What’s Next for Small Business?
LAWTON, Okla. – When statewide shutdowns began in March, the average small business had just 27 days of cash on hand. Paycheck Protection loans trickled out a first phase of relief. But weeks of stay-at-home became months, and businesses are scrambling to adapt. How do we move forward?…
Multiple fire departments called to grassfire west of Lawton
LAWTON, Okla. – Several fire departments were called to battle a grassfire west of Lawton Tuesday night. Units from Pecan Creek, Cache, Indiahoma and Lawton were called to put out the flames. Officials say the fire started burning around 6:45 pm along highway 62, just…
Nonprofits collecting donations for Giving Tuesday
LAWTON, Okla. – December 1 is Giving Tuesday, a day all about helping nonprofits right here in our community. Since Giving Tuesday started in 2012, the Tuesday after Thanksgiving has been a huge day for nonprofits across the world. “You’ve got Thanksgiving, then you’ve got…
LATS to run on reduced schedule due to COVID-19
LAWTON, Okla. -LATS started a reduction in operations Monday due to an employee testing positive for COVID over the weekend. The transportation system will run its six normal routes service from 9am to 6pm Monday through Friday. There will be no Saturday Service until further…
Another Oklahoma BBQ Joint To Check Out
LAWTON, Okla. – We’ve talked a little about a lack of universally agreed upon BBQ here in Lawton for a long time. Woody’s BBQ is still talked about today as being great, I really miss Branding Iron personally, the old-timers talk about a cafeteria style…
Oklahoma puts hold on planned $400 lost wages payments
OKLAHOMA— Planned payments of $400 to some Oklahoma residents who lost wages amid the coronavirus pandemic are being put on hold due to the potential approval of additional federal unemployment payments, Oklahoma Employment Security Commission director Shelley Zumwalt said Wednesday. “If new federal legislation is passed and…
Top 10 Lawton Businesses We Wish Were Still Open
LAWTON, Okla – Yesterday I was talking with some friends, reminiscing about places that are no longer open in Lawton, Fort Sill. We all started naming off businesses and restaurants that we loved and would go to all the time, but sadly are no longer…
1 dead, 1 injured in NW Lawton shooting
LAWTON, Okla. – The Lawton Police Department says one person is dead and another was taken to the hospital after an incident near NW 44th and Cache Road on Sunday afternoon. Police say they responded to reports of shots being fired a little after noon…
Donations help military veterans get fishing and hunting licenses
LAWTON, Okla. – Officials with the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation say they are offering fishing and hunting licenses to military veterans — thanks to the generosity of donors. The agency’s Stars and Stripes License Project offers licenses to military veterans, as well as the…
State doctor says Governor Stitt’s new measures “too little, too late”
LAWTON, Okla. -An Oklahoma doctor says restrictions intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus may be, quote, “too little, too late.” Dr. Dale Bratzler of the University of Oklahoma Medical Center says Governor Stitt’s new measures, which close bars and in-person restaurant service at…
Lawton man in jail, accused of assault with a deadly weapon
A Lawton man remains in the Stephens County Jail on numerous charges after law enforcement say he allegedly assaulted multiple members of a local family. Jermaine Tyler Radford, 30, of Lawton, faces felony charges of assault and battery with a deadly weapon after a former felony conviction, malicious injury to property…
Even More Rare Coins Show Up in Salvation Army Kettle, This Time in Oklahoma
OKLAHOMA – I was impressed with the $2,000 rare coin that someone donated this week over in Corpus Cristi, Texas. For once, not everything is bigger in Texas. Some kettles up in Oklahoma got a bunch of rare coins. I always love hearing about the…
