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KSWO in Lawton is getting a lot of attention this week after firing one of their employees because of a brain teaser she did Monday morning during the news. Mandy Bailey was a meteorologist over at KSWO. She was fired after doing a brain teaser that someone found offensive. The brain teaser was of the word THERE, with a noose hanging off the 'T'. If you think about it, the answer is 'Hang in There', since the noose is inside the word there. Someone called KSWO to complain about this. I do not know if they found this insensitive to...

See link to register for tickets. And Glenn Back never disappoints (<-- note some irony in this statement).

LAWTON-- It's supposed to be the time to honor a fallen American hero. But, once again a radical church group from Kansas has plans to the contrary. On Sunday, Fort Sill will hold a memorial service to remember Specialist Wilfred Flores, Junior of Lawton. You'll remember he was killed last month in Iraq while fighting the war on terror. 7-News has learned the Westboro Baptist Church of Topeka, Kansas plans to protest the memorial. They're the same group that has sparked states across the country, including Oklahoma, to create laws restricting when and where they can protest funerals. They believe...

1) Funeral for Lance Corporal Lamont Noel Wilson will take place this Thursday at 11 am in Lawton (St. John's Missionary Baptist Church on 1504 SW Roosevelt). He had graduated from Eisenhower Senior High school on May 21st, 2003, Before being KIA outside of Fallujah (Iraq) on Sept. 6th, he had also previously been wounded/awarded a Purple Heart. 2) Fort Sill National Cemetery all with the Cemetery Foundation will be hosting a Memorial Walkway Dedication on 22 September 2004 at 2:30pm. The Ceremony will be held by the flag pole which is next to the site of the Walkway. The...

Fort Sill National Cemetery - Memorial Day Start time - 10:00am on the 31st. The guest speaker is BG Larita Aragon she is the assistant adjutant General for the Oklahoma Air National Guard. The program will be done in time for everyone get to Ft. Sill program which starts at 11:45 and sunsets at 2:00pm. Hope to see you all there. There is a CCVC meeting at 6:30pm this Thursday, 27th, at the Veterans Center they had a full plate and on top of that Brad Carson will be there and will talk to everyone.

Town Helps Families With Troops in Iraq By KELLY KURT .c The Associated Press LAWTON, Okla. (AP) - Sami Roberts saves her tears for work, where her 18-month-old son can't see them and her supervisor, a Gulf War veteran, understands. When her husband went to war two weeks ago, she considered taking her worries home to tiny Mentone, Texas. But even though her only link to this Army town is gone, the town's embrace is giving her reason to stay. ``I have found more people supportive than not,'' said Roberts, 29. ``I just come in and say, `OK guys, I'm...

Lawton: Terror alert will be raised to red _sometime Associated Press The nation's terror alert will "inevitably" be raised from orange to red, signaling imminent attack, Wisconsin Lt. Gov. Barbara Lawton said Friday after a meeting with Vice President Dick Cheney and Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge. "It will come sometime," Lawton said in an interview on the Wisconsin Public Television program "Here and Now." She said she could not say when that would happen, though. "Not today, and maybe not Sunday, but we don't know when." Lawton met with federal officials as part of the National Lieutenant Governors Association...