Lawton

The 57-year-old Lawton police station comes tumbling down on May 23. KYLETTA RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

The 57-year-old Lawton police station comes tumbling down on May 23. KYLETTA RAY | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Lawton’s old police station demolished

News Staff
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
LAWTON — The old Lawton police station has been reduced to rubble. Demolition of the 57-year-old building began on May 15, and restoration of the site is to be finished within 90 days, by mid-August. Asbestos had to be removed from the building before demolition could proceed.

Comanche County signs off on two ARPA grants

Eric Swanson
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
LAWTON — The Comanche County Board of Commissioners finalized two American Rescue Plan Act grants at the board’s May 22 meeting. With little discussion, the commissioners approved notices of award and subrecipient award agreements for Rural Water District 5 and the Parkinson Foundation of Oklahoma.
Jenna Morey, executive director of ReMerge, addresses members of the Lawton Business Women’s Club and the Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women during the club’s May 10 meeting at the Lawton County Club. ReMerge serves women facing nonviolent felony charges in Oklahoma County but have not been convicted or lost their rights to their children. ERIC SWANSON | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Jenna Morey, executive director of ReMerge, addresses members of the Lawton Business Women’s Club and the Mayor’s Commission on the Status of Women during the club’s May 10 meeting at the Lawton County Club. ReMerge serves women facing nonviolent felony charges in Oklahoma County but have not been convicted or lost their rights to their children. ERIC SWANSON | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

ReMerge helps women rebuild their lives

Eric Swanson
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
LAWTON – For the past 12 years, the Oklahoma City-based nonprofit ReMerge has given mothers who are facing nonviolent felony charges a chance to turn their lives around.
Fort Sill’s heavy firepower on display during Saturday’s Armed Forces Day celebration and parade in Lawton. HUGH SCOTT JR. | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Fort Sill’s heavy firepower on display during Saturday’s Armed Forces Day celebration and parade in Lawton. HUGH SCOTT JR. | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Military power displayed during annual Armed Forces Day celebration

Tim Farley
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
LAWTON — The Lawton-Fort Sill Armed Forces Day celebration, dubbed as the nation’s largest such event, literally brought out the big guns for the annual parade with some of the Army’s largest tanks and the firing of cannons.
The exterior of the Lawton Farmers Market in downtown Lawton is shown May 15. The Comanche County Board of Commissioners recently finalized a $200,000 award, which will come out of the county’s pot of American Rescue Plan Act money, to the Lawton Farmers Market Institute for improvements to the market’s outdoor pavilion. ERIC SWANSON | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

The exterior of the Lawton Farmers Market in downtown Lawton is shown May 15. The Comanche County Board of Commissioners recently finalized a $200,000 award, which will come out of the county’s pot of American Rescue Plan Act money, to the Lawton Farmers Market Institute for improvements to the market’s outdoor pavilion. ERIC SWANSON | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

County awards $200K in ARPA funds to nonprofit Farmers Market Institute

Eric Swanson
Tuesday, May 23, 2023
LAWTON — Comanche County has awarded $200,000 in American Rescue Plan Act dollars to the Lawton Farmers Market Institute for upgrades to the Farmers Market building.
Amy Walton, deputy director of business development for the state’s Commerce Department, talks about the large number of economic development prospects state officials are courting. HUGH SCOTT JR. | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

Amy Walton, deputy director of business development for the state’s Commerce Department, talks about the large number of economic development prospects state officials are courting. HUGH SCOTT JR. | SOUTHWEST LEDGER

State’s economic development projects nearly double since 2018

Tim Farley
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
LAWTON — Oklahoma’s economic development workload nearly doubled in four years as more businesses looked to relocate, according to a top state commerce department official.

County to provide VFDs, small police depts .gov emails

Eric Swanson
Tuesday, May 16, 2023
LAWTON — The Comanche County Board of Commissioners is moving toward creating a more secure  email system for the county’s volunteer fire departments and small police departments. After hearing from Emergency Management Director Clint Langford, the board voted 3-0 May 8 to provide .
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