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Breakfast fundraiser for Elgin Community Library

News Staff
Friday, May 20, 2022
ELGIN – An annual breakfast fundraiser benefitting Elgin Community Library is set for Saturday, April 23. Presented and supported by the Ancient, Free and Accepted Mason Pilot Lodge #367 and Friends of the Elgin Community Library, the breakfast will be held at 819 8th Street in Elgin. From 8-10 a.
: From the left, Elgin Mayor JJ Francais and Elgin City Councilman Joshua Thoma listen to a discussion April 1 at Elgin City Hall. The council has scheduled a June 28 election to fill the vacant Ward 2 seat on the council. Eric Swanson/Staff photo

: From the left, Elgin Mayor JJ Francais and Elgin City Councilman Joshua Thoma listen to a discussion April 1 at Elgin City Hall. The council has scheduled a June 28 election to fill the vacant Ward 2 seat on the council. Eric Swanson/Staff photo

Elgin sets date for vote to fill vacant council seat

News Staff
Friday, May 20, 2022
ELGIN – Later this year, Elgin voters will choose someone to fill the vacancy on the Elgin City Council.   The council voted April 1 to schedule a nonpartisan special election to fill the Ward 2 seat on the council, formerly held by Eric Bradford.
Nancy Graham, air quality manager for the Indian Nation Council of Governments, addresses the Comanche County Board of Commissioners on Monday at the Comanche County Courthouse. The board voted to join Oklahoma’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program and asked INCOG to administer the program on the county’s behalf. Eric Swanson/Staff photo

Nancy Graham, air quality manager for the Indian Nation Council of Governments, addresses the Comanche County Board of Commissioners on Monday at the Comanche County Courthouse. The board voted to join Oklahoma’s Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy Program and asked INCOG to administer the program on the county’s behalf. Eric Swanson/Staff photo

County joins Oklahoma C-PACE program

News Staff
Friday, May 20, 2022
LAWTON – Comanche County is moving forward with a new program designed to help commercial property owners make their building more energy efficient while saving on energy costs.
Candace McCoy of Birdhouse Cottages in Medicine Park. Andrew W. Griffin for SWChronicle

Candace McCoy of Birdhouse Cottages in Medicine Park. Andrew W. Griffin for SWChronicle

Medicine Park getting a facelift

News Staff
Friday, May 20, 2022
MEDICINE PARK – Amidst the construction equipment, buzzing saws and pounding hammers, picturesque Medicine Park is slowly but surely getting a bit of a facelift.
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97th annual Prince of Peace Pageant

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Friday, May 20, 2022
HOLY CITY OF THE WICHITAS – Organizers of the 97th annual Easter pageant at the Holy City are hoping to draw as many as 12,000 people to the longest continuing outdoor celebration of Jesus’ life and resurrection.
RISING UP: Jayden Parker rises above the crowd during Elgin’s scrimmage Carnegie on Nov. 14, 2020.

RISING UP: Jayden Parker rises above the crowd during Elgin’s scrimmage Carnegie on Nov. 14, 2020.

Owl’s basketball look to bounce into new season

News Staff
Thursday, November 19, 2020
ELGIN - Elgin’s basketball teams have taken to the courts in search of reaching the playoffs once again. Elgin’s boys basketball team came up just short of making the State Tournament, which was eventually canceled, losing to Tuttle in the Area Tournament.
Oklahoma lawmakers is calling for an investigation of the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

Oklahoma lawmakers is calling for an investigation of the Oklahoma State Department of Education.

Lawmakers seek SDE investigation

News Staff
Thursday, November 19, 2020
A group of Oklahoma lawmakers is calling for an investigation of the Oklahoma State Department of Education, which would examine whether the agency failed to ensure that schools complied with cost accounting regulations. The group of 22 Republican lawmakers, which includes Rep.
From the left, Kendal Hamilton, Lawton City Manager Michael Cleghorn, Vice Chairwoman Rhonda Ahhaitty, Chairman Matthew Komalty, Lawton City Mayor Stan Booker and Elgin student Bluesky Tosee.

From the left, Kendal Hamilton, Lawton City Manager Michael Cleghorn, Vice Chairwoman Rhonda Ahhaitty, Chairman Matthew Komalty, Lawton City Mayor Stan Booker and Elgin student Bluesky Tosee.

Kiowa Tribe opens new facility to offer essential support

News Staff
Thursday, November 19, 2020
LAWTON — Kiowa tribal members may now receive essential services year-round, thanks to a new Continuity of Operations center tribal leaders officially opened Nov. 13. The center, at 1605 S.W.
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