Elmore City News

When 4-year-old Haylee Peters and her family returned to their Elmore City home it was a true heartwarming experience.

For one area resident a simple telephone call on Tuesday turned out to be a high pressure, in your face push for money that appears to be yet another scam.

Dr. Pam Deering, Assistant Superintendent of Mid-Del Public Schools, and a longtime Norman resident, has been named 2009 Oklahoma Assistant Superintendent/Central Office Administrator of the Year by the Oklahoma Association of School Administrators , Steven Crawford, executive director of OASA has announced.

Higher Ground Church in PV will host a Vacation Bible School entitled "Crocodile Dock" for 4 years old-6th grade at 6-9 p.m. June 15-19. Call 405-238-3664. Beaty Baptist Church in PV will host a Vacation Bible School at 6-9 p.m. June 15-19. Satterwhite Missionary Baptist Church, 4 miles south of Elmore City on SH 74, will host a Vacation Bible ...

The names of candidates seeking four legislative seats and one judicial seat within the Chickasaw Nation are now set with one coming from Elmore City.

For the first time in its history, Duncan Community Residence held a poker run Saturday as a fundraiser to help supplement a shortage of funds received from the United Way this year.

It's a time for reflection for Bill Roady on both his recent service as Garvin County's sheriff and adventures ahead as he prepares to step away and into retirement.

A former Elmore City resident Chad Turner has seen up close the positive effects of a program that allows severely ill children the chance to experience a day in the life of an Air Force pilot.

Four East Central University students presented research at the Alpha Chi national college honor society's 2009 biennial national convention in April in Indianapolis, Ind.

Members of the Elmore City Class of 1957 and their friends recently got together as they spent three days in Branson, Mo.

The First Baptist Church in Elmore City will be holding a Vacation Bible School Kickoff Registration on Wednesday, May 20 from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. "We will have a live kangaroo here with "extreme" animals on site with other live animals." The VBS will also feature games, music and snacks.

One Pauls Valley man is still on the run and being sought by authorities for his connection in an alleged plot to kidnap and assault the former boyfriend of a Pauls Valley woman.

A man was kidnapped from his home in Lindsay, taken to Elmore City and then beaten, Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation agents said.

Concern over a Foster area couple's two young children has now led to multiple criminal charges with most focused on a remote drug lab tucked out of the way.

A Davis woman was hospitalized after an accident Monday morning in Garvin County involving a farm animal.

Make it two weeks in a row for no ban on outdoor burning in Garvin County. It was a close vote by area fire chiefs in their recommendation, but in the end all three county commissioners decided earlier this week not to call for a ban that's been around here more times than not since first being implemented last December.

Harve Allison Byford Graveside services for Harve Allison Byford, 59, of Norman will be held today , April 23, 2009 1 p.m. at the Katie Cemetery in Katie, Okla.

Today's Earth Day represents something special for a Pauls Valley area group that's part of a national push to bring more attention to the idea of cutting down on the amount of trash heading to our landfills.

Bull riders and rodeo fans alike are encouraged to show up at the Elmore City Round-Up Club Arena this weekend for a very entertaining and worthwhile event.

Several wildfires are burning across Oklahoma on Thursday, shutting down highways, interstates and forcing evacuations.