Lawton Constitution Explained

The Lawton Constitution
Type:	Daily newspaper
Format:	Broadsheet
Owners:	Southern Newspapers, Inc.
Publisher:	David R. Stringer
Maneditor:	Dee Ann Patterson
Sportseditor:	Joey Goodman
Foundation:	1904
Headquarters:	Lawton, Oklahoma
Circulation:	8,000
Issn:	0889-566X
Oclc:	12239552
Website:	swoknews.com

The Lawton Constitution is a daily newspaper published in Lawton, Oklahoma.

History

The newspaper began publishing in 1904. John Shepler bought the paper in 1910. It remained with successive generations of Shepler's family until his great-grandsons, Don and Steve Bentley,^[1] sold the paper on March 1, 2012, to brothers Bill and Brad Burgess, who are lawyers and businessmen in Lawton. The brothers sold the paper to Southern Newspapers, Inc. in April 2018.^{[2] [3]}

External links

• The Lawton Constitution

Notes and References

1. http://swoknews.com/main.asp?SectionID=46&SubSectionID=300&TM=32715.16 "The Lawton Constitution: Your locally-owned newspaper"
2. http://newsok.com/lawton-constitution-sold-under-new-ownership/article/3654253 "Lawton Constitution sold, under new ownership: Brothers Brad and Bill Burgess took over the newspaper Thursday."
3. http://swoknews.com/main.asp?SectionID=11&SubSectionID=98&ArticleID=41519&TM=34746.81 "BBurgess brothers continue news tradition: Sons of Army sergeant acquire The Constitution from longtime publishers"