MJ Ingram, 11, was beaming from ear to ear. “I reached down and did this and I tossed some at him and he ate it from my hand. He had a purple tongue. It felt like a dog and cat m...

If Dolly Parton was known for anything, it was being larger than life. Despite her death on Aug. 25, fans say her memory will linger for years. To prove that point, many agreed ...

Eisenhower High School gave its students a taste of Hispanic culture in September. Students participating in crafternoon tried their hands at making piñatas, a traditional Hispan...

Perhaps Frankencrayon was to blame. Or it might have been The Bad Seed. Then again Jimothy Raccoon might have been involved. And The Pigeon might have flown the coop and done it. ...

About 20 Lawton Public Schools students became artists for a day when they attended an event at the First Americans Museum in Oklahoma City. The LPS students joined students from...

Vanessa Bobbitt’s idea of a fun way to start off the school year was to gather several dozen of her closest friends on the football field at MacArthur High School on a hot Septemb...

Ava Woods got up more than two hours early Friday to attend the Lawton Public School Foundation fundraiser breakfast at Golden Corral. “I usually get up at 7:45,” she said as she...

Dear LPS Family and Community Members, I am writing to you directly regarding a recent incident that has understandably caused concern within our community. Let me be clear from ...

Sophia Dunklin likes the color and the new bathrooms. Christian Burns likes the additional basketball goals. Joshua Garcia likes that it has more space. All three agree that the ...

The blue shirts of the Eisenhower High School leadership team blended with the blue shirts of the firefighters standing behind them as the two groups came together for a special r...

Community Survey Launched to Collect Feedback Lawton Public Schools (LPS) is launching a new strategic planning initiative this fall, beginning with a survey opportunity to hea...

Excavators, bulldozers and dump trucks were running to and fro at Whittier Elementary School on Sept. 14 as they moved materials from one place to another. No, a major constructi...

Kywaun Leaston and Kydin Howie make the perfect team: Howie is the salesman; Leaston, the moneyman. Together, they run the snack cart that makes Fridays more cheerful for the stu...

The new residential district manager for Chartwells hit the ground running, already making plans to fully implement changes that Lawton Public Schools’ new food services program w...

Weeds are dying and inclusion is sprouting during Sprout and Shout Fridays at Eisenhower High School. Sprout and Shout Fridays is an offshoot of the Eisenhower Partners Club whic...

Jennifer Hanna brings a variety of “hats” to her efforts to help educators recognize the challenges faced by students who are military dependents. Hanna, assistant principal at E...

Game On. MacArthur Middle School used actual games – sidewalk chalk, boards and cards, kickball – to stress the school’s theme this year while emphasizing the importance of tryin...

It was an experiment of which Leonardo da Vinci himself would have been proud. Almost 550 years after the great engineer and scientist sketched out his idea for a parachute, stud...

The Cafe Read a Latte opened for business on Friday, featuring a menu of book titles to interest hard core bibliophiles and lighter fare for those who just wanted to whet their ap...

More than flowers are blooming in Sandra Dunn’s art room at Eisenhower Middle School. Her students are blooming as well as they inspect the vases of sunflowers set before them. T...