Marilyn Cater
Multimedia Journalist
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Marilyn joined the KSWO team as a multimedia journalist in 2022.
Born in Altus but raised in Lawton, Marilyn graduated from Lawton High School in 2012 -- once a Wolverine, always a Wolverine! She then earned an associates degree in Strategic Communications from Cameron University. She is currently pursing a bachelor’s in Journalism and Media Production with a minor in Marketing and Spanish from Cameron as well.
Marilyn's media career when she went into radio in 2012. She moved into television when she joined KSWO in April of 2022 as a bilingual multimedia journalist. She loves how each story allows her to meet and hopefully help new people.
In her spare time, Marilyn enjoys hanging out with her two kids and baking.
Updated: Nov. 27, 2022 at 10:04 AM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
The Angel Tree is a yearly tradition that allows shoppers to pick a child to buy Christmas gifts for.
Updated: Nov. 23, 2022 at 6:22 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
The family of a Lawton woman who died in the Comanche County Detention Center now has her autopsy report.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 6:43 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
The Duncan Area Economic Development Foundation has announced the winners of the CO-2 car race.
Updated: Nov. 22, 2022 at 6:28 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
The City of Lawton honored former councilman Keith Jackson with the unveiling of the Keith Jackson Parkway sign.
Updated: Nov. 21, 2022 at 6:17 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
The 4 Directions Conference is a 3-day event whose theme of “strengthening the bridges for missing and murdered Indigenous people” aims to bring awareness.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2022 at 11:08 AM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
Kids had a fun opportunity to gain experience selling products to customers.
Updated: Nov. 20, 2022 at 10:20 AM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
Faith Based Church provided Thanksgiving food for the community for the 25th year.
Updated: Nov. 19, 2022 at 10:59 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater and Cheyenne Cole
Officers found one person dead at the scene, while another went to the hospital for injuries.
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 6:43 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
LPD said they have no new information on this case and ask anyone with information to contact the Criminal Investigations Division
Updated: Nov. 17, 2022 at 6:26 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
Solving homicides and cracking down on drug trafficking are two top priorities for the Lawton Police Department.
Updated: Nov. 16, 2022 at 2:45 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
Comanche Nation Community Opioid Intervention Pilot Project held its first annual skate jam.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 8:05 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
Planned Parenthood has now opened its doors in Lawton bringing a variety of health care services to its residents.
Updated: Nov. 15, 2022 at 1:55 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
It is officially the season of giving and the Lawton Ft. Sill Buffalo soldiers we excited to receive a generous donation towards their scholarship program.
Updated: Nov. 14, 2022 at 8:44 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
If you are looking for something to do this weekend, you can stop by the 49th Annual Craft Event.
Updated: Nov. 10, 2022 at 5:04 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
Children United Southwest Oklahoma is still working to raise funds to build an all inclusive playground for children at Elmer Thomas Park in Lawton.
Updated: Nov. 9, 2022 at 9:29 AM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
With 53 percent of the vote, Tillman County residents chose Hoover to serve as commissioner for District 1.
Updated: Nov. 8, 2022 at 9:13 PM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
Several health care workers from Southwestern Medical Center are being recognized for exemplary service.
Updated: Nov. 7, 2022 at 11:22 AM CST
|By Marilyn Cater
Over 15 hundred students from across the state gathered at Cache Public School for the Oklahoma Association of Student Councils conference.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2022 at 8:35 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater and Cheyenne Cole
The Lawton Police Department is investigating a deadly shooting at a business in Lawton.
Updated: Nov. 5, 2022 at 9:55 AM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
The VFW Post 1193 will be hosting a rib dinner fundraiser Saturday November 5th
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 8:46 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Former Deputy Fire Marshal Heath Want has been recently promoted. He has a pretty important job which includes fire prevention and finding out the cause of a fire.
Updated: Nov. 1, 2022 at 3:11 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
November 8th we will see incumbent Greg Petty facing Roger Hoover for the Tillman County, District 1 commissioner seat.
Updated: Oct. 31, 2022 at 6:25 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
United Way of Southwest Oklahoma helps connect children, individuals, and families to resources they need, but they can’t do it alone.
Updated: Oct. 27, 2022 at 7:17 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Stamps with ties to Lawton will soon be flying around the country, after a local artist was chosen by the postal service.
Updated: Oct. 25, 2022 at 8:06 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
October is Dwarfism awareness month and one mom here in Lawton wants to share her son’s story.
Updated: Oct. 24, 2022 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Rhet Johnson has served as Jackson County commissioner for the past 6 years. He hopes to continue to serve his community by being re-elected this November.
Updated: Oct. 23, 2022 at 9:02 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
This is the second year the community hosted Cruisin’ Oklahoma and a trunk-or-treat at the same time.
Updated: Oct. 21, 2022 at 6:39 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
The Lawton City Council held a public hearing to discuss the proposed location of the new transit center.
Updated: Oct. 20, 2022 at 11:52 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
IPS is a model of supported employment for those with mental illness and substance abuse disorder.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2022 at 8:15 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Several organizations across southwest Oklahoma partnered to make it possible.
Updated: Oct. 16, 2022 at 7:46 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
The money raised through the sales are donated to the hungry and homeless population of Lawton.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 6:17 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Comanche County commissioners approved $80,000 in ARPA funds just last week, which will fund the pre-trial release program for its first nine months.
Updated: Oct. 3, 2022 at 12:55 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
In memory of her son, she’s opening up a center that focuses on helping men of all ages improve their lives through services like counseling, job placement, clothes, and a GED program.
Updated: Sep. 29, 2022 at 6:48 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Bed bugs. They’re your worst nightmare they bite, they’re gross, and they’re hard to get rid of.
Updated: Sep. 27, 2022 at 6:25 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Today Lawton City council approved the next three locations on the city’s sidewalk project.
Updated: Sep. 26, 2022 at 6:33 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Just like their ancestors did all those years ago, the Comanche tribe came together to harvest two buffalo, and they made sure no part was left unused.
Updated: Sep. 25, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol responded to a two vehicle wreck at 11:54 p.m. on the H.E. Bailey Turnpike at mile marker 89 west bound near Amber in Grady County.
Updated: Sep. 22, 2022 at 6:23 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
After the body of Larry Nash Edwards was discovered twenty years ago, his family was left with many unanswered questions. Now, police are trying to answer those questions.
The Center for Creative Living is doing their part in educating the community about fall prevention.
Updated: Sep. 20, 2022 at 9:33 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
With increasing rates in deaths from falls, the Center for Creative Living is doing their part in educating the community about fall prevention.
Updated: Sep. 19, 2022 at 6:24 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Here in Lawton, one mom is fighting to make sure no one has to experience losing a son to drunk driving.
Updated: Sep. 18, 2022 at 9:33 AM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Each year the Duncan Area Literacy Council and the Duncan Public Library celebrates new American citizens and on Saturday they recognized 8 new citizens.
Updated: Sep. 15, 2022 at 6:37 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
The Wild Urban’s Farm in Walters has good news for their community as they get closer to the reopening of their bakery.
Updated: Sep. 14, 2022 at 11:26 AM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
An English teacher at Macarthur High is receiving mixed reactions from parents after a controversial assignment was given.
Updated: Sep. 13, 2022 at 6:36 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Gas company officials said it was a gunshot to the gas line that caused the leak.
Updated: Sep. 12, 2022 at 6:25 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Krystal Solis is displaying her exhibit she calls "Growth: A collection of the past and present" which she dedicates to her brother who was killed back in 2019.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 3:33 PM CDT
|By Cheyenne Cole and Marilyn Cater
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol said 43-year-old Judd Frith died in a wreck Saturday night in Jackson County.
Updated: Sep. 11, 2022 at 12:45 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Stephens County's only e-sports team took part in a tournament Saturday morning.
Updated: Sep. 8, 2022 at 6:30 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Oklahoma has seen a rise in suicides since the start of the pandemic, it is one of the leading causes for death in the state.
Updated: Sep. 6, 2022 at 6:48 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
Generation Why got its start in 2017, their goal is to break the stigma of mental health and inspire the youth to find their purpose.
Updated: Sep. 5, 2022 at 6:20 PM CDT
|By Marilyn Cater
While some spend their labor day at the lake others get to continue working.
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