The City Sentinel
June 29, 2021
By Darla Shelden
By Darla Shelden, City Sentinel Reporter OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma City Public School District (OKCPS) has announced the selection of two new principals.
By Patrick B. McGuigan
Patrick B. McGuigan, for The Southwest Ledger State Senator Lonnie Paxton was elected to the District 23 seat in and around Tuttle (southeast of Oklahoma City) in.
"How do I make peace with the years I lost in the closet?" John Paul Brammer reflects on the teenage girl he dated before he came out, and on how the past shouldn't be seen as disposable.
Here s a great opportunity to help those children who have been identified for free or reduced lunches have snacks on the weekend.
This project idea is the brain child of a child herself. Markaila McCarkle chose this as her project for Jr. Teen Oklahoma Regency International Pageant. Her idea was to help reduce weekend hunger.
Markaila and her mother, Lawton City Councilwoman Onreka Johnson submitted a grant for 200 backpacks and was approved! Now they are looking for snacks to fill these backpacks. Their hope is that they can continue this project throughout the Summer at least two weekends a month.
Lawton High School freshman takes second place in Oklahoma Poetry Out Loud State Championship
Lawton High School freshman takes second place in Oklahoma Poetry Out Loud State Championship By Tiffany Bechtel | March 5, 2021 at 10:43 PM CST - Updated March 5 at 10:43 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - A Lawton High School freshman got statewide recognition in a poetry performance competition.
Adylynn Anderson took second place in the 2021 Oklahoma Poetry Out Loud State Championship.
She performed the poems “Diameter” by Michelle Y. Burke, “We Are Not Responsible” by Harryette Mullen, and “In School-Days” by John Greenleaf Whittier.
Anderson, who is also the freshman class president, won a cash prize for both herself and the Lawton High School Library.
Churches, schools dealing with frozen pipes bursting
Churches, schools dealing with bursting pipes By Cheyenne Cole | February 17, 2021 at 6:13 PM CST - Updated February 17 at 6:13 PM
LAWTON, Okla. (TNN) - Several churches and schools are dealing with the aftermath of the winter storms. Bursting pipes have caused damage to homes, businesses, classrooms and church sanctuaries across Southwest Oklahoma.
Walking the halls of First Baptist Church in Lawton, Pastor Mike Keahbone surveys damage.
At about 1:30 a.m. on Tuesday, he woke up to a phone call about an emergency at the church. Water was pouring from the roof and down the walls.