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Is State Superintendent Walters the subject of a setup?

News Staff
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
By Steve Fair Oklahoma Superintendent of Public Instruction Ryan Walters is being investigated after two Oklahoma state school board members claimed to see images of naked women on his office’s TV screen during a closed-door executive session.

Duncan Power participating in customer survey

News Staff
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
From staff reports DUNCAN – As a member of the Oklahoma Municipal Power Authority, Duncan Power is participating in a survey, conducted by Great-Blue Research, for the utility’s residential customers, city officials said in a news release.
Eric Swanson | Southwest Ledger From the left, Comanche County Detention Center Administrator David Weber is shown with jail staffers Zoshsha Hamilton, Jennifer Diaz, Tynesia Mabon, Thomas LeBlanc, Gregory Mucker and Michelle Barlow during the Comanche County Facilities Authority’s July 28 meeting. The six employees were honored for their performance during a July 16 critical incident at the jail.

Eric Swanson | Southwest Ledger From the left, Comanche County Detention Center Administrator David Weber is shown with jail staffers Zoshsha Hamilton, Jennifer Diaz, Tynesia Mabon, Thomas LeBlanc, Gregory Mucker and Michelle Barlow during the Comanche County Facilities Authority’s July 28 meeting. The six employees were honored for their performance during a July 16 critical incident at the jail.

Six jail employees honored for outstanding performance

Eric Swanson Southwest Ledger
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
LAWTON – Six Comanche County Detention Center employees were recently honored for their work during a critical incident at the jail.

Chickasha Chamber Connects with ICAN

News Staff
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
From staff reports The Chickasha Chamber of Commerce is hosting a Chamber Connects event Aug. 15 at the Intervention Crisis and Advocacy Network.All chamber members are welcome to attend the 8:30 a.m. free networking event.
Charles McCall speaks with a Cindy Byrd supporter during the Southwest Oklahoma Republican Women’s Beans & Baskets fundraiser held July 26 at the Altus Community Center. McCall, a former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, is running for governor; State Auditor & Inspector Byrd is running for lieutenant governor. Mindy Ragan Wood | Southwest Ledger

Charles McCall speaks with a Cindy Byrd supporter during the Southwest Oklahoma Republican Women’s Beans & Baskets fundraiser held July 26 at the Altus Community Center. McCall, a former Speaker of the Oklahoma House of Representatives, is running for governor; State Auditor & Inspector Byrd is running for lieutenant governor. Mindy Ragan Wood | Southwest Ledger

Republican candidates vie for votes during sold-out fundraising dinner

Mindy Ragan Wood Southwest Ledger
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Oklahoma residents sold out a recent GOP fundraiser to hear gubernatorial candidates and several lieutenant governor candidates speak about the upcoming 2026 election.The 16th annual Beans & Baskets, hosted by the Southwest Oklahoma Republican Women, was held July 26 in Altus.

Woman sentenced to prison for forging judge’s signature

News Staff
Tuesday, August 5, 2025
From staff reports An Oklahoma City woman was sentenced last week to six months in federal prison for forging the signature of a federal judge.In August 2022, Amanda Christine Dailey, 37, f iled a petition for Chapter 13 bankruptcy in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Oklahoma.
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