Pauls Valley High School Assistant Principal Brett Knight has been named as the district’s next superintendent.The Pauls Valley Board of Education voted unanimously to hire Knight as superintendent during a special meeting Thursday evening.District administrators, faculty and staff crowded into the…
For the third consecutive general election cycle, most Oklahoma voters won’t elect their state lawmakers in November.Fifty of the 127 State Senate and House seats up for re-election were decided at 5 p.m. Friday, April 5, when just one candidate filed for office. Thirtyfive races will be settled in…
Garvin County’s 2024 election landscape is taking shape following last week’s statewide candidate filing period for federal, state, legislative and county offices.Garvin County Sheriff Jim Mullett, County Clerk Lori Fulks and Court Clerk Laura Lee all won reelection at 5 p.m. Friday as the only…
As a high school sophomore in 1980, Lisa Rollings was part of the Elmore City student body that fought to be able to have a dance at their junior-senior banquet, ultimately overturning a 100-year-old town ordinance forbidding public dancing.The events surrounding that first Elmore City prom served…
While Garvin County was not in the path of complete totality for Monday's solar eclipse, area residents were able to view the phenomenon at about 96 percent of totality. Temperatures in the area dropped several degrees and skies grew dark, similar to dusk, for about 8 minutes around 1:45 in the…
Several Pauls Valley students recently earned recognition for work entered in the Oklahoma State Bar Association’s 2024 Law Day Art and Writing Contest.The annual competition is designed to stimulate discussion and understanding of the law among young Oklahomans. Categories include art and writing…
The four tenets of my job as director of emergency management are: prepare, respond, recover, mitigate.These four words guide the discipline of emergency management and how we strive to make life better for the citizens of our county, state and nation.With that in mind, I want to share some ideas,…
The top two finishers in the 100-meter dash at the Sulphur track meet last Friday were Sulphur’s Damontre Patterson (10.69) with Caden Knighten coming in a close second (10.92) for Wynnewood. News Star photo by Don Coffey
Exercise has its fair share of devotees and millions of others who recognize its value but still struggle to include workouts in their daily routines. Motivation can be a significant hurdle when it comes to exercise, and recent studies are a testament to that difficulty.In a 2021 survey from the…
OKLAHOMA CITY — Imagine if a single injection could stop the progression of the most common form of arthritis – and perhaps even reverse some of its debilitating damage.A new federal agency has targeted this as a “moonshot” project and has tabbed an Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation physician-…
Caregivers come from all walks of life. Doctors and nurses may be the frontline medical providers people encounter most frequently, but there are plenty of others who do their part to maintain the well-being of individuals, including home health aides.Home health aides, sometimes called personal…
Suzanne Mackey
Garvin County’s 2024 election landscape is taking shape following last week’s statewide candidate…
Suzanne Mackey
As a high school sophomore in 1980, Lisa Rollings was part of the Elmore City student body that…
News Staff
While Garvin County was not in the path of complete totality for Monday's solar eclipse, area…
Suzanne Mackey
Pauls Valley High School Assistant Principal Brett Knight has been named as the district’s next superintendent.The Pauls Valley Board of Education voted unanimously to hire Knight as superintendent during a special meeting Thursday evening.
News
Keaton Ross
For the third consecutive general election cycle, most Oklahoma voters won’t elect their state lawmakers in November.Fifty of the 127 State Senate and House…
News Staff
Pauls Valley Intermediate School Students of the Month for March are fourth graders August Milligan and Heidi House, fifth graders Keira Gray and Brantley…
News Staff
Maysville’s 4-H and FFA programs held their local livestock show Feb. 23. The show was judged by Gus Ward. In addition to the 4-H and FFA projects, youth were…
Sports
News Staff
The top two finishers in the 100-meter dash at the Sulphur track meet last Friday were Sulphur’s Damontre Patterson (10.69) with Caden Knighten coming in a…
News Staff
The Maysville track teams took on stiff competition at Waurika and Purcell earlier this week. The junior high traveled to Waurika for the Junior High…
News Staff
The #15 ranked Wynnewood Savages pose with the I-35 Classic Consolation Championship trophy.
Opinion
Rep. Cynthia Roe
In our House Public Health Committee last week, I secured passage of Senate Bill 1491, which I am carrying in the House.Senate Bill 1491 allows health care…
Senator Jessica Garvin
Health care is one of the biggest policy issues lawmakers address every year at the Capitol. As someone who has worked in a variety of health care fields, I…
Rep. Tom Cole
Cancer is a terrible disease that affects almost every American family in some form. During April, National Cancer Prevention and Early Detection month, we…
Lifestyle
David Johnson
The four tenets of my job as director of emergency management are: prepare, respond, recover, mitigate.These four words guide the discipline of emergency…
News Staff
Exercise has its fair share of devotees and millions of others who recognize its value but still struggle to include workouts in their daily routines.…
News Staff
OKLAHOMA CITY — Imagine if a single injection could stop the progression of the most common form of arthritis – and perhaps even reverse some of its…
Obituaries
News Staff
Dixie Ellen Findley was born March 4, 1939, in Purcell, Oklahoma, to Everett and Elsie (Jacoway) Miller and passed away on March 31, 2024, in Oklahoma City,…
News Staff
There are people who seem to always be taking care of others. Through their actions, and oftentimes simply their presence, we feel seen, we know we are…
News Staff
Betty Jayne Randol was born October 30, 1939, in Whitebead, Oklahoma, to W. N. and Ethyl (Tomlinson) Park and passed away with her family at her side on…
