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Daily Bell Ringer — Saturday, January 3, 2026 🎙️
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Here’s today’s quick, factual briefing for Lawton and Southwest Oklahoma: • Overnight Comanche County Detention Center bookings • Lawton case involving a machete incident (court records update) • Stephens County Christmas Day shooting update (forensic work with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation) • Oklahoma election calendar changes under Senate…
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🔔 Daily Bell Ringer — January 2
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A quick rundown of what’s happening locally and across the state this morning — including weather, public records activity, higher education news, and a college football recap. Watch here: Short, factual, and to the point. More context later.
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City releases records related to Westwin termination under Open Records Act
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LAWTON, Okla. — (Dec. 30, 2025) — The City of Lawton has released a number of documents in response to an Oklahoma Open Records Act request filed by Lawton Town Crier seeking public records related to Westwin Elements and the termination of the large-scale commercial refinery component associated with the…
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Sunday Evening Crier, December 28, 2025
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LAWTON, OK — The December 28 edition of Sunday Evening Crier serves as a year-end context episode, focused on the December 18, 2025 Lawton Economic Development Authority (LEDA) meeting and the interconnected decisions that will shape Lawton’s direction in 2026.
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No Sunday Evening Crier on 12/21/2025
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No Sunday Evening Crier tonight — with Christmas week here and no major meetings on the calendar, I’m using the time to work on a few deep dives and update the website. Look for new explainers dropping this week (including a Westwin), plus a brief Merry Christmas message on Christmas…
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On The Record: Councilman George Gill Reflects on Service, Transparency, and the Road Ahead
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Published December 17, 2025 By Garrett Jackson | Lawton Town Crier In his final days as Ward 4 Councilman, George Gill sat down with the Lawton Town Crier for an uninterrupted, candid conversation about the runoff election, his accomplishments, and his hopes for the future of Lawton’s government. The conversation…
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📰 Sunday Evening Crier — December 7, 2025
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This week’s Sunday Evening Crier takes a look back at Lawton’s Holiday in the Park festivities, revisits our reporting on Flock Safety license plate reader cameras, summarizes recent City Council actions, and previews what’s on the agenda for this Tuesday — the final scheduled meeting of 2025.
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Flock Cameras in Lawton: What Records Show So Far
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Lawton has built out a network of Flock license plate cameras using public funds and ward projects. Newly released contracts and internal memos reveal costs, retention limits, and unanswered questions about policy, audit logs, and how this data is used.
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