Fort Sill: Birthplace of Army aviation

Fort Sill’s 1st Aero Squadron took off from Columbus, New Mexico, late in the afternoon on March 19, 1916, to participate in Brig. Gen. John J. “Black Jack” Pershing’s Mexican Punitive Expedition, ordered by President Woodrow Wilson.

Lawton lawyers rise to national prominence

What do Ferris Avenue, Gore Boulevard and Elmer Thomas Park all have in common? All three locations are named after men who began their political careers in Lawton as lawyers in 1901, when the Kiowa-Comanche-Apache (KCA) Reservation was opened for homesteaders.

Mississippian Mound culture links sites in Illinois, Oklahoma

COLLINSVILLE, Illinois– With both the Winter Solstice and the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn just days away, this reporter had a good feeling that people would be congregating on December 21st at the Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site, just south of Collinsville, Illinois – social...

With viruses, what's in a name?

There has been a lot of criticism over the President’s use of the term “Chinese virus” and rightfully so. Names have not always been an accurate way of identifying ground zero for any disease. Health leaders have named this current virus COVID-19.