Maysville Elementary is building a new multipurpose facility that will serve as a community saferoom during off hours. News Star Photo by Jennifer Lindsey
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Pauls Valley‘s Thompson Field will welcome the 2026 football season with several upgrades including new artificial turf (top), a new video scoreboard (lower center), and new restrooms (lower right). Over the summer, the school district also began sanding and refinishing the floor in the basketball gym at the high school (lower left). News Star photos by Suzanne Mackey
Thursday, August 20, 2026
Several major improvements to Pauls Valley’s Thompson Field and Wacker Stadium are on target to wrap up just in time for the upcoming football season, according to district officials.
From left, Fairo Mitchell, director of the public utilities for the Oklahoma Corporation Commission, Joy McGill, state director of advocacy for AARP, State Rep. Brad Boles, R-Marlow, and Rep. Meloyde Blancett, D-Tulsa, at a town hall about electricity rates held Thursday, Aug. 13, 2026, at the Bronson Brookside Library in Tulsa. Photo by Andrea Eger/Oklahoma Watch
Mid-America Technology Center welding instructor Larry Tuck recently received the Outstanding New Professional Award, recognizing educators who are making an exceptional impact early in their CareerTech careers. Mid-America was one of only six technology centers in Oklahoma to have an educator receive this recognition during the 59th Annual Oklahoma CareerTech Summit. Courtesy photo
David Ponce stands in front of the athlete entrance for the AAU Junior Olympic Games, where he qualified for the 800-meter run. Courtesy photo
The Wynnewood fastpitch team slides into a three-game winning streak, beginning with Monday’s win over Davis. Photo by Don Coffey
Kaisyn White slides past the tag of the Cache second baseman during the Lady Panthers’ game Monday at home. Photo by Mike Arie
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Diego Cifuentes, a 2016 Pauls Valley High School alumnus, was recently named as a 2026 NextGen Under 30 Oklahoma honoree in Policy & Public Service. Courtesy photo
Lindsay Community Library wrapped up its summer reading program with special guests from the University of Oklahoma Geological Survey. Children dug for rocks and fossils during the interactive experience and took home samples of their own. The interactive program allowed the children to explore geology firsthand while learning about the fascinating world beneath their feet. Courtesy Photo
Left to right: FCS and 4-H Educator Julie Selman, Paetyn Woodring, and Extension Program Assistant Traci Mullendore at July’s Fifth Friday Art Walk, where Woodring was the big winner at the 2026 Garvin County News Star and Garvin County 4-H photo contest, earning the “Best of Show” title for her work, “The Red Barn.” Photos from all the club members were on display at the Pauls Valley Art Council’s Fifth Friday Art Walk July 31. Courtesy photo
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