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COURT RECORDS

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Felonies filed Michael Anthony Simas Jr., 25, Durant, firstdegree robbery. Cawonious Antione Hickman, 38,Atlanta, Ga., endangering others while eluding, running a roadblock, child neglect and fugitive from justice.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

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Recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s O_ce City of Durant to Vision Bank, quit claim deed Charles Biddy to Omnia Terram LLC, warranty deed Jimmy Dodd and Stacey Forbes to Helen Dodd, warranty deed Steven H. Taylor and Tina Taylor to Steven H. Taylor and Tina Taylor, warranty deed-CORR Nathaniel E. Kelso and Viola Pearl Kelso to Nathaniel E. Kelso and Viola P. Isbell Kelso Revocable Marital Trust, quit claim deed Robert Peterson and Beck Peterson to The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma, warranty deed Lana McDowell, Lana Dill to Travis Allen Morrison, warranty deed David Bates and Traci Bates to David Wesley Bates, Traci Lynn Bates and Bates Family Trust, quit claim deed Edward Scott McDaniel to RDJ Holdings, warranty deed Bernie Ann Gill Evans and Tommy Dale Evans Sr. to Bernie Ann Evans and Tommy Dale Evans Sr., warranty deed Carl I. Hall and Britta Hall to Dillard Investments, warranty deed Tanya Hall Gentry to Dillard Investments, warranty deed Allen Dean Robinson to Michael Johnson and Ashlee Johnson, warranty deed Altar Homes and Pardigm Homes to Daylan S. Green and Kay V. Green, warranty deed Nichols Equipment Sales to Alan Hobbs Properties, warranty deed Comden Homes to CZ DUR OK LLC, warranty deeds Lorne Eric Love and Emily Ruth Love to Lorne Eric Love and Emily Ruth Love, warranty deed Cindy Upchurch to Larry Wade Vanliew and Kimberly Vanliew, warranty deed Dakota Crissman and Logan Danielle Crissman to Kellie Baker, warranty deed Brady W. Baskin and Sarah N. Baskin to Bosha Properties, quit claim deed Andreason C. Matson, Rachel Ashley Stinchcomb, Rachel A. Matson to Bailee Boyd, warranty deed Carolyn Gordon to Carolyn Gordon and Dawn J. Hunt, warranty deed Elizabeth Bates to Beryl F.

From bartender to homeless center director

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Marissa Bancewicz was a bartender mixing a margarita and began to cry as a customer told her about how he was helping a homeless person. She knew then that she had to act upon what her heart was wanting to do which was to help the less fortunate in the community.

Car club places table at Pocket Park

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The Blast from the Past car club donated a table with benches to Pocket Park off Market Square. It was placed there last week and is one of many ways the club gives back to the community, according to Lynn Smith, president of Blast from the Past.

DUI charged dropped against city council member

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Lab results reveal no intoxicating substances A city council member charged last August with DUI after a traffic stop by Durant Police had the charge dismissed after lab results revealed there were no intoxicating substances in his system. Danny Lynn Sherrer, 73, was arrested while driving on the Highway 70 bypass for suspicion of driving under the influence of an intoxicating substance.

Wigington named new Caddo football coach

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Over the last 22 years, Jeff Wigington has been a highly successful assistant football coach south of the Red River but will soon be headed back to the Sooner State as the new head coach of the Caddo Bruins, the school recently announced. Wigington will take over the coaching reins looking to continue and hopefully add to the Bruins’ gridiron success over the last several seasons following Trenton Harmon’s resignation this spring to take a school administration job in Tonkawa.

PET OF THE WEEK

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Titan is one of those animals that just shows how resilient and forgiving animals can be. He was seen being tossed out of a moving vehicle last Friday. After a quick once over from the vet and a couple of square meals, we have a very playful puppy with an elusive “o_ switch.” He will need some “gentle hands” for a little while as he recovers from some road rash and the results of a bad case of fleas. But you couldn’t guess at what had happened to him just a few days ago once he is out of his kennel. He runs and jumps just like any other puppy his age. Come see him and take him o_ our hands. He deserves it. To ask about other available pets, call the Durant Animal Shelter, 924-3737 option 3. Durant Animal Shelter is having an adoption event starting at 9 a.m. at PetSense on April 27.