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Angie Debo

Angie Debo

OSU to use federal grant toward Debo collection

Tim Farley
Thursday, September 24, 2020
STILLWATER – A federal grant totaling nearly $70,000 will allow Oklahoma State University’s library staff to enhance its massive collection of works from noted Native American historian and author Angie Debo. Debo was a highly regarded scholar of Native American history.
Ledger file photo by Michael Duncan - Outside Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman.

Ledger file photo by Michael Duncan - Outside Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium on the University of Oklahoma campus in Norman.

Pandemic causing concerns for state college football fans

Michael Kinney
Thursday, September 24, 2020
Before the first game was even played, Lawton native Sondra Callaway had her reservations. Even though she has been a season ticket holder to Oklahoma football team for nearly a decade, she had planned to sit out the 2020 season due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Film

Film

Reagan film shooting in Guthrie

Andrew W. Griffin
Thursday, September 24, 2020
GUTHRIE – Soon to join films shot in or partially in Guthrie, including Rain Man, Twister, Elizabethtown and The Killer Inside Me, will be a film about the life of America’s 40th president, Ronald Wilson Reagan.
“If we miss another trial docket, it will be 18 months, which is entirely too long to wait (for a trial to be held), Judge Brad Leverett said.

“If we miss another trial docket, it will be 18 months, which is entirely too long to wait (for a trial to be held), Judge Brad Leverett said.

Jackson County officials move justice to Altus Community Center

Michael Carrier
Thursday, September 24, 2020
ALTUS – With the COVID-19 pandemic ravaging Oklahoma and derailing court trials for months, justice is on the move in Jackson County. During a recent meeting, city and county officials decided to utilize the Altus Community Center to hold trials.
Absentee voting law

Absentee voting law

Federal judge upholds absentee voting law

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, September 24, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – A federal judge in Tulsa has upheld Oklahoma’s absentee voting law, which was deemed to be onerous by the state Democratic Party and the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee. However, Chief Judge John E.
Ledger photo by Curtis Awbrey - The vacant Sears department store in Lawton’s Central Mall.

Ledger photo by Curtis Awbrey - The vacant Sears department store in Lawton’s Central Mall.

Lawton moves forward with tech park plan

News Staff
Thursday, September 24, 2020
A former Sears department store in Lawton’s Central Mall may not sit empty much longer.
LPD barely touched by budget cuts

LPD barely touched by budget cuts

LPD barely touched by budget cuts

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Wednesday, September 23, 2020
LAWTON – Recent claims that the Lawton City Council “defunded” the Police Department in the new city budget for Fiscal Year 2021 are a gross exaggeration, Mayor Stan Booker said Tuesday. The Police Department budget was trimmed to $19,829,641.
Hobby Lobby

Hobby Lobby

Hobby Lobby sets newest wage hike

News Staff
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Oklahoma’s own Hobby Lobby Stores, Inc., announced that it is raising its minimum full-time hourly wage to $17 effective October 1. “We have always worked hard to be a retail leader when it comes to taking care of our people,” said Hobby Lobby founder and CEO, David Green.
Lawton Building Permits

Lawton Building Permits

LAWTON COMMERCIAL BUILDING PERMITS

KaraLee Langford
Thursday, September 17, 2020
Projects listed below are commercial building per- mits currently under re- view since Sept. 8. 1305 NW 73rd St. Children of Joy Learning Academy applied for a building permit to receive a new sign at this location, costing $4,500. 1001 SW B Ave., Suite 130.
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