Pauls Valley Daily Democrat

The Pauls Valley Democrat is a newspaper that comes out three times a week in Pauls Valley, Oklahoma, serving the local area and nearby communities in Garvin County. It is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings Inc. The newspaper changed its name to the Pauls Valley Democrat in May 2011 when it shifted to a tri-weekly format, down from its previous schedule of five issues a week under the name Pauls Valley Daily Democrat.

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Panthers win pair of games

5 days ago | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Mike Arie

The Pauls Valley Panthers won a pair of road games late last week on the diamond, defeating Stratford and Vanoss. The Panthers had a season-high 13 hits Thursday in an 11-1 run-rule over the Stratford Bulldogs. Logan Schaper paced the Panther offense with a 4-for-4 outing with 3 runs scored. Ryan Dennis was 3-for-3 with a double, 3 runs and 2 RBI. Tanner Perry was 2-for-3 with 3 runs scored and 2 RBI. Zac Hayes was 2-for 3 with 2 runs scored and an RBI.
PV plays at Ardmore

5 days ago | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Mike Arie

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Faith leads way with new drug outreach

5 days ago | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Barry Porterfield

An effort working to help people beat drug addiction the last few years in Pauls Valley is now reaching out even further to offer a faith-backed helping hand. It was just about a decade ago Steve Pope got his true calling in life, starting a drug outreach program called New Hope Deliverance Outreach in a building that once housed a church in Pauls Valley. kAm}@H[ !@A6 :D A:=:?8 FA E96 9:89H2J >:=6D 2D 96 EC2G6=D 324< 2?5 7@CE9 E@ $2==:D2H E@ @A6?
PV hosts tournament in Edmond

5 days ago | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Mike Arie

By Mike Arie | EditorPauls Valley hosted a tennis tournament featuring several state tournament teams from last year at the Edmond Center Court. kAmu:G6 @7 E96 E@A 8:C=D E62>D :? E96 DE2E6 2?5 7@FC @7 E96 E@A 3@JD E62>D H@F=5 36 :? t5>@?5]k^Am kAmy24@3 |65:?2 H@F=5 8@ a\` @? E96 52J 2?5 H:? E96 4@?D@=2E:@? 492>A:@?D9:A :? @?6 D:?8=6D]k^AmkAm%96 @?6\5@F3=6D E62> @7 p?86= #6J6D 2?5 xD224 vC66?
Panthers fall at Chickasha

5 days ago | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Mike Arie

By Mike Arie | EditorPauls Valley started its last 2025 Class 4A-2 district series on the road at Chickasha Monday. The Panthers played well against the No. 2 team in the district before falling short 4-1 to the Fighting Chicks. kAmr9:4<2D92 :>AC@G65 E@ `h\h @? E96 D62D@? 2?5 h\a :? 5:DEC:4E A=2J] !2F=D '2==6J 76== E@ d\`h @? E96 D62D@? 2?5 `\`_ :? 5:DEC:4E A=2J]k^Am kAm+24 w2J6D A:E4965 D:I DEC@?8 :??:?8D :? E96 =@DD] w6 82G6 FA c 62C?65 CF?D @?
Paoli and Whitebead could partner up

5 days ago | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Barry Porterfield

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Bus wreck now has formal charges

5 days ago | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Barry Porterfield

A school bus struck from behind near Pauls Valley weeks ago now has a defendant facing a couple of criminal charges in Garvin County District Court. kAm%H@ 7@C>2= 492C86D 42>6 =2DE H66< 282:?DE 2 %6I2D >@E@C:DE H9@ H2D 5C:G:?8 2 G69:4=6 E92E DECF4< 2 3FD 2D 3@E9 H6C6 EC2G6=:?8 ?@CE93@F?5 @? x?E6CDE2E6 bd 324< @? pAC:= a]k^Am kAm%96 4@==:D:@? ;FDE ?@CE9 @7 !2F=D '2==6J C6DF=E65 :? E96 3FD[ H9:49 925 ?@ 49:=5C6? @? 3@2C5 2E E96 E:>6[ @G6CEFC?:?8 :?
Three Lady Panthers named All-Conference

5 days ago | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Mike Arie

The Pauls Valley Lady Panther golfers competed in the Canadian Valley Conference Championships at the Brent Bruehl Memorial Golf Course. The Lady Panthers shot 377 to finish in third place at the CVC Championships. kAm|2C=@H D9@E 2 bdd E@ H:? E96 r'r r92>A:@?D9:A] (2D9:?8E@? 7:?:D965 2D E96 CF??6C\FA H:E9 2 be`] !FC46== 7:?:D965 :? 7@FCE9 H:E9 2 cae] qC:586 rC66< C@F?565 @FE E96 E@A 7:G6 H:E9 2 cfa]k^Am kAmx?5:G:5F2==J[ E96 {25J !2?E96CD 925 E9C66 8@=76CD >2<6 E96 r2?25:2?
Many positive youth policies continue to move forward

6 days ago | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Joe Dorman

The 2025 Oklahoma legislative session is almost three-fourths of the way done for the year with adjournment occurring in late May, and a good number of positive bills are moving forward. The Oklahoma Institute for Child Advocacy (OICA) is grateful to those policymakers - individuals from both rural and urban areas, men and women, Democrats and Republicans, new and veteran lawmakers - who filed and advanced legislation improve the lives of children.
Shades of gray (and red dirt) lead to political civility

1 week ago | paulsvalleydailydemocrat.com | Joe Dorman

Do you consider your world view as “black & white” versus “shades of gray?”For my entire life, I can only remember a few times in my younger days that I felt so strongly about one side of an issue that it clouded me from seeing the other side of the story. In fact, the few times I took a hard line on something, I came around to see other perspectives and understood that someone somewhere would be hurt by not considering all sides of an issue.