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Rush Springs Watermelon Festival Schedule

Rush Springs Watermelon Festival Schedule

Rush Springs to hold Watermelon Festival

Tim Farley
Thursday, July 29, 2021
RUSH SPRINGS – Rush Springs Lions Club will host about 25,000 people to its 76th annual Watermelon Festival where an estimated 15,000 pounds of the red, tasty fruit will be served to visitors Saturday, Aug. 14 at Jeff Davis Park.
District 5 Southwest Oklahoma COVID-19 Vaccine Administration

District 5 Southwest Oklahoma COVID-19 Vaccine Administration

Health officials keep up vax push

Tim Farley
Thursday, July 29, 2021
About 45% of Comanche County residents 12 and older have received the COVID-19 vaccine, but there’s plenty of work to be done, according to a state health official.
Lawton students in need of sidewalks

Lawton students in need of sidewalks

Councilors: Students in need of sidewalks

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, July 29, 2021
LAWTON – The City Council, during its meeting Tuesday, discussed a need for more sidewalks in Lawton. “We’ve been talking about sidewalks for four years,” said Ward 6 Councilman Sean Fortenbaugh. “I want to get the ball rolling.” A sidewalk from 67th Street to Eisenhower Middle School at 5702 W.
City of Lawton birthday celebration on Aug. 5 at 5:30 p.m.

City of Lawton birthday celebration on Aug. 5 at 5:30 p.m.

City of Lawton birthday celebration scheduled for Aug. 5

From Staff Reports
Thursday, July 29, 2021
The public is invited to the City of Lawton’s 120th birthday celebration and reception Aug. 5 at 5:30 p.m. at City Hall. The event is free and open to all; light refreshments will be served. Lawton was founded on August 6, 1901.
LEDGER PHOTO BY CHRIS MARTIN Toll plazas such as this one on the H.E. Bailey toll road will become a thing of the past when “cashless tolling” is fully implemented on Oklahoma’s turnpike system.

LEDGER PHOTO BY CHRIS MARTIN Toll plazas such as this one on the H.E. Bailey toll road will become a thing of the past when “cashless tolling” is fully implemented on Oklahoma’s turnpike system.

State OKs contract to make Bailey Turnpike ‘cashless’

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, July 29, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – A $7.4 million contract to convert the H.E. Bailey Turnpike to totally “cashless” tolling by mid-2022 was approved Tuesday by the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority. At $7,429,764, Haskell Lemon Construction Co. of Oklahoma City was the lower of two bidders for the job.
SHARP DESIGN & DRAFTING An artist’s conception shows the layout of a commercial development project at 4800-4902 NW Cache Road in Lawton, to be anchored by Mathis Brothers Furniture.

SHARP DESIGN & DRAFTING An artist’s conception shows the layout of a commercial development project at 4800-4902 NW Cache Road in Lawton, to be anchored by Mathis Brothers Furniture.

Council reviews Mathis Center plan

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, July 29, 2021
LAWTON – A proposed $16 million, 20-acre commercial development in west Lawton anchored by Mathis Brothers Furniture, with ample room for future construction of retail businesses such as restaurants, a grocery store and a hotel, was reviewed Tuesday by the City Council.
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