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White House- backed campaign pushes alternate career paths

News Staff
Thursday, July 16, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) – Presidential adviser Ivanka Trump has unveiled a White House-backed national ad campaign highlighting alternative ways to start a career. The initiative is geared toward students, mid-career workers and the millions now unemployed because of the new coronavirus.
Crews work on new signage for the EZ Go station located at 5120 S.W. Lee Blvd in Lawton. Ledger photos by Curtis Awbrey

Crews work on new signage for the EZ Go station located at 5120 S.W. Lee Blvd in Lawton. Ledger photos by Curtis Awbrey

Commercial building permits in Lawton

KaraLee Langford
Thursday, July 16, 2020
Projects listed below are commercial building permits currently under review since July 6. 5120 S.W. Lee Blvd. EZ Go Gas Station applied for a building permit on July 7 for a new sign at this location. The sign will cost $80,000 and the permit is completed and ready to be issued. 6443 N.W.
COVID-19

COVID-19

County commissioner tests positive for COVID

Lenzy Krehbiel-burton Staff Writer
Thursday, July 16, 2020
TULSA — Gov. Kevin Stitt was not the only elected Oklahoma official to announce a positive COVID-19 test Wednesday. On Wednesday afternoon, Tulsa County Commissioner Karen Keith took to social media saying that she and her husband both tested positive after a road trip to an undisclosed location.
The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma.

Water line to WMWR not expected for awhile

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Thursday, July 16, 2020
LAWTON – Apparently it will be several more weeks, at the earliest, before construction can start on a water line to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge. The project has not gone out for bids yet, David Farmer, manager of the WMWR, confirmed Tuesday.
Gov. Kevin Stitt, right, examines a large roll of paper at Republic Paperboard Company in Lawton. Ledger photo by Chris Martin

Gov. Kevin Stitt, right, examines a large roll of paper at Republic Paperboard Company in Lawton. Ledger photo by Chris Martin

Stitt traveled extensively before testing positive

Lenzy Krehbiel-burton Staff Writer
Thursday, July 16, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Though he won’t be doing much traveling for the next two weeks because he has contracted COVID-19, Republican Governor Kevin Stitt has moved extensively through Oklahoma since the first week of July – roughly during the same period of time he was exposed to the COVID-19 virus,...
DA drops charges

DA drops charges

DA drops murder charges in vehicle child deaths

News Staff
Thursday, July 16, 2020
TULSA (AP) - An Oklahoma district attorney’s office dismissed two murder charges against a man whose two children died in a hot vehicle after prosecutors determined the children’s tribal history. The Tulsa County District Attorney’s Office dropped charges filed Friday against Dustin Lee Dennis, 31.
COVID-19

COVID-19

State sees first child death from COVID-19

News Staff
Thursday, July 16, 2020
LAWTON – Southwest Oklahoma found itself the focal point in the state’s battle against the coronavirus pandemic over the weekend following a state announcement that the state suffered its first COVID-19-related death to a school-age child.
Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, left, listens to an attendee after a town hall meeting in Lawton during the governor’s Top 10 Cabinet Tour in October 2019. Ledger file photo by Curtis Awbrey

Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, left, listens to an attendee after a town hall meeting in Lawton during the governor’s Top 10 Cabinet Tour in October 2019. Ledger file photo by Curtis Awbrey

Gov. Stitt catches COVID

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief
Thursday, July 16, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – Republican Governor Kevin Stitt announced that he has tested positive for the coronavirus. Stitt made the announcement Wednesday during a Zoom press conference. He is the first governor in the United States to test positive for the coronavirus.
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