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School chief wants grant money used for better internet

Tuesday, April 28, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY — State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister has specific ideas about how a $39.9 million block grant from the Department of Education should be spent. Spoiler alert: it does not involve voucher programs.

COVID- 19 Curing car wrecks

News Staff

Monday, April 27, 2020

Travel restrictions and shelter-in-place orders created due to the COVID-19 virus have contributed to fewer vehicle accidents, according to area law enforcement agencies. Capt.

Oklahoma Employment Security Commission

Unemployment Numbers

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Monday, April 27, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Since the first of April, the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission has processed more than 160,000 claims, “which is more than the agency traditionally processes in one full year,” David Ostrowe, Gov. Kevin Stitt’s Secretary of Digital Transformation, said Friday.

Guthrie Residents File Federal Lawsuit

Guthrie Residents File Federal Lawsuit Over ‘Shelter-in-Place’ City Ordinance

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer

Monday, April 27, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – The City of Guthrie, its mayor, city council and other key officials have been sued by 10 city residents on grounds that municipal measures imposed in response to the coronavirus pandemic violate their constitutional rights under the First and Fourteenth Amendments and the Commerce...

Stitt's Press Update

M. Scott Carter - Capitol Bureau Chief

Thursday, April 23, 2020

OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahomans have flattened the curve in their fight against the Covid-19 pandemic and the state will start slowing reopening its business sector, Republican Gov. Kevin Stitt said Wednesday. And some of those businesses, the governor said, could begin reopening Friday.

Cameron University wants to chat with you face-to-face, online.

Cameron Wants To Live Chat With You

News Staff

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

If you are headed to college and looking for a place to go, Cameron University wants to chat with you face-to-face, online. Lawton’s hometown university is setting up virtual chats with high school graduates who are looking for their next stop on their educational journey.

COVID-19 Claims First Deaths in Comanche County

News Staff

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Comanche County has recorded its first two COVID-19 deaths, according to a new Oklahoma State Department of Health report and a press release from Comanche County Memorial. The first reported death was included in an OSDH Media Advisory released early today.

In appreciation of Mayor Stan Booker

News Staff

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

When Stan Booker threw his hat in the ring to run for mayor, we knew he was a caring citizen who had a true entrepreneurial spirit, but he has proven to be so much more. Stan wanted to continue his life of service through meaningful service as mayor to the community he loves.

Flatten the Curve

Making the tough decisions

Mayor Stan Booker

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

Nobody wants to be doing what we are doing now. Nobody. We find ourselves in a place where decisions are between livelihoods and lives. Elected officials find themselves making decisions that they never imagined in order to preserve the lives of their neighbors, friends and family.

Southwest Ledger Associate Publisher JJ Francais, left, speaks via video conference with Lawton Mayor Stan Booker.

Getting back to 'the normal we know'

News Staff

Tuesday, April 21, 2020

The following transcript has been edited to allow for easier reading. The full video is available on the Ledger’s Facebook page. JJ: Hello and welcome Facebook fans. My name is JJ Francais and I’m the associate publisher of Southwest Ledger, right here in Lawton, Oklahoma.

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