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Plexiglas partitions are set up at checkout stands inside Discount Foods, 1311 SW Lee Blvd. in Lawton. Ledger photo by Jay DeSilver

Plexiglas partitions are set up at checkout stands inside Discount Foods, 1311 SW Lee Blvd. in Lawton. Ledger photo by Jay DeSilver

Groceries, eateries react to virus-based demand

News Staff
Monday, April 6, 2020
Elgin’s Williams Foods has been “hammered” like other grocery outlets the past two weeks but the store’s shelves should be near 85 percent capacity by mid-April.
Lawton Shelter-In-Place

Lawton Shelter-In-Place

Lawton council orders citywide curfew to curtail virus spread

News Staff
Monday, April 6, 2020
LAWTON – The Lawton City Council last Thursday approved a sweeping new set of mandates to battle the coronavirus pandemic citywide, including establishing a daily curfew from 11 p.m. to 5 a.m. and requiring big- box stores to limit patron occupancy.
Ledger photo illustration by Bryan M. Richter

Ledger photo illustration by Bryan M. Richter

State jobless fund could be stretched thin

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Monday, April 6, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – The state unemployment insurance trust fund is brimming with a little over a billion dollars. Over the last 21 years, the trust fund balance has never dipped below a third of a billion dollars, while the highest five-year average payout of benefits was $340.
Lawton man arrested for bank robbery at a local credit union.

Lawton man arrested for bank robbery at a local credit union.

Lawton man arrested for bank robbery

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Monday, April 6, 2020
OKLAHOMA CITY – A Lawton man who is well-known to southwest Oklahoma law enforcement officers was charged Friday in the Western District federal court in Oklahoma City with robbing a Lawton financial institution two weeks ago.
Military Recruiting Struggles

Military Recruiting Struggles

Military recruiting struggles as enlistment stations close

News Staff
Monday, April 6, 2020
WASHINGTON (AP) - Marine Gunnery Sgt. Kevin Meyer does his best recruiting face-to-face. He can look people in the eye, read their body language and get insight into whether they would make a good Marine. But coronavirus quarantines have shut down most recruiting stations.
Fort Sill adopts curfew

Fort Sill adopts curfew

Fort Sill adopts curfew

Mike W. Ray Staff Writer
Friday, April 3, 2020
FORT SILL – Maj. Gen. Kenneth Kamper has extended the “Health and Safety Stand-Down” through April 14 and imposed a curfew, and Fort Sill has seven confirmed cases of COVID-19 related to the installation.
Coronavirus is roiling every part of child welfare system

Coronavirus is roiling every part of child welfare system

Coronavirus is roiling every part of child welfare system

News Staff
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
NEW YORK – Child welfare agencies across the U.S., often beleaguered in the best of times, are scrambling to confront new challenges that the coronavirus is posing for caseworkers, kids and parents. For caseworkers, the potential toll is physical and emotional.
Supporting The Mission: 'Find the good... and then some'

Supporting The Mission: 'Find the good... and then some'

Supporting The Mission: 'Find the good... and then some'

News Staff
Wednesday, April 1, 2020
Volunteering, and community support, have been such an important part of my life. I grew up all over the country but went to high school and college in Oklahoma. I was lucky to have very patriotic and caring parents and family.
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