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LEDGER PHOTO BY STEVE BOOKER

LEDGER PHOTO BY STEVE BOOKER

Construction of new Hilliary HQ underway

(not verified)
Thursday, April 22, 2021
The new Hilliary Communications headquarters is under construction at the SH-49/Medicine Park exit off I-44 north of Lawton-Fort Sill.
LEDGER PHOTO BY MIKE W. RAY

LEDGER PHOTO BY MIKE W. RAY

W. Cache Creek bridge set for replacement

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, April 22, 2021
This aged bridge over West Cache Creek has been placed on the “5-Year Plan” priority list for replacement, Comanche County Commissioner Alvin Cargill said. The bridge lies on old US-62 a short distance west of SH-115 and the western edge of Cache.
Lawton man convicted of robbing credit union

Lawton man convicted of robbing credit union

Lawton man convicted of robbing credit union

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, April 22, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – A Lawton man well-known to southwest Oklahoma law enforcement officers was convicted April 15 in the Western District federal court in Oklahoma City of using a fake bomb to rob a Lawton financial institution 13 months ago. John Scott Brooks, 38, was convicted after a two-day trial.
From left are Daniel Farrell, Council Chair for Lions of Oklahoma; Gaile Loving, OBI volunteer; Dr. John Armitage, president and CEO of the Oklahoma Blood Institute; Kasinda Brown, current president of Lawton Noon Lions Club; Christi Chambers, executive director of OBI’s Lawton Market; Tom Love, MD-3 Southwest District Governor for Lions of Oklahoma; Dr. Richard Boatsman, chair of OBI Board of Directors.

From left are Daniel Farrell, Council Chair for Lions of Oklahoma; Gaile Loving, OBI volunteer; Dr. John Armitage, president and CEO of the Oklahoma Blood Institute; Kasinda Brown, current president of Lawton Noon Lions Club; Christi Chambers, executive director of OBI’s Lawton Market; Tom Love, MD-3 Southwest District Governor for Lions of Oklahoma; Dr. Richard Boatsman, chair of OBI Board of Directors.

Lions Club presents check to Oklahoma Blood Institute

Curtis Awbrey – Editor
Thursday, April 22, 2021
LAWTON – Lions Clubs from across the Sooner State banded together to benefit Oklahoma Blood Institute’s need for a new fully equipped Bloodmobile.
Bill to cap insulin prices signed into law

Bill to cap insulin prices signed into law

Bill to cap insulin prices signed into law

Tim Farley
Thursday, April 22, 2021
A “lifesaving” medicine will be more affordable since Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a measure Tuesday that passed both the state House and Senate. House Bill 1019 will make insulin much cheaper than currently charged by pharmacies. Introduced by Rep.
Former KCA tribal employee admitted theft, embezzlement

Former KCA tribal employee admitted theft, embezzlement

Former KCA tribal employee admitted theft, embezzlement

News Staff
Thursday, April 22, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Cayle Leigh Klinekole of Elgin was sentenced April 15 to five years of probation and to pay restitution of nearly $200,000 for embezzlement and theft from an Indian tribal organization.
Oklahoma Historical Society Image

Oklahoma Historical Society Image

KCA Reservation was dissolved, judge rules

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, April 22, 2021
LAWTON – Although the U.S. Supreme Court and the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals have ruled that Congress never dissolved the Oklahoma reservations of the Five Tribes in eastern Oklahoma, the same cannot be said of the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache Reservation in southwestern Oklahoma, a judge has ruled.
McGirt ruling continues to reverberate

McGirt ruling continues to reverberate

McGirt ruling continues to reverberate

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, April 22, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – Repercussions from the U.S. Supreme Court decision last July in McGirt v. Oklahoma, which caused a transformation of more than a century of jurisprudence in Oklahoma, continue to ripple across the state.
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