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Rep. Cody Maynard is shown with Andrea Ramos, second from left, and Rilyn Teafatiller, second from right, display their winning artwork in the ODOT Trash Poster Contest on the House floor. Photo provided

Rep. Cody Maynard is shown with Andrea Ramos, second from left, and Rilyn Teafatiller, second from right, display their winning artwork in the ODOT Trash Poster Contest on the House floor. Photo provided

Local students win ODOT poster contest

News Staff
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Andrea Ramos, an eighth-grader at Colbert Middle School, took second place in the sixth-through eighth-grade division of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation’s annual Trash Poster Contest.
Durant Lady Lions basketball coach Will Robinson was posthumously awarded the Educator of the Year during the Mid Continental Broadcasting Excellence in Education awards banquet at Roadhouse 77. On the right are Will’s parents, Tony and Beth Robinson and on the left are Will’s sister Taylor Robinson and his widow Kristen.

Durant Lady Lions basketball coach Will Robinson was posthumously awarded the Educator of the Year during the Mid Continental Broadcasting Excellence in Education awards banquet at Roadhouse 77. On the right are Will’s parents, Tony and Beth Robinson and on the left are Will’s sister Taylor Robinson and his widow Kristen.

Coach Will Robinson posthumously named Educator of the Year

News Staff
Thursday, May 8, 2025
Durant Lady Lions basketball coach Will Robinson was posthumously named the Educator of the Year during the Mid Continental Broadcasting Excellence in Education awards banquet last week at Roadhouse 77.
FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

FAMOUS BIRTHDAYS

News Staff
Thursday, May 8, 2025
MAY 11 Sabrina Carpenter, Singer (26) MAY 12 Tony Hawk, Skateboarder (57) MAY 13 Morgan Wallen, Singer (32) MAY 14 Mark Zuckerberg, Entrepreneur (41) MAY 15 Stella Maxwell, Model (35) MAY 16 Megan Fox, Actress (39) MAY 17 Derek Hough, Dancer (40)
Shown are, Durant Independent School District 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year and top 10 state finalist Shaundra Usry, BCRE President Jerri Goforth, DISD 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year and top 10 finalist Lisa Sager and BCRE VP Leslie Webster. Photo provided

Shown are, Durant Independent School District 2023-2024 Teacher of the Year and top 10 state finalist Shaundra Usry, BCRE President Jerri Goforth, DISD 2022-2023 Teacher of the Year and top 10 finalist Lisa Sager and BCRE VP Leslie Webster. Photo provided

Bryan County Retired Educators congratulate past and present DISD Teachers of the Year

Phyllis Rustin
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
April’s luncheon meeting of Bryan County Retired Educators honored DISD Teacher of the Year and Oklahoma Top Ten Finalist, Lisa Sager and DISD Teacher of the Year and Oklahoma Top Ten Finalist, Shaundra Usry.

Nursing homes are places to live

Soda Area Agency On Aging
Tuesday, April 29, 2025
Nursing Home is a phrase that most people would not like to speak of nor want to hear in their own home. Growing up the word nursing home meant dying. People felt that if someone were to go into the nursing home, they would go there to die.
The Bryan County Democratic Party joined the Durant Area Chamber of Commerce and a ribbon cutting was held last week at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center & Library. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

The Bryan County Democratic Party joined the Durant Area Chamber of Commerce and a ribbon cutting was held last week at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center & Library. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Bryan County Democratic Party joins chamber

Marion Hill
Friday, April 25, 2025
Optimism about Durant’s future, expressed in a ribbon-cutting and a report on sustainability, highlighted the regular meeting of Bryan County Federation of Democratic Women last week.
On the floor of the State Capitol are Southeastern students, front row Kaysun Thralls, left, and Jill Scott. Back row are, Cora McKinney, left, and Jacee Bentley. Josh Manck | SE

On the floor of the State Capitol are Southeastern students, front row Kaysun Thralls, left, and Jill Scott. Back row are, Cora McKinney, left, and Jacee Bentley. Josh Manck | SE

Four Southeastern students visit State Capitol for Higher Education Day and Oklahoma’s Promise Day

News Staff
Friday, April 25, 2025
OKLAHOMA CITY – Four Southeastern Oklahoma State University students traveled to Oklahoma City April 15 to participate in Higher Education Day and Oklahoma’s Promise Day at the State Capitol.

Public schools are set up to fail

Jane Hicks
Monday, April 14, 2025
Ryan Walters, Superintendent of Oklahoma Public Schools, continues in the fine old the Republican tradition of starving public schools. Taxpayer money is already being diverted to vouchers to pay for private and religious schools, although taxpayers want their public funds to go to public schools!
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