Families distinguish our state
DURANT – Hello again, everyone! The Lord has blessed Oklahoma, and the greatest of those many blessings are the families who make their home here. The one thing that truly distinguishes our stat...
Hollywood shocked as family films flourish The surprise box-office boom for the cartoon “Despicable Me” is making it clear again to Hollywood this summer that family films are the most likely to be top-grossing films. “To...
Thanks for the prayers DURANT – Hello again, everyone! Let me begin this week’s column with thanks from my entire family for all the prayers being lifted up for my son, Jacob. As readers of the “Senate Minute” know, Ja...
Chicken ovaries solve
one puzzle; don’t help
with immigration woes Rest easy, America. We may or may not find a workable way to plug the British Petroleum oil spill, but British scientists have solved the riddle of the ages. It’s the chicken, doofus. The chicken ...
New Industries create new jobs DURANT – Hello again, everyone! Friday was one of the days you hope to have in public service. I was invited to participate in the groundbreaking ceremony for a new business coming to our area. ...
Into the horror show?
Check it out, be afraid E-mail from Illinois outlines the hole we’ve dug. One evening a grandson was talking to his grandmother about current events and asked what she thought about the shootings at schools, the computer...
This weekend, my family — along with several dozen others from the Tulsa area and other parts of Oklahoma — traveled to Durant for the state little league baseball tournament. What hospitality w...
Dear prospective commissioners, My name is Brian Carr and I'm a Deputy Sheriff for the Bryan County Sheriff's Department. I have been here for approximately a year. I came from an agency with a 14...
Visitation rights and other rights are being taken from our loved ones who are in Oklahoma State Prisons. Visitation has been cut in half and is being threatened to be totally terminated by next...
My name is Shauna McCarter, I am an inmate at the Bryan County Jail. On July 10, 2010. A mystery person donated king size snickers bars and soda pop to the Bryan County Jail. This was not a cheap...
Upon recently relocating to the Lake Texoma area, it is a wonderful area to reside. There is an immense amount of positive attributes and offerings in this area. However, the gist of my letter is ...
The United Methodist Central Texas Conference Youth in Mission (CTCYM) was in town recently assisting families in need with painting, roofing, wheelchair ramps and the like. I was there with two bu...
Remember the Obama administration’s promise to make higher education more accessible by expanding Pell grants and student loans to more students through the $787 billion stimulus? Apparently, the a...
DURANT – Hello again, everyone! State government has entered a relatively slow period of the year. The previous fiscal year ended on June 30, and the new one – the funding for which comes from the...
Rules of engagement: High-sounding words that are sometimes needed, most times not. It’s pretty simple in battle. If the enemy is trying to shoot you, it would be better for you to shoot him or he...
Oliver Stone shocked many when his movie “World Trade Center” was released in 2006. It was a masterpiece, a meditation on two firemen trapped in a darkened tomb of broken concrete, twisted metal an...
The following e-mail has been edited a bit for length, but the whole truth has been left intact. Wouldn’t it be great to turn on the TV and hear any U.S. president — Democrat, Republican, cross-ey...
Proving one's feminist bona fides has become the latest challenge for women aspiring to public office. Is she a "real" feminist who walks in lock step with traditional feminist orthodoxy? Or is sh...
All Seasons Travel started as a full service travel agency in 1984. Today, with a staff of four agents, we offer more than 50 years of combined travel experience. Owner Shelley Lovan takes pride in...
Rockin L BBQ Barn is a full service BBQ restaurant serving breakfast, lunch and dinner. We offer daily lunch specials and on Thursday night our fantistic shrimp and crawfish boil
The Pet Place offers
grooming for companions
Marie Risner has devoted her life to giving pets happy lives and happy homes, having run the Durant pet store and grooming shop The Pet Place for 38 ye...