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New Lawton city budget won’t include utility rate increase
When City Council members act on next year’s city budget, it won’t include a utility rate increase. Monday’s special council...
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Refined CIP project list to be decided by City Council on Monday
City Council members have refined the project list for the proposed Capital Improvements Program extension proposal as they prepare to...
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‘Mission completed’ with opening of Children United Park
On Saturday morning, the late-Joe Chesko’s dream for an all-inclusive playground became reality with the ribbon cutting of the Children...
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Online relationship turns south with real world stalking allegations
DUNCAN — Investigators said an online relationship that didn’t work out in reality has led to allegations of stalking for...
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Former Lawton prison inmate pleads to assaulting corrections officer
A former Lawton Correctional Facility inmate pleaded guilty to assaulting a corrections’ officer during a May 2023 melee. On Friday,...
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After 9 months on run, manslaughter suspect in custody
A Lawton man wanted for a role in an August 2023 beating death in the Comanche County Detention Center is...
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Lawton airport’s new passenger holding area unveiled Friday
Community members saw something Friday that airplane passengers won’t get to use until month’s end. Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport held...
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Felony gun-related charge dismissed against Duncan man
DUNCAN — A felony gun-related charge against a Duncan man was dropped and he was freed from custody. A felony...
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Former Lawton prison inmates charged with fatal May 2023 gang beating
Two former Lawton Correctional Facility inmates are accused of killing another inmate in May 2023 during a gang-related beating in...
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Formal dental employee accused of extracting $39,000 from employer
A former My Dentist employee is in jail accused of extracting just under $39,000 from the company by changing patient...
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