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LEDGER PHOTOS BY KYLETTA RAY This is one of the eight tennis courts at Greer Park in Lawton that received a facelift in a $320,000 CIP project.

LEDGER PHOTOS BY KYLETTA RAY This is one of the eight tennis courts at Greer Park in Lawton that received a facelift in a $320,000 CIP project.

Rehab of Greer Park courts to be celebrated

Staff Reports
Thursday, June 17, 2021
LAWTON – A ceremony to dedicate the renovation of the tennis courts at Greer Park, NW Cherry and 38th Street, is set for 10 a.m. June 24.
Jobless claims rise

Jobless claims rise

Jobless claims rise; agency updates Return-to-Work incentive eligibility

News Staff
Thursday, June 17, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) reports increases in initial and continued unemployment claims. The agency also updated the eligibility for the $1,200 Return-to-Work Incentive the governor announced in May, and revealed plans for two more career fairs this month.
LEDGER PHOTO BY CURTIS AWBREY Beams have been installed for the new eastbound bridge on US-62 over the Washita River in Chickasha, just east of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike.

LEDGER PHOTO BY CURTIS AWBREY Beams have been installed for the new eastbound bridge on US-62 over the Washita River in Chickasha, just east of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike.

New bridges under construction in Chickasha over Washita River

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, June 17, 2021
CHICKASHA – Reconstruction of the twin bridges on US-62/US-277/SH-9 over the Washita River in Chickasha, just east of the H.E. Bailey Turnpike/Interstate 44, is well underway. US-62/US-277/SH-9 has been narrowed to one lane in each direction at the river crossing.
PSO seeks approval of programs, incentives

PSO seeks approval of programs, incentives

PSO seeks approval of programs, incentives

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, June 17, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Public Service Co. of Oklahoma seeks approval to continue its programs that incentivize customers to save energy, and wants to extend the duration of its energy efficiency and “demand response” programs from three years to five.
Among those in attendance were MG Kamper, left; Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Burnley, right; and Trainee Aiden Sellers, 17, currently the youngest Soldier in Training at the post. Fort Sill was founded in 1869 and trains more that 18,000 Soldiers each year. (The Fiscal Year 2020 number was 18,418.) 

Among those in attendance were MG Kamper, left; Command Sgt. Maj. Stephen Burnley, right; and Trainee Aiden Sellers, 17, currently the youngest Soldier in Training at the post. Fort Sill was founded in 1869 and trains more that 18,000 Soldiers each year. (The Fiscal Year 2020 number was 18,418.) 

Fort Sill celebrates Army’s ‘birthday’

News Staff
Thursday, June 17, 2021
The 246th "birthday" of the United States Army was celebrated Monday at Fort Sill in cake-cutting ceremony at McNair Hall, headquarters of Maj. Kenneth Kamper, commanding general of the Fires Center of Excellence and Fort Sill. 
Duncan man faces federal counts for assault

Duncan man faces federal counts for assault

Duncan man faces federal counts for assault

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, June 17, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – A Native American from Duncan who has three prior state convictions faces trial next month on federal charges of assaulting a woman with a knife and intimidating her to prevent her from testifying against him.
LEDGER PHOTO BY ANDREW W. GRIFFIN Customers wait for their orders inside Black Rifle Coffee Co.’s new store at 1909 S. Telephone Road in Moore.

LEDGER PHOTO BY ANDREW W. GRIFFIN Customers wait for their orders inside Black Rifle Coffee Co.’s new store at 1909 S. Telephone Road in Moore.

Black Rifle perking along in Oklahoma

Andrew W. Griffin
Thursday, June 17, 2021
MOORE – A new coffee-house in Moore is giving a new meaning to the phrase “another round of coffee.
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