Fatcow Icon
News
Man charged with setting vacant house on fire
An arson charge has been filed against a Durant man following an investigation by the Durant police and fire departments into a fire that burned a vacant house. Samuel Joe Taylor, 39, Durant, is charged with second-degree arson. According to an affidavit by Durant Police Detective Rocky McDaniel, the fire department asked police to assist in the investigation of an arson fire at a vacant home at 215 S.E. Fifth Ave. The house did not hav...
full story
Voters who want absentee ballots mailed should apply now
Voters in Bryan County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the April 2, Bryan County Regular Municipal General Elections for City of Durant, (Council Member Ward #2),Town of Achille,(2 Board of Trustees), Town of Bokchito,(3 Board of Trustees, and 1 unexpired Term seat for Board of Trustee), Town of Caddo(2 Board of Trustees), and Town of Calera,(2 Board of Trustees) should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Linda Fah...
full story
Firefighters respond to house and trash fires
A house burned early Sunday morning, according to the Durant Fire Department. Firefighters were dispatched at 1:22 a.m. to 1023 Grand Ave. and upon arrival two minutes later, the home was engulfed with flames coming out all sides. Firefighters were on the scene for two hours and eight minutes fighting the fire, plus conducting salvage and overhaul operations. The house was a total loss, according to a fire department report. James Manle...
full story
Sunday crash injures one
A Mead woman was injured Sunday after losing control of her vehicle and rolling it, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. Donna Hedgecock, 36, was taken by Bryan County EMS to the Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma where she was listed in stable condition with head, leg and internal injuries. According to the patrol, Hedgecock was driving her Explorer at a high rate of speed at 7:06 p.m. northbound on Leavenworth Trail south of Church Ro...
full story
Ex-Oklahoma QB killed in plane crash in Indiana
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) — A former University of Oklahoma starting quarterback was one of two people killed when a small aircraft smashed into a house in northern Indiana, officials said Monday. St. Joseph County Coroner Randy Magdalinski identified the victims of Sunday’s crash in South Bend as 60-year-old Steven Davis and 58-year-old Wesley Caves, both of Tulsa, Okla. It was the same Davis who played quarterback for the Sooners in the...
full story
Okla. legislators take look at decorum problems
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Flaring tempers, profanity on the floor and flippant remarks during debates highlighted recent breaches in decorum at the Oklahoma Legislature, prompting the Senate to go into a rarely used closed-door session to discuss chamber rules and one member to deliver a public apology in the House. Uncivil behavior isn’t unprecedented — no one got shot as in a session 66 years ago — but when it happens it turns heads. “I ...
full story
1363471256.jpg
DURANT – Over the years
DURANT – Over the years, the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and Southeastern Oklahoma State University have teamed up on numerous projects for the benefit of students and the community. One of the partnership’s latest efforts – Choctaw U – was recently awarded the Exceptional Program Award (Credit) by the Association for Continuing Higher Education — Great Plains Region. The award was presented last week at the Association’s Regional Conferen...
full story
Citizens_for_Silo’s_Future_prepares_for_successful_campaign0_1363471160.jpg
Citizens for Silo’s Future prepares for successful campaign
DURANT – “Building Better Futures” is the new slogan for the Silo School bond campaign, chosen at the March 12 meeting of Citizens for Silo’s Future. The committee members met to begin preparations for a successful campaign, with two new members joining the effort. The Voter Registration committee is co-chaired by Katie Brister, Silo Elementary Principal, and Kate McDonald, Silo Junior High/High School Academic Advisor. April 19 is the de...
full story
Life-saving app introduced during Red Cross Month
Texoma Red Cross representatives were in Durant Wednesday spreading the word about Red Cross Month. The American Red Cross was created in 1881 and has since continually operated from the support and help of the public. Every year the president of the United States proclaims March as Red Cross Month. “It’s the month we try to let people know what we are all about,” said Red Cross Volunteer and Training Specialist Rene Beezley. Beezley ...
full story
Wade shooting remains under investigation by OSBI
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is not releasing any additional details about a shooting death that happened early Thursday morning at a Wade residence. According to OSBI, Parker Allen Tyson, 27, who was armed with a handgun, kicked in the door to a home at 42 Main St. in Wade, and a person inside the home shot Parker several times. Tyson was taken to the Medical Center of Southeastern Oklahoma where he was pronounced dead later ...
full story
Road overlay begins on South Ninth Avenue
The overlay project on Highway 69B (South Ninth Avenue), began Thursday and will continue for approximately 10 days, Durant/Bryan County Emergency Management said. Construction workers began paving operations on the roadway from the Mineral Bayou Bridge to the new Highway 70 Bypass. The road will be down to one lane and have flagmen directing traffic flow. “Motorists should avoid travel on this section of roadway if possible, Durant/Bryan...
full story
Oklahoma House rejects plan to cut OETA funding
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Lawmakers killed a proposal Thursday that would have slowly reduced state funding for Oklahoma’s public television network, but the author of the bill said the agency still could be phased out of existence. The House voted 57-41 against the bill to reduce state appropriations to the Oklahoma Educational Television Authority. The agency received about $3.8 million in state funding the last two fiscal years, which acc...
full story
City Employees including Larry Mitchell, John Chaloux, Jimmy Gasaway, Jonathan Gibson, Patrick Goddwin, John James, Chad Jamison, Frank Kimray and Daniel Raymond were honored at Tuesday's city council meeting for their added value to the city for picking up litter on the city roadways.
Durant City Council meets
Durant City Council met Tuesday March 12 and discussed several current projects within the city. The first project discussed was the Red versus Blue Trash off which kicks off Friday, March 15 at 10:30 a.m. in the parking lot of Goody’s in Durant. The Durant Police and Fire Departments will be competing to see who can have the most recycled items donated to their cause. Bins will be set up with a blue banner for police and a red banner f...
full story
Firefighters responded to several fires in the county
Area firefighters responded to several fires Wednesday, some of which were controlled burns and another that became out of control and spread to a structure. According to a police dispatch log, there were many “controlled burns” held Thursday. Volunteer firefighters were dispatched at 1:22 p.m. to 32 E. Sycamore St. in Lakewood Ranchettes to a fire that started out as a controlled burn and then caught a house on fire which quickly became ...
full story
Man shot to death early this morning
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating a shooting death that happened early this morning in Wade. According to OSBI representative Jessica Brown, 27-year old Parker Allen Tyson from Bennington was shot at approximately 12:30 a.m. At 14 Main Street in Wade. Reports are that Tyson had kicked in the door of the house on Main Street and was carrying a handgun, according to OSBI. The resident of the home fired several roun...
full story
OKC archbishop calls Francis’ election ‘wonderful’
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma City’s Roman Catholic archbishop said Wednesday that the selection of a pope from the New World was a “wonderful surprise” but that he didn’t know what agenda the new pontiff would take to the Vatican. “We will see what he chooses to address as his priorities,” Archbishop Paul S. Coakley said during a news conference following the election of the former Cardinal Jorge Maria Bergoglio as Pope Francis. Coak...
full story
Okla. House OKs attempt to ‘nullify’ health law
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The Oklahoma House moved Wednesday to declare the federal health care law “null and void” in the state, approving a bill over the objection of Democrats who argued it was nothing more than a political statement. The House voted 72-20 for the bill by Republican Rep. Mike Ritze, a Broken Arrow physician and a fierce opponent of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, which he frequently refers to as “O...
full story
Okla. House approves bill to allow armed teachers
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Public school districts across Oklahoma could decide whether to allow armed teachers in classrooms under a bill approved late Tuesday in the Oklahoma House. The Special Reserve School Resource Officer Act passed by the House on a 68-23 vote despite concerns raised by opponents over the safety and liability allowing armed teachers. “Our children are grossly unprotected from an active violent threat,” said Rep. Mark...
full story
Okla. House approves income tax cut proposal
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A plan backed by Gov. Mary Fallin to slash the state’s top personal income tax rate easily cleared the Republican-controlled Oklahoma House on Tuesday over the objection of Democrats who argued it would take funding from critical state services. The House voted 65-30 for the bill by House Speaker T.W. Shannon, R-Lawton, to cut the top rate from 5.25 percent to 5 percent, beginning Jan. 1. The bill now heads to the S...
full story
Texas boy, 11, dies in ATV crash
UTICA (AP) — The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says an 11-year-old Texas boy was killed in an all-terrain vehicle accident. The highway patrol says Colton Chreene of Flower Mound was driving an ATV Monday night when he made a left turn into a ravine and crashed. Authorities say the boy was taken to a hospital in Durant, where he was pronounced dead. Authorities say the crash happened in rural Utica in southeastern Bryan County. The highwa...
full story
Weather
Sponsored By:

Lottery
Sponsored By:

Stocks
Sponsored By:

Gas Prices
Sponsored By:

Featured Businesses
Recipes
Sponsored By: