scheduled to begin at 8:30 a.m.

City to require drivers to secure their loads

LAWTON – Lawton’s new ordinance requiring drivers to secure their loads will go into effect Monday. Ordinance 22-4-1-408 mandates that drivers secure and cover all loads to prevent them from blowing away, falling into the road, leaking or escaping from the vehicle.

State Chamber sets October as Manufacturing Month

Sixteen manufacturing companies in Lawton provide thousands of jobs and help drive the local economy, which is a reason to celebrate, said Lawton-Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce President Krista Ratliff.

Oklahoma seeks to recoup unemployment overpayments but doesn’t know how much

Dee Ann Russell mopped sticky floors, stocked shelves and took customers’ money for soda, beer and cigarettes at 7-Eleven for nine years, eventually earning $16.05 an hour.   In March 2020, she decided it was no longer worth the risk.

No further anthrax cases reported in Jackson Co., state

ALTUS – Morgan Vance, chief of communications for the Oklahoma Department of Agriculture, Food and Forestry told Southwest Ledger that only the one case of anthrax had been confirmed in Jackson County two months ago.

Lawton to end mask requirement Monday

LAWTON – Starting Monday, the city of Lawton will not require people to wear masks in city-managed buildings. A recent decline in the number of active COVID-19 cases, as reported by the Oklahoma State Department of Health, prompted officials to end the mask requirement as of 8 a.m.