Elgin News

An Oklahoman woman was air-lifted from the sight of a crash after her vechicle rolled over on I-44. Teresa Gambrel of Duncan was thrown nearly 30-feet from her car when she drove off the road.

LAWTON a ' Officials at BAE Systems say they are moving ahead with plans for an assembly plant at Elgin to upgrade the Paladin cannon.

Monday , June 1 Blitz Build - Habitat and Central Baptist Church are partnering for the annual "Blitz Build" where a single family house is built in 5 days, June 1 through June 5. The house will be built at 1216 SW Wisconsin.

Comanche County_A late spring in Southwest Oklahoma, but Mother Nature is making up for it.

A cannon manufacturing company is moving ahead with expansion plans in Elgin even after the Defense Department last month said it would not proceed with a new non-line-of-sight cannon supported by Oklahoma U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe.

WASHINGTON a ' The defense contractor that was working on a new U.S. Army cannon a ' now proposed for cancellation a ' will move ahead with plans to modify the current cannon at a park in Elgin, Sen.

Four Duncan women were involved in an accident at the intersection of Oklahoma Highways 65 and 7 around 5:28 p.m. Thursday when the vehicle in which they were riding was struck by another vehicle driven by a man from Elgin.

Marlow woman admitted to hospital after accident Edna Wilson, 86, of Marlow, was admitted to Comanche County Memorial Hospital Thursday evening after she made an improper left turn in front of another vehicle and the vehicles collided.

HILLDALE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1999, reunion, June 12 and 13. E-mail contact information to hhsclass99@live.com or call 869-6786. MUSKOGEE HIGH SCHOOL CLASS OF 1989 20-year class reunion, July 17 and 18.

The Rev. Matthew J. Brown, O.S.B., recently reached a milestone that few have accomplished.

Staff and wire reports Defense Secretary Robert Gates has recommended cutting a mobile cannon that was to be partially assembled in Elgin but Rep.

Since her appointment to the House Armed Services Committee at the beginning of this year, Congresswoman Mary Fallin has been touring military bases throughout Oklahoma.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates is recommending canceling all eight manned ground vehicles in the Army's $160 billion dollar modernization project called Future Combat Systems.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates on Monday recommended halting production of the F-22 fighter jet and scrapping a new helicopter for the president as he outlined deep cuts to many of the military's biggest weapons programs.

Defense Secretary Robert Gates has recommended cutting a combat system including a mobile cannon that was to be partially assembled in Elgin, Okla.

As the Pentagon's internal budget negotiations begin to wind down, the future looks bleak for the Army's Future Combat Systems, the service's ambitious $160 billion modernization effort that is widely expected to become a casualty of the FY10 budget.

Lawton_A decade ago on March 11, nine inmates escaped from the Comanche County jail in Lawton.

There's a huge fire burning this morning near Taloga, Oklahoma. And now, volunteer firefighters from Comanche County are heading north to help.

ELGIN a ' An Elgin teenager is in serious condition with a head injury after being struck by a pickup truck on the town's northeast side.

Legislation that would help FFA and 4-H programs could soon receive a vote in a House committee.