Lawton News

What do you get when you combine two boys, a grandma, a great aunt, and an outdoor columnist/tour guide all piled together in a Jeep? Bet you can think of a lot of punch lines for that one.

Beryl will most likely become a tropical storm again as she races out to sea. In the meantime, eastern North Carolina and southeast Virginia will be hit by heavy rains and flooding today.

Officials said severe weather that tore through Lawton on Memorial Day caused up to $400,000 in damages to a high school.

Softball-sized hailstones and high winds left evidence of severe storms that swept across the state Monday and Tuesday, with property damage stretching from Lawton to Grove and several people reporting injuries.

Emmett Barnard waves to a passerby that honked while walking to raise awareness for the troops Thursday on JBS Parkway north of 52 Street.

Today this nation remains at war in Afghanistan -- the longest in our nation's history.

American Legion Post 44 will have their Memorial Day Breakfast at 8 a.m., at the Towers Apartments meeting room, on Monday, May 28.

American Legion Post 44 will have their Memorial Day Breakfast at 8 a.m., at the Towers Apartments meeting room, on Monday, May 28.

Afghanistan: As of Monday, at least 1,843 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, according to the Associated Press.

Now that the door has essentially been shut on Brayden Scott's chances to play quarterback at Oklahoma, the Sequoyah-Tahlequah senior-to-be has turned his attention to the colleges that have made him offers.

Army Pvt. Daryl L. Myers graduated from the Field Artillery Automated Tactical Data Systems Specialist Advanced Individual Training course at Fort Sill in Lawton, Okla.

A group of 22 women supporting the fight against breast cancer made the journey, on motorcycles, from Lawton, Okla., to Northwest Arkansas to raise money for those with the disease.

With festivities that began at a recent send-off, 93 veterans and their guardians waved goodbye to family members and Oklahoma Honor Flight volunteers as they passed through security at Lawton-Fort Sill Regional Airport shortly before 7 a.m. on May 4, 2012.

A 21-year-old man has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the drive-by shooting death of a Lawton boy who was killed as he slept on a couch.

Brian Wesley King, Jr., 25, of Lawton was killed by police following a shooting in Cache and police pursuit into Lawton.

A man is dead following an overnight police involved shooting in Lawton. According to Jessica Brown with OSBI, 25-year-old Brian Wesley King Jr.

Texas Rangers and Highway Patrol officers arrested an Oklahoma man late yesterday afternoon after a high speed pursuit on U.S. 287 between Alvord and Decatur that involved shots fired.

A severe thunderstorm watch has been issued for parts of southern Oklahoma, where heat and humidity already have sparked strong storms.

Tasha Ball with Do What at This Land Press joins us each Friday with the list of the best events and things to do in Tulsa.

Firefighters with the Altus Fire Department will be participating in a regional Combat Challenge Saturday in Lawton.