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LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Summer is here, and so is a national lifeguard shortage. With lots of people hoping for fun in the sun, 7News reached out to Lawton Parks and Rec to see if the issue is happening here and the answer? Yes, but there’s a plan to fight it.

Lifeguard shortage hurting Lawton Parks and Rec

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Lawton Public Schools will be holding their yearly summer meal program for most of June and July. The program begins June 5 and runs through July 21, except for June 19 and July 4, and will be Monday through Friday. Food will be provided to kids...

LPS Summer Feeding Program starts June 5

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LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Marilyn Crane passed away at the age of 92 in a Lawton nursing home on May 25th. Her services took place at 1:30pm on Wednesday, May 31 at First United Methodist Church. She was known as “The First Lady of Lawton” and dedicated a majority of...

Remembering “The First Lady of Lawton”

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Kids with the Lawton Salvation Army Boys and Girls Club are welcoming the summer with open arms and organizers are sighing a breath of relief, too, after a generous donation from a well-known restaurant chain. Leaders with the Boys and Girls Club accepted a $36,000 donation...

Taco Bell donates $36k to Lawton Boys and Girls Club

Florida State

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Two Lawton businesses are teaming up to make one local child’s wish come true. BancFirst of Lawton and Billingsley Ford are sponsoring a young boy, after the Make-a-Wish Foundation reached out to businesses for a chance to give the child a trip he and his family will never forget.

Bancfirst, Billingsley Ford teaming up to make a local child’s wish come true

Oklahoma State

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Last summer, Lawton students created a replica of the Greenwood District. Today, it’s sitting in the Greenwood Cultural Center, just days before the anniversary of the Tulsa Race Massacre. In 2022, Kim Jones and Onreka Johnson partnered with Cameron University to stimulate the minds of...

Greenwood District replica travels to Tulsa

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - New security precautions are set to go into effect at Lawton’s City Hall. Starting June 5, anyone entering the building will need to go through a metal detector at the main entrance. This complements the security cameras that have been installed at the building. Visitors...

New security precautions going into effect for Lawton City Hall

Fort Sill, OK

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Fort Sill officials say they are investigating the death of a soldier. In a release, officials say Specialist Luke Thomas Rhoades was found unresponsive in his barracks on Monday. He was pronounced dead by first responders. Rhoades was a healthcare specialist, and previously served in a...

Fort Sill soldier found dead after welfare check

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - People driving down I-44 in the Lawton area on Thursday night and early Friday morning will see some closures. ODOT said both the eastbound and westbound lanes between Rogers Lane and Highway 36 will be intermittently closed and they note the area of the roadway actually runs more north and south.

Portions of I-44 to be closed overnight

Comanche County, OK

COMANCHE COUNTY, Okla. (KSWO) -A pair of murder trials continued into their second day Wednesday at the Comanche County Courthouse. Witnesses were heard in the second degree murder trial of Larry Standridge. He’s charged in the shooting death of James Cloud back in 2020 - and the state called on...

Testimony heard as two murder trials enter second day

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Overnight look for temperatures to drop into the mid 60s under light southeast winds. Friday is going to be a warm and muggy day with air temperatures in the mid to upper 80s and dewpoints in the 60s. Hit or miss activity continues throughout the day but overall coverage will be low. Intensity of rain and coverage increase later in the night as a line of storms will move into Texoma. It’ll be in our western counties by 7PM, nearing Altus by 10PM and then I-44 just after midnight. The line will weaken as it moves east but this time the storm zone includes all of Texoma for isolated chance and better chances for severe storms west of highway-183. Hazards tomorrow include up to 60mph wind gusts and quarter sized hail. Expect rain totals between 1-3 inches with locally higher amounts possible. Some areas could pick up localized amount of 3 to 6 inches. While a flood watch is not in place currently, that may chance if confidence increases.

Severe storms again tomorrow night | 6/1PM

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - After nearly a full day of deliberation, jurors found a man charged in a 2020 death not guilty. Larry Standridge II was charged with second degree murder in the death of James Cloud. Prosecutors said the testimony effectively placed Standridge at the scene of the murder...

Man charged in 2020 murder found not guilty

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The Lawton Police Department has released new details about a hit and run which led to the death of a woman in west Lawton on Friday night. According to officials, Annie Porche was walking north across Cache Road when she was struck by a vehicle, allegedly driven by Derrick Harkless.

UPDATE: Victim, suspect in deadly hit and run identified by Lawton police

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The Lawton Police Department closed part of Cache Road Tuesday morning as they’re continuing their investigation into a deadly hit and run that happened on Friday night. The traffic division closed the 6400 block of Cache Road from 9:30 until 10:30. Police say the driver...

Lawton PD closes part of west Cache Road, uses drone to investigate fatal incident

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Cyril teacher celebrates 50 years

CYRIL, Okla. (KSWO) - Staff and students at Cyril Elementary celebrated a longtime teacher on Thursday....

Cyril teacher celebrates 50 years

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