Chickasaw Gov. Bill Anoatubby, center, speaks at an Oklahoma Watch event on Oct. 31, 2024. (Rip Stell/Oklahoma Watch)
Peach vendors visit with shoppers at the 2024 Stratford Peach Festival.
Pauls Valley’s Homeland Store is one of five stores operated by HAC, Inc. slated to be closed by Aug. 16. News Star photo by Chris Mackey
The National Weather Center in Norman Tyler Arbogast, Webmaestro/Wikimedia Commons
Kylee Heston, of Rush Springs, takes her turn at Pauls Valley’s Watermelon Seed Spitting Championship July 4. Heston, who also serves as the 2025 Rush Springs Watermelon Queen, placed third in the teen division of the Pauls Valley contest News Star photo by Chris Mackey
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Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond greets lawmakers before the State of the State speech at the Capitol in Oklahoma City Monday, Feb. 5, 2024. Photo Provided/Legislative Services Bureau