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The Durant Friends Literacy Program at the Donald W Reynolds Community Center and Library has been slowly growing for the past couple of years. Through one-on-one tutoring it provides for those in …
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3/3/21 12:34 PM
The Durant Rotary Club provided dictionaries to Northwest Heights third-grade students.
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3/3/21 11:00 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY — House Democrats announced multiple education initiatives last week in their Oklahoma Focused Agenda for the 58th Legislature.
Each initiative was designed with feedback from …
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3/3/21 10:57 AM
The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma announced last week that the Tribe had a $2,519,532,303 economic impact on the State of Oklahoma in 2019.
The economic impact report, prepared by Dr. Kyle Dean, …
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3/3/21 10:47 AM
The Bryan County Sheriff”s Office said they found a cockfighting operation when responding to a call Saturday in the Allison community south of Durant.
When deputies arrived, they noticed …
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3/2/21 11:17 PM
Members of a state House committee have voted to rein in schools’ ability to receive funding for students who no longer attend classes in the district, a practice informally referred to as …
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By Ray Carter
Director, Center for Independent Journalism |
2/25/21 05:39 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY - Every winter, nearly one thousand high school students from all corners of the state crowd into auditoriums and line school hallways, dragging oversized instrument cases, rehearsing …
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2/25/21 03:51 PM
The temperatures last week reached an all time low in history of Oklahoma. There was snow every single place you looked.
The low temperatures meant that the homeless would have been out there …
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By Sandra Lynn Noltkamper |
2/25/21 12:59 PM
Calera voters will head to the polls Tuesday, March 2 to vote on two bond issues for Calera Public Schools.
Proposition 1 is for $175,000 and it will fund security improvements at the early …
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2/25/21 12:44 PM
As winter weather and resulting blood drive cancelations severely impact the supply of life-saving blood, Oklahoma Blood Institute is alerting potential donors that new eligibility rules allow more …
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2/25/21 11:52 AM
OKLAHOMA CITY — Oklahoma House Democrats on Monday revealed their legislative agenda for the 58th Legislative Session.
The Oklahoma Focused Agenda is a series of policies the caucus has put …
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2/25/21 09:50 AM
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is investigating an incident that involved use of force against a juvenile after a pursuit Sunday on Hodge Road in Cartwright.
OSBI said in a news …
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2/24/21 10:11 PM
A man was killed in an automobile accident Saturday and firefighters have responded to several fires plus calls where pipes burst during the freezing temperatures last week.
The Oklahoma Highway …
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2/24/21 03:43 PM
In 1985, Hank Patterson, a life-long Boy Scout from Durant, agreed to “restore” Cox’s Chapel cemetery and thereby earn his Eagle Scout badge. Patterson was given permission for the …
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By Mary E. Maurer |
2/24/21 12:36 PM
Chief Gary Batton signed an Executive Order on Feb. 16, declaring a state of emergency, following the unprecedented winter weather that swept across the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma. The Executive …
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2/24/21 12:00 PM
OKLAHOMA CITY — The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) opened COVID-19 vaccinations for teachers and Oklahomans with comorbidities Monday and kicked things off by vaccinating this …
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2/24/21 11:25 AM
Less than a week remains for registered voters in Bryan County to apply for absentee ballots to be mailed to them for the March 2, 2021, Calera School Bond Election, County Election Board Secretary …
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2/18/21 05:11 PM
Durant Fire Chief Roger Joines announced he is retiring after serving for more than 30 years with the department and making many great memories through his career.
Joines spoke at last …
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By Matt Swearengin
matt@durantdemocrat.com |
2/17/21 08:30 PM
Although it was still frigid cold, the sun came out Monday and many residents went to Carl Albert Park to sled down the hill, including Hannah Williams, front, and Emma White is behind her. Pushing …
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2/17/21 06:27 PM
As the temperatures dropped to record-breaking levels and snow fell over the weekend, several organizations worked together to provide food and shelter for the homeless.
Brown’s Funeral Home …
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By Matt Swearengin
matt@durantdemocrat.com |
2/17/21 04:48 PM
