March 19, 2018

Column: Reforms can finance teacher pay increases

By Josh Breechen We’re now just over a month into regular session and the budget for FY ’19 looks promising.  Our state economy is recovering and state […]
March 17, 2018

One fatality in collision near Roosevelt Bridge

By Joey McWilliams BRYAN COUNTY – One man is dead as a result of a collision Saturday afternoon involving three vehicles on the Bryan County side […]
March 17, 2018

Library offers activities for kids during Spring Break

By Joey McWilliams BRYAN COUNTY – Spring Break in Bryan County seems to have come a little later than usual this year. No matter – the […]
March 16, 2018

Senate Bill 1030 approved to reform Oklahoma’s Medicaid program

Release OKLAHOMA CITY – Oklahoma leads 25 other states in the percentage of citizen’s personal income spent on welfare but is only higher than eight other states […]
March 15, 2018

Library to host Dine In Movie Nght

By Joey McWilliams DURANT – Showing movies in the Black Box Theater at the Durant Library has become something of a staple during Spring Break and […]
March 15, 2018

50 Shades of Cornflower Blue

By Kristen Banks “I’ll tell you a story, correct me if it’s not true, but the most noble of all the colors is the lowly Cornflower […]
March 12, 2018

Ireland’s Prime Minister Varadkar made personal visit to Choctaw Nation

By Joey McWilliams DURANT – Nearly nine months after Chief Gary Batton made a trip to Ireland, the Irish prime minister returned the favor, stopping by […]
March 10, 2018

Baby Blair’s beats are strong and continuing to get stronger

By Joey McWilliams Angie Sullivan is spending her birthday today in Tulsa. She will be watching her daughter Brooklyn take part in dance competition and she […]
March 9, 2018

Northwest Heights announces winners of First Grade Spelling Bee

Northwest Heights Elementary School recently held its Spelling Bee for the first grade. Congratulations to the winners from the homeroom classes: Ruger Diessner, Isabella Santos, Xavier […]