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Lexington is located in southern Cleveland County. It is bordered on the west by the Canadian River, which forms the McClain County line. The city of Purcell is directly across the river from Lexington, connected by U.S. Route 77. US 77 leads north from Lexington 16 miles (26 km) to Norman and 38 miles (61 km) to the center of Oklahoma City.
Lexington Assessment and Reception Center (LARC) is a maximum-security state prison for men located in Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma, owned and operated by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections. [1] The LARC complex also hosts the medium-security Lexington Correctional Center and the Rex Thompson Minimum Security Unit.
Joseph Harp Correctional Center (JHCC) is an Oklahoma Department of Corrections state prison for male inmates located in Lexington, Cleveland County, Oklahoma. The medium-security facility opened in September 1978. [3] JHCC was named for Joseph Harp. who served as warden of the Oklahoma State Reformatory from 1949 to 1969. Regarded by his ...
Lexington County last considered changing the way trash is handled in 2021, when council members considered rolling out a countywide program to combat a crush of residents in the growing county ...
The county council is planning a hearing on a proposed $30 road user fee on all registered vehicles to fund road repairs, a replacement for a penny sales tax voters rejected in a 2022 referendum.
Tensions are mounting between Lexington County and the 15 cities and towns within its borders after the county canceled a circa-1978 agreement to maintain roads in those municipalities late last year.
Box was one of many communities that sprung up during the late 1800s in the southern portion of Cleveland County, Oklahoma, United States. [2] [3] [4] Box was the largest of these communities and was located east and south of Lexington, Oklahoma Territory. [4] [5] Not much remains there, besides the Box Cemetery. [6] [7] [8] [9]
The municipalities and the county finally sat down to try to find common ground last week, with the town of Lexington inviting representatives from the county and the municipalities to an April 19 ...