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United Way has 5K run

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Bryan County United Way had its annual Be a Hero 5K and Fun Run Saturday morning in downtown Durant to raise funds for the many agencies UW supports. Brett Rogers, UW treasurer and chairman of the event, said the event grossed about $20,000 and once expenses are paid, he expects that approximately $12,000 to $15,000 will have been raised for charitable events and organizations.

Commissioners discuss moving o_ces from annex building

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Bryan County Commissioners discussed temporarily moving county offices located in the courthouse annex to the Boys & Girls Club so the District Attorney’s office can moving into the annex. Commissioners Scott Goad, Tony Simmons and Brandon Carr met for their regular monthly meeting on Monday and they also voted to donate the old Plaza Movie Theater, that currently houses the District Attorney’s Office, to Southeastern Oklahoma State University.

The history of Robert E. Lee School

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“A Durant school teacher, who has been in the teaching service for many years, remained in the building after school was out at the South Ward school Wednesday. After gathering up a few belongings, she walked through the building … She gazed at the broken plastered walls, at the stained ceiling, and possibly shed a tear before she finally left the building for the last time.” Durant Daily Democrat, March 18, 1937 That anonymous teacher was bidding farewell to the massive brick structure that had graced Ninth Avenue for 27 years and was scheduled to be replaced by the “new, modern” school building we know today as the Robert E. Lee Early Childhood Center.

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.