Durant City Council accepted the 2023 Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management and Homeland Security Enhanced 911 Funding Sustainability Grant in the amount of $2,993 to fund purchasing of approximately 20 push-to-talk headsets and four headset adapters for the Bryan County Public Safety Answering Point (911 center).

Bryan County Commissioners Scott Goad, Tony Simmons and Brandon Carr approved the sale of the old Federal Building during a meeting Tuesday morning. Gabbart Holdings will be purchasing the building for $300,000.

Kingston Town Council had an executive session during its regular meeting March 12 to discuss possible action against Police Chief Kasey Cox. The agenda items listed for executive session included taking action on Cox’s previous write up and disciplinary action for him.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Jack Burrage, a Durant High School senior, served as a page for Rep. Cody Maynard, R-Durant, at the Oklahoma State Capitol February 5-8 during the second session of the 59th Legislature.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Colby Marlow and Tanner Piearcy, Durant High School seniors, served as pages for Rep. Cody Maynard, R-Durant, at the Oklahoma State Capitol February 19 – 22 during the second session of the 59th Legislature.

Every time I think I’ve heard it all from MAGAland, something else knocks me over. This time it was a video that showed Trump supporters saying they’d be just fine with a dictator as President of the United States.

The House completed its third reading deadline on Thursday, March 14. We passed 422 bills and joint resolutions off the House floor before the deadline, just a fraction of the thousands of measures filed this year. These bills covered various topics, including banning rankedchoice voting, inflation relief and public safety. We’ll now swap bills with the Senate and consider their 279 bills, beginning with hearing measures in our House committees before they advance to the floor.

The City of Durant is pleased to announce the recent hiring of new Economic Development Director Kathy Moore. Moore, a north Texas native, joined the City of Durant earlier this year.

Silo Middle School students students Anthony Christopher, Brooklyn Snow, Summer Christopher, Tegan Motley and Hunter Garrison were recognized during an assembly March 13 for their heroic efforts in a March 4 Silo school bus crash when another vehicle hit the bus head on.