Mayor

The results are in from yesterday's election for Lawton Mayor and the open Ward 2 city council seat. Stan Booker has won re-election and will be serving a second term as Mayor. The Ward 2 city council seat remains in play.

Here's your chance if you've even considered running for a city office. Over the past year or so there's been a lot of complaints and at times complements for our current Mayor and City Council members. The City of Lawton just posted a video that answers a lot of the questions you may have about becoming an elected official and the steps you'll need to take to get there.

Lawton city Mayor Stan Booker and Ward Four City Councilman and Mayor Pro-tem Jay Burk could be facing a recall. A local group called the Freedom Defense Alliance is organizing and collecting signatures on a petition to begin the recall process for both the mayor and the councilman.

Tuesday night's Lawton city council meeting featured a very important question for council members; how to handle proposed changes to the city's charter, and whether to present the proposals to residents on the November ballot.

On Tuesday, the Lawton’s Mayor hosted the Lawton’s Summit for Women ‘Stronger Women Make Stronger Families Make Stronger Communities.” The event aimed at targeting challenges our community needs to overcome.

Earlier this week, rumors swirled that Ben & Jerry’s would be releasing a ‘Schweddy Balls’-flavored ice cream. ‘Saturday Night Live’ fans will remember ‘Schweedy Balls’ - from a double entendre-filled sketch, in which Baldwin played Pete Schweddy, a man who pushes the culinary virtues of his “popcorn balls, cheese balls, rum balls, you name it.”