Garvin County News

The winners of the Halloween coloring contest are: 4- and 5- year-olds - Maddox Norris, 6- and 7-year-olds - Kaiden Norris, 8- and 9-year-olds - Samuel Hollman, and 10- and 11-year-olds - Paige Smith All the entries were so good and so original and Tina, Susan and I are just glad we didn't have to do any of the judging.

A Pauls Valley mother says there is a whole other side when it comes to her son and the recent shooting incident that landed him in jail.

Teaching junior high age kids social skills and etiquette they might not normally get in the classroom is the plan for a group which wants to establish a chapter in Garvin County.

The filed charges are piling up against a Pauls Valley teenager involved in a shooting incident on Halloween, as prosecutors want to keep him in jail.

Funding problems from farther up the food chain has left managers of a senior citizen nutrition program in the tough spot of having to cut services to a handful of cities in the region, including two in Garvin County.

Michael Shaw, 38, received his day in a Pauls Valley courtroom - something District Judge Candace Blalock ruled he voluntarily gave up when he submitted the new plea in a case that accuses him of brutally attacking an 80-year-old Lindsay man last December and taking the man's two wallets filled with thousands of dollars.

Several education leaders and school districts around the state fear school closures or consolidations may be in the future if state budget woes continue, but a small school in Garvin County has no plans to do either.

ELMORE CITY, Oklahoma Garvin County authorities are trying to figure out who is going around and shooting livestock.

The number of underage people who were able to purchase alcohol in Garvin County in recent monitored buy efforts was high enough to worry local law enforcement officials.

Authorities are still on the lookout for the driver of a vehicle who intentionally sped away from a pursuing Pauls Valley police officer in a chase that cut things dangerously close.

Officials at an Elmore City area ranch are fed up with their cows being shot and killed and are offering a reward to find out more about who killed their livestock.

A motorist who created havoc on the streets of Pauls Valley last week came to the end of his road and now faces additional criminal charges in a neighboring county.

While the weak economy is stressing the pocketbooks of many Oklahoma residents, it has proven beneficial for two Pauls Valley museums.

A fairly small box on the statements for next year's property taxes could have a big meaning for some people.

One series of clinics targeting the prevention of seasonal flu wrapped up this week in Garvin County as a single event offering vaccination shots to the public quickly follows in Pauls Valley.

By Barry Porterfield Staff Writer More criminal accusations have been filed in several theft cases in which Pauls Valley law enforcement officials have dubbed the suspects the "baby formula bandits." The new charges stemming from another theft attempt at the local Walmart store in the 2000 block of West Grant are focused on Jose Bahena, 20, and ...

Recycling options exist in Pauls Valley, although some materials have to be hauled to Norman because no local sites accept all types of recyclables.

Several months of work culminate Sunday with the Pauls Valley Rotary Club's Greater Garvin County Car Cruise.

What goes up must come down is a concept that definitely applies to an elevator project at the Garvin County Courthouse in Pauls Valley.

A short, brisk walk to his new Pauls Valley office is something Stuart Ericson believes is a great way to start the day as the former lawmaker moves back into his role as a state prosecutor.