Lawton News

Army Spec. Matthew T . Pidcock has graduated from the Basic Field Artillery Cannon Crewmember Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.

Progress is being made to restore electricity to Duncan residents. But the process is slower than the City of Duncan initially expected.

GERONIMO a ' The U.S. Marshal's Service has added its Sex Offender Investigation Unit to the search for a missing 7-year-old girl and her stepfather.

LAWTON a ' Lawton residents are being urged to conserve water after a backup generator providing power for the city's primary water treatment plant broke down.

Crews from Muskogee Emergency Medical Service are in the ice-packed cities of Altus and Lawton, offering relief and medical care for tired emergency personnel.

Other make shift storm shelters are set up in the Duncan and Lawton, Oklahoma areas.

The American Bank of Oklahoma ASCS Sooner Region is set to bring another year of exhilarating Sprint Car racing action to the State of Oklahoma and beyond with another full slate of competition in 2010.

A storm that toppled power lines, closed major highways and buried parts of the southern Plains in heavy ice and snow began moving into the South early Friday, leaving tens of thousands of people in the dark - possibly for several more days.

Thirty-five-year-old Tonya Hobbs was found slain in Geronimo on Sunday, and 7-year-old Aja Johnson has been missing since.

A jury found Lloyd Lorne guilty Tuesday of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and recommended a 30 year sentence, said Assistant District Attorney Ryan Howard.

OKLAHOMA CITY a ' Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents have found surveillance video of a murder suspect and the victim just hours before the victim was killed.

The jury trial began Monday for a Comanche County man accused of beating a woman with the barrel of a pistol.

An Amber Alert has been issued for a missing 8-year-old Oklahoma girl. State troopers are looking for Aja Jotson.

Investigators in Oklahoma were searching Monday for a 7-year-old girl who was reported missing after her mother was found dead Sunday night.

Authorities issued an Amber Alert for an 8-year-old Comanche County girl after her mother was found dead Sunday night.

Braylon Hyde is a member of the debate team at Pascagoula High School and an associate minister at Union Baptist Church, the latter a calling he accepted at age 12.

Jerry Couch isn't exactly new to Duncan and Stephens County, but he is the new interim pastor at Highland Park Baptist Church located at 1002 S. 10th St.

Firefighters battle large blaze. This story about a young Hispanic Wichita Falls youngster returning a lost $2,500 wedding ring to its owner was told to me this week by a longtime friend, Rick Cantu.

Army Pvt. Joshua Whaley has graduated from Basic Combat Training at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.

Army National Guard Pvt. Dustin R. Anderson has graduated from the Basic Field Artillery Cannon Crewmember Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill, in Lawton, Okla.