Rains Lift Southwest Oklahoma Lakes Elevations
Recent rainfall raised lake levels across Southwest Oklahoma with Lake Lawtonka to 1339.6 feet from 1339.45, Lake Ellsworth to 1223.2 feet from 1223.1, Wakita Lake up about half a foot, Tom Steed about 0.1 foot, and Altus Lake about 0.33 foot. A mind sharp aging program runs 2 to 3:30 p.m. Thursday at the Center of Creative Living, 3501 SW Dr. Elsie Hamm Drive, with OSU Extension educator Brenda Gandy as speaker. call 355-1176 for details.
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Lake Lawtonka
Lake Ellsworth
Waurika Lake
Tom Steed
Altus Lagert
Center of Creative Living
Elsie Hamm
Brenda Gandy
Stephens County
OSU
Comanche County
Superior spelling seniors sought for bee
Seniors 60 plus from Caddo and seven neighboring counties are invited to the Senior Citizens Spelling Bee at 2 p.m. April 12 in Lawton. Top two advance to the State Senior Spelling Bee May 9 in Midwest City. Contact Elizabeth Milligan for registration and a study guide. The North West 23rd Street and Denver Avenue intersection will be closed through Wednesday for sewer construction.
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Center For Creative Living
Lawton
Caddo
Comanche
Cotton
Grady
Jefferson
McClain
Stephens
Tillman
Oklahoma State Conference On
Midwest City
Elizabeth Milligan
Association of South Central Oklahoma Governments’ Area Agency On
23Rd Street
Denver Avenue
Planning meeting on German trip for Native American cultural groups
A German sponsored trip planning meeting is set for 7 pm Thursday at Tawton Public Library. open to Native American performers speakers artists and others active in promoting Native culture. For more information contact Hess Bounty at 580 6541731.
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Tawton Public Library
Hess
Birder Talk and Tour Planned at Wichita Mountains Refuge
Loveland Colorado birder Joe LeFleur will present a 4 p.m. program Saturday in the Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center auditorium. A 4:30 to 6 p.m. birding tour follows. LeFleur produced the 2005 DVD field guide Better Birdwatching in Oklahoma and Texas, available at the PLIA Bookstore. this is his first refuge visit.
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Loveland
Colo
Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center
Fred Crosson
Public Lands Interpretive Association
PLIA
LeFleur
Oklahoma
Texas
Crosson
Hearts That Care Clinic Opens Evening Patient Clinic
Hearts that Care Medical Clinic at 304 SW A Ave will start seeing patients Thursday at 6 p.m. Appointments require in person registration at noon Thursday for the evening clinic. Those without health insurance should bring proof of income and identification, plus utility bills and medications. entry is at the south end. Dr. Wendy Bartanen is the clinic director.
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Hearts That Care Medical Clinic
Wendy Bartanen
Oklahoma lawmaker endorses Delinquency and Youth Gang Intervention Act
Representative T W Shannon of Lawton introduces HB 1864 to create a statewide anti gang task force. The bill seeks community mobilization, social intervention, and coordinated resources across local and state agencies to curb gang activity and meets annual benchmarks. Funds of 1.4 million dollars statewide would be required.
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Lawton
Oklahoma
T.W. Shannon
House of Representatives
House
Senate
Brad Henry
Shannon
Tee
Tulsa
Duncan
Altus
Constance Johnson
U.S. Department of Justice
Gene Christian
Office of Juvenile Affairs
Wichita Mountains Refuge Named Tier 1 Focus Refuge
The Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge in Oklahoma is designated Tier 1 focus status under a new U S Fish and Wildlife Service plan for the Southwest Region. The move affects staffing and resource sharing across 45 refuges with Tier 1 hosting the largest lands and visitor programs.
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Wichita Mountains National Wildlife Refuge
Oklahoma
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Southwest
Texas
New Mexico
Arizona
Wichita Mountains
Salt Plains
Ozark Plateau
Sequoyah
Deep Fork
Little River
Tishomingo
Washita
Optima National Wildlife
Panhandle
Fish & Wildlife
Albuquerque
N.M
Rupert
Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
Boy discovers mother slain in Lawton apartment
Lawton police investigate a homicide in the Southeast Camelot Drive area after a 3 pm Saturday shooting. The 8-year-old boy found his mother Ms Woods dead with multiple 9mm gunshot entries and his infant brother nearby. Michael Perkins, Woods's boyfriend and gang member, fled the scene with a gun, and authorities recovered his vehicle in north Oklahoma City. Perkins has prior weapon and firearm arrests and is sought for the murder weapon. Both children are in protective custody.
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Comanche County Memorial Hospital
DeBoard
Camelot Drive
Lawton Police Department
Criminal Investigation Division
CSI
Chris Hall
Rick Mc
Perkins
Oklahoma City
Lawton
Diplomat Apartments
Williams
Detention Center Earns Perfect Score in State Review
The Comanche County Detention Center received top marks from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections after a February inspection. The county jail achieved a perfect score on 20 mandatory standards and met 93 of 96 non mandatory standards, per contract monitor Ted Limke. Administrator Dale Cagle said he will be the next steps announced.
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Comanche County Detention Center
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
Comanche County Center
Ted Limke
Dale Cagle
Inmate count at Comanche County jail exceeds cap
Fast facts show 295 inmates held Friday at Comanche County Detention Center, two above the state approved capacity. Among them 61 inmates were ready for transfer to Oklahoma Department of Corrections facilities.
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Comanche County
State Health Department
Oklahoma Department of Corrections
State says jail near capacity due to state prisoners
Cagle said the jail remains slightly over capacity because of state prisoners. No prisoners were transferred last week.
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Cagle
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