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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Senate approves plan to reduce income tax
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — A Republican-backed plan to reduce the state’s top personal income tax rate by one-half of 1 percent and offset most of the lost revenue by eliminating or changing dozens of exemptions in the tax code cleared the Oklahoma Senate on Monday. The Senate voted 33-13, mostly along party lines, for the bill sponsored by Sen. Mike Mazzei, R-Tulsa. The measure now heads to the House for consideration. The bill would reduc...
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Gary Beadles is chairman of the Polio Eradication Campaign Committee for Rotary District 5990. He spoke to the Rotary Club of Durant recently about the ongoing effort to defeat the illness.
A passion to end polio
Every Tuesday, Rotarians from Durant pass a large can which they stuff with dollar bills and loose change. The money in the can adds up quick, and at the end of each month Rotarian Pam Mitchell-Robinson is able to send a check to Rotary International for their polio eradication and vaccination fund. It is all part of a worldwide passion by more than 30,000 Rotary clubs who have been working to eliminate the paralysis-inducing disease for ...
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Choctaw pilots fly wounded vets
  Quenton McLarry remembers the determined double amputee “who brought his own board.” The legless Afghanistan war vet was wheeled to the steps of McLarry’s plane where he wedged the board between the steps and his chair. Then he scooted on his bottom up to the top of the steps, hoisted himself onto the plane’s floor, scooted again down the aisle, then pulled himself up onto the plane seat, and he was ready to go. And he wasn’t the only...
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Okla. bills both expand, restrict access to info
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Oklahoma legislators are pushing measures that would close public records and give public bodies more opportunities to meet in secret, but open government advocates are also praising lawmakers this session for their commitment to providing more public access to state entities. With the 2013 legislative session in full swing, the media and open-government groups are monitoring dozens of bills that would either expand...
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Dustin Roberts and Josh Brecheen addressed public legislative concerns at a town hoall meeting held in the Donald W Reynolds Community Center and Library Friday morning.
Public concerns addressed at town hall meeting
State Senator Josh Brecheen and State Representative Dustin Roberts led a town hall meeting in Durant Friday morning. Senator Brecheen began the event with a few words on the condition of the state. Brecheen said that Oklahoma has the lowest cost of living, fourth lowest cost of business and one of the lowest unemployment rates. Brecheen said one thing Oklahoma has to work on is the workers comp reforms. he said that Oklahoma has approx...
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Amid crowded jails, Okla. looks to boost felonies DAmid crowded jails, Okla. looks to boost felonies
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — The recent momentum to reduce Oklahoma’s exceptionally high incarceration rate has fizzled out, officials said this week. The Justice Reinvestment Initiative, signed by Gov. Mary Fallin last May, aimed to encourage rehabilitation of nonviolent offenders, lessen the emphasis on prison time and supervise prisoners after release, among other provisions. All were meant to prevent repeat offending, make the state safer a...
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Museum to hold ‘Teddy Bear Tea’
“Grandma and me at a Teddy Bear Tea” is the theme for a March 23 event from 11 a.m. until 12:30 at Three Valley Museum. This tea party, designed exclusively for grandmas and their beautiful little grandchildren, dressed in their Easter best, will offer tea and crumpets in a delightful setting, severed by fairy tale characters in costume. After tea, there will be story telling, along with other surprises. Each child will leave with a speci...
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Big Five named one of the state’s top nonprofits
One of Durant’s most prominent nonprofit organizations has been recognized in the state as one of the top 24 Oklahoma nonprofit organizations. Big Five Community Services, Inc. was recognized as one of the state leading nonprofits and is now in the running for top nonprofit in the state at the 2013 Oklahoma Nonprofit Excellence (ONE) Awards that will be held on April 20. The awards are given each year by the Oklahoma Center for Nonprofits...
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Law gives tribes new authority over non-Indians
FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — American Indian tribes have tried everything from banishment to charging criminal acts as civil offenses to deal with non-Indians who commit crimes on reservations. Ever since the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 1978 that tribal courts lack criminal jurisdiction over non-Indians, tribes have had to get creative in trying to hold that population accountable. They acknowledge, though, that those approaches aren’t much ...
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Fraud prevention workshop scheduled in Durant March 21
Merchant fraud is an unfortunate loss many business owners may encounter. Risky Business: Protecting Your Business from Theft and Fraud is a free workshop offered to teach small business owners how to be on guard for merchant theft and fraud and take the necessary steps to prevent it. The event will take place on March 21, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Durant Area Chamber of Commerce, 215 N. 4th Avenue, Durant. Topics for the workshop inclu...
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Animal advocates oppose horse slaughter in Okla.
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Animal lovers from across Oklahoma roamed the halls of the state Capitol on Thursday urging their local legislators to oppose legislation that would pave the way for a horse slaughtering facility in the state. Officials with three animal rights groups sponsored Humane Lobby Day and briefed about 50 participants on how to lobby their elected officials. “We certainly don’t want to be known as the place where horses ...
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Man charged with assaulting deputy
A Durant man has been charged with assault and battery upon a police officer after authorities said he hit and shoved a sheriff’s deputy. Gary Dean Reynolds, 45, was charged Thursday. He is accused of striking Deputy Vinny Cacace in the head and also shoving him in the chest. He was arrested Wednesday after deputies and a Durant officer responded to an altercation Wednesday on Roberts Drive east of Durant. According to the sheriff’s off...
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Local film maker to hold free screening
Tyler Slawson, a senior at Southeastern Oklahoma State University, will be hosting a screening for his sixth short film “Consecrated” on March 9 at 6 p.m. and 8 p.m. The screening will be held at the Massey Building located on the corner of 2 nd Avenue and Main Street in Durant. There is no admission fee required for Saturday’s screening. Slawson held a pre-screening event for the film on Feb. 23. Slawson said at his pre-screening even...
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Firefighters hose down car and grass fires
Durant firefighters responded to a car fire and two grass fires on Wednesday. Firefighters were dispatched at 1:35 p.m. to Walmart after someone called about a car being on fire. When firefighters arrived, there was smoke coming from the vehicle and a fire in the engine compartment. The car owner was paged to unlock the vehicle so firefighters could raise the hood. According to a fire department report, the fire was caused by a short in t...
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