Crash involving Elgin school bus on I-44 near Lawton ... Read More

According to the Lawton Police Department, one pedestrian was killed, and another was injured after they were struck by a vehicle early Sunday morning in Lawton. Read More

Officials say the I-240 westbound to I-44 southbound ramp to Lawton is closed at this time due to a crash. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, this is a non-injury rollover crash. No more ... Read More

A Fort Sill man died following a motorcycle wreck Saturday night on Interstate 44. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported Lynn Matthew Malatt, 64, died from his injuries. Along with being the columnist ... Read More

One person has died after a motorcycle wreck in Comanche County Monday evening. Read More

A man died in a rollover crash Saturday morning in on I-44 in Comanche County, according to a Oklahoma Highway Patrol press release. Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A Lawton man died following an early morning rollover crash Sunday on Interstate 44 at the Key Gate Exit. Ruben Cable, 20, was driving on I-44 around 1 a.m. Sunday when he ... Read More

A Lawton man was killed in a Sunday morning wreck on Interstate 44 at the Key Gat off-ramp. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported Ruben Benjamin Wallace Cable, 20, died from injuries received in the ... Read More

A Lawton man died Friday following a crash on State Highway 19 in Kiowa County. Read More

A Lawton man, Tymiere Townsend, 34, was killed in a single-vehicle collision in Kiowa County on Friday, after his vehicle overcorrected and rolled over onto its driver's side. Read More

Lawton Police Department patrol units had blocked the Interstate 44 near Medicine Park due to a collision between a truck and an Elgin School bus. Read More

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has shut down all lanes of Interstate 44 near the Medicine Park exit after a crash involving a semi truck and a school bus.The Lawto ... Read More

UPDATEDAll lanes on I-44 near Lawton are now open after a crash involving a semi truck and a school bus shut down the lanes earlier Monday afternoon.ORIGINALT ... Read More

A crash involving an Elgin Public School bus and a semi-truck on Monday afternoon has shut down all lanes of I-44 near Lawton. Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - First responders were on the scene of a rollover crash in Comanche County. Crews were called out to the area of I-44 and Lee Boulevard shortly before 4 p.m. It's not clear what ... Read More

Multiple agencies responded to a crash on Interstate 44 near Lawton. Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Lawton police are investigating a rollover wreck involving a semi-truck on I-44 near Rogers Lane. It happened at around 3:30 a.m. The exit sign to Cache Road was knocked down. Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Two individuals were involved in a crash in Comanche County. The incident occurred around 4 p.m. on Oct. 28 in western Comanche County, near Baseline. According to OHP, a ... Read More

The Lawton Police Department is asking for the public's help after a crash Tuesday night involving a pedestrian. Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A rollover on I-44 results in one being sent to the hospital. The wreck happened on Oct. 7 in the afternoon near mile marker 32. The incident left the roads at a temporary ... Read More

The City of Lawton has announced that SW 38th Street is now closed past the Walmart, with access only for local traffic, and Dr. Elsie Hamm Drive will be closed completely by Tuesday, September 30, ... Read More

Dark window tint led to a vehicle pursuit and 7 lbs. of meth landed a Lawton man behind bars, according to investigators. Read More

COTTON COUNTY, Okla. (KSWO) - Two are dead following a single-vehicle collision on I-44, just south of Walters. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the vehicle was headed northbound on I-44, ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has provided an update on a fatal crash that occurred on Aug. 18 in Kiowa County. Officials say that Elke Fitzanko, 73, of Manitou, Oklahoma, died as ... Read More

Robert Downey, a member of the Lawton Aviation community, tragically passed away in a plane crash on August 14 while flying an aircraft owned by the Lawton Metropolitan Area Airport Authority. Read More

Council approved new fees for lockers and concession stand items at the soon-to-open Lawton Aquatics Center at last night's meeting. Councilors and City Manager John Ratliff talked about whether they ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Lawton police are warning people about a new text messaging scam. The text claims to be a final warning about past due traffic fines and mentions the '?Oklahoma Vehicle ... Read More

Lawton PD announces a one-lane closure on I44 East for a traffic investigation, potentially causing delays for morning commuters. Read More

ELGIN, Okla. (KSWO) - Elgin Mayor JJ Francais has given an update regarding ongoing road construction in the city. According to the mayor, the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority will be placing message ... Read More

An Oklahoma teen is facing a felony charge for an incident during Lawton's Freedom Festival. Kendrell Depaul Averett, 19, is charged with possession of a firearm after a former felony conviction, as well as possession of stolen property and driving u Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - One person was arrested after a violent crash on the Will Rogers Turnpike. Oklahoma Highway Patrol says it happened near the Vinita Exit, where the driver of a car lost control ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Two people were injured in a crash in Lawton. It happened around 4 p.m. off 6th and Gore. It's not clear what caused the crash but one person from each vehicle was taken for ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A crash in Duncan on June 11, had the Northbound lanes shut down at US-81 and Glen Blvd. Survival flight, Duncan Police Department, Fire Department, and OHP responded. It's ... Read More

COMANCHE CO., Okla. (KSWO) - Emergency crews responded to a rollover wreck on I-44 near the Geronimo exit this morning. The wreck occurred at around 5:45 a.m. at Mile Marker 30 in Comanche County. The ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - One is dead after an early morning wreck near the intersection of SE. 45th and Lee Blvd. in Lawton. It happened in the early morning hours Wednesday, with the road shutting down ... Read More

A video shared from Lawton, Oklahoma, shows vehicles that became submerged in floodwaters as torrential rain fel on Saturday, April 26, 2025. Read More

The Lawton Police Department responded to a drowning Saturday morning due to severe flooding.According to LPD, ... Read More

The Lawton Police Traffic unit is currently working a death investigation after one body was recovered Saturday evening according to officials. Read More

Heavy rain and flooding in the Lawton area have caused highway closures. On Saturday, April 26, I-44 and SH-7 in Comanche County closed lanes. Eastbound and westbound I-44 were closed between just ... Read More

according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. OHP says troopers responded to an injury wreck involving two vehicles just after 9:30 p.m. on westbound I-44. The westbound lanes near mile marker 47 were ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The City of Duncan closed a part of Highway 81 for median maintenance today, April 1. The inner lanes of Northbound and Southbound Highway 81 have been closed from Beech ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A Lawton resident arrived home to find a car crashed in to the front of his home early Wednesday morning. Police responded to the incident just after two o'clock Wednesday ... Read More

A Lawton man is in jail tonight accused of Trafficking Illegal Drugs at the Economy Inn on Cache according to court documents. Read More

Lawton, OK (March 7, 2025) - A tragic two-vehicle collision in Comanche County on Thursday morning claimed the life of a woman from Duncan, Oklahoma. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol (OHP), ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - The vehicle and pedestrian crash that took place on Tuesday, Feb. 11, near Sheridan and C Avenue has now turned fatal. After the Lawton Police Department (LPD) responded to the ... Read More

On Jan. 21, the grand jury charged Jackie Antonio Duncan, 35, and Nia Hall, 30, with counts of sex trafficking of children, sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion, and conspiracy to commit sex ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A vehicle rollover occurred earlier today on I-44, between Key Gate and Medicine Park. One vehicle appeared to have rolled several times, ending up 100 feet off the roadway. The ... Read More

Plan to pay more if you drive a semi. If you want to drive Interstate 44 on the Turner Turnpike from Tulsa to north Oklahoma City, that'll be $8.75 please. How about a drive from Lawton to the ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A jury has found a Lawton man guilty of second degree murder for the killing of Mark Cochran in 2023. A jury only deliberated for 30 minutes before finding Vincent Sayers guilty ... Read More

A fatal crash took place around 8 p.m., Oct. 14, about eight miles east of Lawton on NE Cache Road and NE 180th Street. Todd Paul Cox, 48, of Marlow died due to the crash, according to Oklahoma ... Read More

COMANCHE CO., Okla. (KSWO) - First responders were on the scene of a rollover crash in Comanche County on Friday, Sept. 13. The crash happened near Mile Marker 37 on I-44. It's not clear what caused ... Read More

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A 79-year-old man from Lawton, Oklahoma, is dead after a pin-in collision on Monday morning in Comanche County. According to the crash report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the collision ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A wreck involving a Comanche County Sheriff's Deputy leaves the department down a patrol unit for a little while. It happened Monday morning, July 15, in Lawton on East Gore and ... Read More

Lawton police released the name of a man shot and killed Tuesday night and they are looking for a suspect vehicle captured on a neighborhood security camera. Read More

A Lawton man was sentenced to serve decades behind bars for a fatal rollover crash that killed a woman in 2022. Read More

Colesta Loud, 62, of Lawton, was pronounced dead by staff at the Jackson County Memorial Hospital after suffering injuries from a collision on April 16, according to a trooper with the Oklahoma ... Read More

Joseph Painter, the Director of Engineering for the City of Lawton, says there was nothing wrong with the bridge, but it wasn't built to handle a cargo ship crashing into it. In the state of Oklahoma ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - On March 10, a car crashed into the side of Cache Road Liquor, hitting the mural painted on the side of the business. Read More

Although it's unlikely for a plane crash to happen in Lawton, that doesn't mean it's not possible.That's why Lawton first responders, as well as Oklahoma Highway patrol held a mass casualty exercise ... Read More

Morman was on his way to the City of Lawton landfill the morning of Dec. 4, 2023, when he noticed a tire in the center of the road. Then he noticed a two-vehicle accident off to t ... Read More

Lawton Police are investigating a crash that killed two individuals and hospitalized two others. On February 29, 2024, at approximately 5:43 a.m., two individuals were pronounced deceased on scene in ... Read More

(KSWO) - On Tuesday, two people died in Tulsa and one person died in Oklahoma City after they crashed into firetrucks ... First responders here in Texoma use different types of sirens to ensure a free ... Read More

Meagan Burke. Sgt. Burke was an Oklahoma City police officer who was killed in an on-duty, head-on crash with an impaired driver on I-44 in September of 2022. Senate Bill 1584 was approved by the ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Lawton Police responded to a crash at Sheridan Road and Gore Boulevard Saturday evening. The crash sent one woman to the hospital. The other driver left the scene in handcuffs. Read More

A woman police said was driving impaired is accused of leading police on a pursuit following a traffic stop that ended after she'd hit a bicyclist, a ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A Kasey alert has been sent out for a missing Kiowa Tribe member, Jason Kodaseet. The 38-year-old man was last seen in Lawton on Dec. 29. Representatives of the Oklahoma Highway ... Read More

A Lawton woman was injured and a Del City man died in a Christmas Day traffic accident on Interstate 44 near Chickasha. Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - Several I-44 lanes close to Chickasha and Elgin are closed due to a multiple vehicle crash that sparked grass fires in the area. According to OHP, east and westbound lanes on ... Read More

A warrant was issued for a Lawton man after he was allegedly driving a vehicle reported as stolen, only by the time officers found out it was stolen, he had taken off. Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - A car crash about a mile west of Lawton left a 24-year-old dead Saturday morning. Read More

Cris C. Naputi, 72, of Lawton, died Sunday at an Oklahoma City hospital from injuries sustained in the wreck, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. He was first sent to Comanche County Memorial ... Read More

LAWTON, Okla. (KSWO) - An Oklahoma City man is dead after a two-car crash in Comanche County Saturday morning. According to Oklahoma Highway Patrol, the crash happened just before 3:30 a.m. NE ... Read More

LAWTON - Authorities say no drivers or passengers were injured after several cars crashed into cows standing on a highway between Lawton and Duncan. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the ... Read More

(Lawton-AP) -- Northbound I-44 HE Bailey Turnpike at mile marker 86 and State Highway 92 near Chickasha have been reopened, after closing because of a wreck. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports ... Read More