LAWTON, OK — We are waiting to see what steps the city takes to implement the new Capital Improvements Program.
President Barack Obama had a grand vision of fixing the country’s infrastructure. Bureaucracy stood in his way.
LAWTON, OK — We urge voters to vote YES on the proposed Capital Improvements Program when they go to the polls on Tuesday.
LAWTON, OK — City officials have put together their list for the next CIP and now they need to set some priorities.
In 2019, Americans found that snaring a paycheck was easier than growing one.
LAWTON, OK — Liberty National Bank deserves the appreciation of the community for stepping up help make the city more efficient.
For months, self-styled citizen militia members have threatened to take up arms if President Donald Trump is legally removed from office. Now, some of those same extremists are threatening violence over attempts to enact reasonable gun-safety legislation in Virginia.
LAWTON, OK — We welcome the challenges of a new year and a new decade later this week.
We’re typically not in favor of such measures as proposed this week to raise the salaries of councilmembers and the mayor of Lawton, but in this case, we think the measure is justified.
LAWTON, OK — The Lawton City Council should rethink holding the sales tax extension election in February.
With each click of a mouse this shopping season, you are missing a golden opportunity to help your community grow, as well as to discover the hidden gems among wonderful local businesses.
The people of Iran — chafing under a brutal regime and mounting economic woes — took to the streets in massive protests last week.
We’re becoming a country more to the liking of fictional Judge Elihu Smails.
LAWTON, OK — Mental health professionals say domestic situations do not have to end in violence.
The GOP’s cynical campaign to identify the whistleblower who exposed details of President Donald Trump’s July 25 phone call with Ukraine’s president is nonsensical and dangerous. The fact that named witnesses — and the White House itself — have subsequently confirmed the core allegation make…
LAWTON, OK — Lawton was recently recognized for its patriotism.
Congress planted the seeds 20 years ago of current infighting.
LAWTON, OK — A proposed Tax Increment Finance district for west Lawton deserves more study.
Contraband is behind 100% of the violence that happens in prison yards and remains the biggest security threat the prison system faces.
We could soon learn whether a dispute between the governor and Oklahoma’s Indian tribes will end amicably and quickly, or drag out for some time to come.
We understand that the proposed Capital Improvements Program extension is back on the Lawton City Council agenda for discussion on Tuesday.
We were heartened to learn that City of Lawton officials have called a public meeting to get input from citizens on a proposal to fund new projects in the city.
In his novel “Fahrenheit 451,” author Ray Bradbury tells the dystopian story of a “fireman” — one who burns books for a living — who one day picks up a book to read it instead of setting it on fire.
The Lawton City Council may hold the last of its workshops tonight as it considers extending the 2015 Sales Tax Extension and the 2016 Capital Improvements Program.
For the second consecutive year, only one state — Texas — has a higher rate of uninsured residents than Oklahoma.
Lawton and Fort Sill heard some positive news this week when the U.S. Army announced that it is on track to meet its 2019 recruitment goals.
Combine criminal justice reform with new people on the state Pardon and Parole Board and different approaches to the board’s work, and you get what Oklahoma is seeing — a jump in the number of recommendations for parole or for sentence commutations.
Lawton Mayor Stan Booker outlined an ambitious path for the future of Lawton at his State of the City address last week.
What do “The Catcher in the Rye,” “1984,” “Beloved,” “The Great Gatsby,” the Harry Potter series, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” and “The Adventures of Captain Underpants” all have in common? At one point in time someone has tried to ban them from public schools and libraries.
It’s National Suicide Prevention Week, whose focus is a difficult subject but also one that merits every bit of attention it receives. This is particularly true in Oklahoma, unfortunately.
We were pleased to learn that the Lawton Public Schools Board of Education recently voted to give pay raises to teachers.