Hundreds of blankets were dropped off at Lawton Animal Welfare Saturday morning all thanks to Inspire Lawton’s Blanket Drive.

The blue bucket is meant to raise Autism awareness.

Here's a look back at some of the GOOD NEWS stories from this week.

14 Lawton FFA members are preparing to head to nationals in Indianapolis next week.

The graduation ceremony for the City of Lawton’s first ever Citizens Academy happened Thursday night.

Following Thursday’s public meeting at Lawton City Hall, Governor Kevin Stitt and cabinet members visited different areas of the community.

Young ladies at Waurika High School and Middle School now have access to free hygiene products through The Love Project.

Former President of Lawton Council of the Blind is going to Tulsa Wednesday to speak at the Oklahoma Transit Association conference.

Some of Lawton's brightest young people spent their day at the Southwestern Behavorial Center learning about the strength in a team.

The Infant Crisis Baby-Mobile was at the Comanche County Health Department Wednesday, where staff met with parents and gave them some much-needed supplies.

A MacArthur High School senior is our FFA and 4-H friend of the week. Elizabeth Kopsky does a variety of activities between the two organizations, and is excellent in all of them!

7News' Hunter McEachern was a guest of honor at the governor's mansion Tuesday afternoon!

All together, they collected 750 cans of food for the food pantry.

A cooking club at MacArthur Middle School starts a week from Tuesday.

Lawton Public School students are dressing up every day this week for Red Ribbon Week.

48 teams took part in a charity golf tournament in Lawton Monday with 7News' own Matt DiPirro and Makenzie Burk as two of the competitors.

Here is a look at your Good News from the last week.

A camp near Duncan Lake is raising money for a multi-purpose building and for overall improvements.

The soldiers of 3rd Battalion, 13th Field Artillery Regiment, 75th Field Artillery Brigade from Fort Sill traveled to Little Rock, Arkansas this weekend to perform as the funeral detail for Army Cpl. Jerry Garrison.

The #NateStrong Memorial Run/Walk kicked off Saturday’s festivities at the 3rd Annual Octurbofest on the Cache School Campus.

A memorial run Saturday morning paid tribute to a Cache man who was murdered this summer.

It’s been a big week for cross country runners in Lawton, who competed in the first city championship meet Thursday morning.

Some local fourth graders got a special rodeo experience. Over 400 4th graders from across Southwest Oklahoma got to meet cowboys, cowgirls, rodeo queens, and bull fighters yesterday. And our photojournalist Elizabeth Skahill was there to capture it all.

Support your local Chamber of Commerce Day is celebrated annually on the third Wednesday of October.

Senior citizens were given free flu shots at an event Tuesday in Lawton.

25 bands from across southwestern Oklahoma took part in the Battle of the Bands Tuesday at Cameron University's football stadium.

The Central High school district is coming together to show support for those in their district battling cancer.

Planning for the future was front and center at a conference Tuesday for every senior who attends Lawton Public Schools.

A local teen is raising funds to head to a STEM leadership conference in Texas.

The Great Plains Technology Center's Surgical Tech program introduced the community to their Da Vinci robot.

Ethan Treadwell runs Treadwell Land and Cattle out of Frederick and was selected to be on The Ultimate Cowboy Showdown.

A Southwest Oklahoma soccer team is going to nationals in Memphis, Tennessee in November.

The K-9 program at the Lawton Public Schools Police Department is benefiting from a poker run that was held.

History was brought to life Saturday at the Field Artillery Museum on Fort Sill.

On Friday, a woman met a couple of Lawton Firefighters she credits with saving her and her baby's life this summer.

Here's a look back at some of the GOOD NEWS stories from this week.

It's time for another weekly band highlight. This week we went to Velma. Photojournalilst Elizabeth Skahill has the story on the Velma High School band.

A group of up and coming local leaders were given a behind the scenes look at Lawton and its community.

The principal of Almor West in Lawton spent the day on the roof of the school.

Dreadnought Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu hosted the get together and invited the community out to share some kind words with drivers.

Good Morning Texoma's Makenzie Burk and John Hammersmith joined teachers, students and alumni in this wild charity game of hoops to benefit Elgin's basketball program.

A staff sergeant and boxer from Fort Sill is preparing to run a more than 100-mile ultramarathon in Oklahoma City.

It's time for our weekly band highlight. Our photojournalist Elizabeth Skahill went to Cache last week to talk to the bulldogs.

Just a couple of hours after the Spirit of Survival races was the Spirit of Survival Spirit Walk!

On Sunday Spirit of Survival held the first ever Kids Marathon Bubble Run!

Construction is underway for a new wrestling gym in Cache and students will be able to use it in just a few months.

A video posted on Facebook Thursday night shows a Lawton Police Officer going above and beyond the call of duty.

Two nurses at Comanche County Memorial Hospital were finalists for the Oklahoma March of Dimes Nurse of the Year.

It will continue Friday from 8 in the morning until 2 in the afternoon at the Stephens County Fairgrounds.

The 14th Annual Spirit of Survival will take place on October 5th and 6th, with Bike Events on Saturday and the Run or Walk Events on Sunday.

To celebrate the occasion, the Lawton/Fort Sill Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting, and the school was also presented with a certificate from Lawton city councilwoman Mary Ann Hankins.

Starting Tuesday, the Lawton Area Transit System has partnered with the Lawton Public Library to sell bus passes.

Goodwill of Southwest Oklahoma and North Texas hosted its 5th annual charity golf tournament Monday in Lawton.

People got the chance to find books and other items while also giving back to Duncan Regional Hospital.

Lawton City officials named Carl Gray as the new Deputy Director of Public Utilities, effective Oct. 21, 2019.

Volunteers strapped on their boots and hit the trails at the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge Saturday to celebrate National Public Lands Day.

The first day of Lawton's 40th annual International Festival is the books.

Hundreds of area students experienced history at Fort Sill's Old Post Quadrangle as a part of the post's Frontier Army Days.