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Adkins to headline Fort Sill concert

Adkins to headline Fort Sill concert

Adkins to headline Fort Sill concert

News Staff
Thursday, April 22, 2021
Country music singer Trace Adkins will headline the Armed Forces Day Concert set for May 15 on Fort Sill’s Polo Field. The concert will be free and open to the public, and gates will open at 6 p.m. The 77th Army Band will play at 6:30 p.m., followed by special guest The Powell Brothers and Adkins.
City court to close temporarily

City court to close temporarily

City court to close temporarily

News Staff
Thursday, April 22, 2021
LAWTON – The Municipal Court will close at noon April 28 and remain closed April 29-30, during its move into the new Public Safety Center. The court is expected to reopen and be fully operational in the new building on May 3. For questions or concerns, call 580-581-3325.
LEDGER FILE PHOTO BY CURTIS AWBREY The Comanche County Detention Center in Lawton.

LEDGER FILE PHOTO BY CURTIS AWBREY The Comanche County Detention Center in Lawton.

CCDC still squeezin’ ’em in

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, April 22, 2021
LAWTON – The inmate population at the Comanche County Detention Center has begun increasing again, and that has Central District County Commissioner Johnny Owens concerned. “I don’t know what to do about it,” he said Monday.
Col Overby & Marija Fine

Col Overby & Marija Fine

Fort Sill Remembrance

Tim Farley
Monday, April 19, 2021
Marija Fine was an infant in March 1944 when Nazi soldiers wrestled her from her mother’s arms and shipped the baby to orphanages in Latvia and Germany. She would never see her biological mother again.
Lawtonian convicted of robbing a credit union.

Lawtonian convicted of robbing a credit union.

Lawtonian convicted of robbing credit union

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Saturday, April 17, 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 with using a fake bomb to rob a Lawton financial institution 13 months ago.
Arvest named one of ‘World’s Best Banks’

Arvest named one of ‘World’s Best Banks’

Arvest named one of ‘World’s Best Banks’

News Staff
Thursday, April 15, 2021
LAWTON – Arvest Bank was recently recognized by Forbes magazine as one of the “World’s Best Banks” for the third consecutive year, the bank said in a news release. The honor is based on customer feedback. Arvest ranked among the top 10 on the list of U.S.
Shelley Zumwalt

Shelley Zumwalt

OESC to host career fair in may

News Staff
Thursday, April 15, 2021
OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission (OESC) will host seven in-person career fairs across the state, including Lawton, plus a virtual career fair, in May. Gov.
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