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Durant residents encouraged to utilize extra hauling

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If you’ve recently taken advantage of the unseasonably warm temperatures, you may have decided to get an early start on spring cleaning. If you have extra trash and debris laying around, we encourage you to sign up for next month’s extra haul.

High Troponin levels follow after bout of food poisoning

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DEAR DR. ROACH: I am a 77-year-old male who apparently suffered a case of food poisoning. I say apparently because no cause was ever discovered for the uncontrollable vomiting and diarrhea that lasted for a whole day and recurred briefly the following morning.

The Mission holds 5K walk/run

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The Mission in Durant hosted “The Coldest Night of the Year” 5K walk/ run Saturday evening. This is a national walk to serve people experiencing hurt, hunger, and homelessness.

Caddo female wrestler wins state title

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Growing up as the daughter of a former wrestler, Caddo’s Gage Vaughn followed the same path as Durant standout Addison Polk through the Durant youth wrestling program. And much like Polk, Vaughn reached last week’s high school wrestling state tournament in Oklahoma City.

Bokchito woman killed in ATV accident

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A Bokchito woman was killed when her all terrain vehicle overturned in a roping arena, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. Thirty-six-year-old Cinnamon Mullens died at the scene of the 12:27 p.m.

SE Math and Computer Science students attend regional conference

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In the scientific world, a torus is a name given to an object that is shaped like a donut. In this case, TORUS is an acronym for Texas Oklahoma Regional Undergraduate Symposium (for math students). It has taken place at Southeastern and other universities around the region and 2024 marks its 20th year. Seven SE math and computer science students attended TORUS 2024 at Southern Nazarene University in Oklahoma City, accompanied by their professors and advisors.