May 17, 2019

Governor, Senate and House leadership announce 2020 fiscal year budget deal

OK.gov OKLAHOMA CITY – Governor Kevin Stitt, House Speaker Charles McCall, and Senate President Pro Tempore Greg Treat announced on Wednesday the Fiscal Year 2020 budget […]
May 17, 2019

DHS junior Wright serves as State Senate page

OKLAHOMA CITY – Durant High School junior, Isaiah Wright, served as a Senate page for State Sen. David Bullard, R-Durant, during the 14th week of the […]
May 17, 2019

Diabetes center receives national rating of excellence

Choctaw Nation Katy Pickens TALIHINA, Okla. – The Choctaw Nation Diabetes Wellness Center is accredited again by the nation’s leading quality assurance reviewer and this time […]
May 17, 2019

Charles “Lightning” Russell

Charles “Lightning” Russell, a veteran of the United States Army, resident of Durant, Okla. and beloved father, grandfather, great-grandfather and sibling, passed from this life on […]
May 16, 2019

State champion Rebels recognized by Oklahoma State Senate

By Joey McWilliams OKLAHOMA CITY – The Silo Rebel baseball team was honored Wednesday with a trip to Oklahoma City to be recognized by the Oklahoma […]
May 16, 2019

Mary “Polly” Dow Knowlton Crookshank

Mary, or “Polly” as she was affectionately known as she shared the same name as her mother, brightened the world with her birth on Nov. 1, […]
May 16, 2019

Oklahoma Officials Association to induct five into Hall of Fame

OSSAA Communications OKLAHOMA CITY– The Oklahoma Officials Association (OOA) will induct five new members to the OOA Hall of Fame on July 20 at 10:45 am […]
May 16, 2019

Tommy Capes

Tommy Capes of Durant, Okla. passed from this life on Wednesday, May 8, 2019 at the age of 59. He was born on Sunday, December 20, […]
May 15, 2019

Council denies request to rezone property on N. First Ave.

By Joey McWilliams DURANT – The request by the Archey Development Company for rezoning a tract of land on N. First Ave. in Durant has been […]