Scott Rains

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Scott Rains

Investigators believe a gang related “beef” led to a woman being shot and a Lawton man being jailed on $150,000 bond. Oscar Angel Turner, 21, made his initial appearance Friday in Comanche County District Court where he was charged with felony counts of assault and battery with a deadly weapon and gang-related offense, records indicate. The assault charge is punishable by up to life in prison.

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Scott Rains

APACHE — A day working in the garden led to the discovery of a rare find for a family. Jamie Hood said her mother and sons were in the garden Thursday at their home a half-mile south of Apache when her mother thought she’d raked out a rock that looked like a heart. She gave it to Hood’s son who made a pretty spot on identification. “My 12 year old son exclaimed, ‘Grandma! I think this is a rare find! It’s a shark’s tooth,’” she said. “She called me over as I was walking past them on our driveway.

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Scott Rains

Allegations of molesting a then-8 year old girl has landed a Lawton man behind bars on $100,000 bond and the stipulations he have no contact with the girl, her family and he can’t leave the state. Victor Manuel Rivaz-Funez, 27, made his initial appearance Thursday in Comanche County District Court where he received a felony charge of lewd or indecent acts to a child under 16, records indicate. Punishment is no less than 25 years in prison.

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Scott Rains

After a first run in 2023 that was plagued by some misfortune, Kerry Hartman and Sockless Mafia Productions have learned some things and are hoping that with this weekend’s Prairie Fire Harvest Festival it’s going to be a legend with this summer’s fest. The event will begin today and run into Sunday at the Coffee Creek Music Complex, 5007 U.S. 81, between Marlow and Rush Springs. The venue is built to promote local and national music and this weekend, it’s all about the local.

1 week ago | swoknews.com | Scott Rains

The space shuttle Columbia went for a short flight Tuesday at the Life Ready Center. Well, multiple Columbia space shuttles went for a short flight, with most ending their flights nose-first in the ground. The shuttles were the creation of students in Christina Leija’s session on aviation at Makerspace Camp and were balsa planes with a cutout of Columbia attached. Students had to wind up a rubber band attached to a propeller and then throw the plane up into the air in order to achieve liftoff.