Grass fire ties to two vehicle crash near Lawton
A large grass fire southeast of Lawton led to a severe two vehicle collision, sending three people to a local hospital. Firefighters battled about 15 acres as a pickup and a Buick collided in the southbound lane amid boggy mud and smoke.
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Lawton
45Th Street
Flower Mound
Oklahoma 7
Cox
Owen
Geronimo
Michael Wright
LFD
Darrell Smith
90Th Street
Oklahoma -7
Brian Dixon
Acci
Rancy Stotler
Hulen
Cox's Store
Coolidge D. White
Duncan
RaNoy Stotlersstaff
Jo H. Sellers
Oklahoma
Man 70, thwarted robbery at Lawton stamp shop
Ray Lemons, age 70, confronted two would be robbers at AOK Rubber Stamps in Lawton, reached for a metal rod as they advanced with a gun. The teens fled west on 17th Street after Lemons urged them to drop the act and call 9-1-1. Police gathered witness statements. Lemons recalled growing up in Phoenix and building his shop since 1974.
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Ray Lemons
Lemons
AOK
NW 17Th
Suite D
Phoenix
Ariz
Lawton
9-1-1
Michael D. Pete
Starr Ray Lemons
BRAC debate heightens over funding and committee process
Republicans press BRAC concerns as veterans and active duty health care gains clash with a no amendment stance. Inhofe notes costs rise with a year's delay in military construction while Democrats face GOP pressure in home states. Cole warns of a March supplemental path if the Drake amendment is blocked.
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Cole
Inhofe
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
John D. Rockefeller IV
Nancy Pelosi
California
Former Lawton officer on trial in LPS security scam
Defense and prosecutors rested in the trial of Paul John Stoner 53 charged with two counts of false claims for security work not performed for Lawton Public Schools. Testimony covered Stoner duties, alleged pressure from Mark McFarland, and the broader LPS ghost employee scheme that cost about 500000 dollars. The case, before District Judge Gerald Neuwirth, resumes at 10 a.m. today.
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Paul John Stoner
Gerald Neuwirth
Stoner
Lawton Public Schools
Tayloe
McFarland
Central Junior High
Tyler Lowe
Sheridan
Ore
Central Junior High School
Emmit Tayloe
LPS
Barry Beauchamp
Mark McFarland
Will Anderson
Beauchamp
Anderson
Unruh
OSBI
FBI
Steven Faust
LPD
Steve Handy
James Nix
Neuwirth
Grady Brewer Fuels Oklahoma Blood Drives and Games
The Oklahoma Blood Institute stages two blood drives in early February at Central Mall and Cameron University. Donors receive a Contender shirt designed by Grady Brewer and a chance to win a Saturn Sky from Bob Moore Saturn, plus tickets to the February 10 Oklahoma Rebels game in Walters and health checks. The Rebels, CFL champions last two years, open February 24 against the Ada Firestorm.
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CBI
Central Mall
Grady Brewer
Oklahoma Rebels
Walters
Saturn
Bob Moore
Rebels
Central Football League
CFL
Cameron University
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Lawton Publishing Co., Inc
Tozew Hasteee
Lawton Constitution
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