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Marlow students take the stage for Schoolmates
MARLOW, Okla. (KSWO) - Marlow Public Schools hosted a local country band Thursday at the Marlow Performing Arts Center to perform for middle and high school students. Gage Wilkerson and the Young Guns are an up-and-coming red dirt band hailing out of southwest Oklahoma. This five-piece band, comprised of high schoolers with two being senior outlaws of Marlow High, took to the stage, showcasing their talent and love of music. Having opened for a plethora of well- known artists from the Kansas border to the Lone Star State, the young guns never expected to be performing for a much younger crowd on a school day.
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Fletcher Town Hall and Jail
The new Fletcher Jail was constructed in 1943. A fireproof concrete block wall building 14×34 feet was built by Ab Saddler. The roof was put on by J.M. Fentress. At the time it was to be one of the most sanitary and best ventilated jails in the state. It had windows on the west and east sides of the each jail cell, those are now filled in with additional concrete blocks.
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Amrek Wilson wins first ‘Lawton Has Talent’ show
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Amrek Wilson won first place in the first “Lawton Has Talent” show, which started at 7 p.m. at McMahon Memorial Auditorium. Twenty-one local finalists performed. They were picked from more than 50 people who auditioned. The contest raises money for Lawton’s International Festival. The...
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Free legal info session coming to Lawton Public Library
The class is designed to help residents learn how and when to use Advance Directives, Powers of Attorney and other legal forms to properly prepare estate documents so heirs and beneficiaries can receive assets without incurring probate expenses.
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Bison still roam free on these ancient granite peaks in southwest Oklahoma
You would not expect mountains here. Oklahoma’s southwest corner is flat, dry country, and then suddenly, ancient granite peaks punch through the prairie like fists. The Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge covers about 59,020 acres near Lawton, and it holds bison, elk, longhorns, canyons, and lakes all in one place.
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Lawton Has Talent debuts Saturday with 21 finalists
LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The first “Lawton Has Talent” show is set for 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 7, at McMahon Memorial Auditorium, with 21 finalists scheduled to perform. Evelyn Fullerton, chair of the Lawton Has Talent committee, and Robert De Shade Workman, the committee’s marketing chair, discussed the event Wednesday morning with anchor Dan Threlkeld. Watch the full interview above.