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Helping spread the word in as many places as possible Tuesday morning, Pauls Valley resident Kalista Basaldua puts up Main Street Pauls Valley posters listing items needed for those impacted by Monday’s tornado in the Moore area. Since word started spreading, the response has been overwhelmingly positive with several truck loads dropped off at a distribution point in Norman.

• Storm too close for comfort

  Historical record will forever mark May 20 as one of the somber moments for the residents of Moore, Oklahoma, but for a handful of emergency officials in the Pauls Valley area, conditions were right for a similar tragedy to unfold here as well.

  May 23, 2013 1 Photo

• PV rallies around tornado victims
• There is a message with tornado sirens

Sports

Gavin Nation

• Nation has great year on track field

  Gavin Nation, a 5th grader at Whitebead Elementary, has just completed a great season at the track.

  May 14, 2013 1 Photo

• Lady Panthers 2nd at regionals
• Panthers capture 4A district title

Obituaries

• Blanche Opal Daley Teel

  Blanche Opal Daley Teel, 97, formerly of Lindsay, passed away May 12, 2013 in Lincoln, Neb.

  May 14, 2013

• Donald Radden

  Donald Radden, 85, was born to C. Radden and Overa Robertson on Jan. 12, 1928 and entered eternal life on May 12, 2013 in Ardmore, Okla.

  May 14, 2013

• Jack Leland Nabors

  Jack Leland Nabors of Elmore City passed away May 10, 2013 in Norman, Oklahoma at the age of 79 years.

  May 14, 2013

• Michael Phillip Moore

  Michael Phillip Moore, 68, of Cox City passed away on Wednesday, May 8, 2013 at his home.

  May 9, 2013

Community News

• Pauls Valley grad event moves to new site

  A threatening storm spared Pauls Valley this week but still dropped enough rain to convince school officials to move graduation ceremonies inside.

  May 23, 2013

• Looking for the top rodeo girl

State News

• State Senate unveils $80M plan for 2 new museums

  The Oklahoma Senate unveiled a new plan on Thursday to divert $80 million in state sales and use taxes over a four-year period to pay for the completion of an American Indian museum in Oklahoma City and build a new popular culture museum in Tulsa.

  May 17, 2013

• State lawmakers on verge of taking on high school sports association

  An interim legislative study is being proposed regarding recent actions by the Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA), a state legislator who asked to remain anonymous said this week....

  May 16, 2013

Business

Koch Nitrogen announced plans to build a new urea plant at its Enid facility and revamp its existing production plant. (Staff Photo by BILLY HEFTON)

• Expanding: Koch investing $1 billion in Enid

  Officials are expecting up to 800 new construction jobs and 20 to 30 new permanent employees for the plant.

  May 16, 2013 1 Photo

• U.S. Hay production low
• Medieval Fair returns to Norman for 37th year
• Jeep takes a radical new turn with Cherokee
• Cherokee business unit says it’s healthy

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