The Lawton Constitution

MacArthur Middle School students received academic letters and bars from The Lawton Constitution Monday night. Academic letters are awarded like letters for sports, and subsequent winners earn bars to be placed on their letters.

Cross to run for House

Lawton native and retired Brig. Gen. Jesse Cross has announced his candidacy for the Oklahoma House District 62 seat being vacated by T.W. Shannon.

Lawton High drops pair to Choctaw

Lawton High baseball didn't start its district season the way it wanted to Monday as it dropped both ends of a doubleheader to Choctaw at home. A trifecta of five-run innings gave way to an 18-6 loss in the opener. The Yellowjackets took the nightcap, 13-6.

Area's Native American heroes 'speak' to Elgin students

DUNCAN By the time Quanah Parker was the same age as Tia Crisp, Matthew Williams, Mary Kate Stasevich and other fifth-graders at Elgin, he had already learned important lessons in life, like how to make his own arrows and shoot them straight, how to swim fast and far, how to fish, track animals, communicate by smoke and sign language, and live

Teams going to nationals

Teams from three area middle schools qualified for national and world championships Feb. 1 at the VEX Robotics 2014 VRC Middle School State Championship games at Oklahoma City University.

Miranda Lambert 'ready to rock'

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) The good news? Miranda Lambert has completed her much anticipated, though somewhat overdue, fifth album. The bad news? You have to wait until June 3 for "Platinum," a full two years and eight months since her last LP.