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January is School Board Appreciation Month and Durant Board of Education members were presented gift baskets during a Monday meeting of the board. From left, Paul Buntz, Janie Umsted, Chaz Polk, Joyce Northcutt and Jason Manous. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

January is School Board Appreciation Month and Durant Board of Education members were presented gift baskets during a Monday meeting of the board. From left, Paul Buntz, Janie Umsted, Chaz Polk, Joyce Northcutt and Jason Manous. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Superintendent Merideth’s contract renewed until 2026

Matt Swearengin
Wednesday, January 10, 2024
The Durant Board of Education voted to renew Superintendent Duane Merideth’s contract beginning July 1, 2024-June 30, 2026. The vote was after a short meeting in executive session during Monday’s meeting of the board.

With surging state revenue, Stitt, McCall push for tax cuts

Ray Carter
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Oklahoma lawmakers will have nearly $457.9 million more to spend in the 2024 legislative session than in the 2023 session, providing around $11 billion in recurring revenue to appropriate, according to figures certified this week by the State Board of Equalization.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

News Staff
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
Recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s Office Jeremy Lee Tonihka to Johnny Lee Tonihka Jr. and Kayla Tonihka, quit claim deed Darrell Bailey and Gina Bailey Robert A. Paeschke and Roman M.

Lankford stands up to ATF gun classifications

News Staff
Wednesday, January 3, 2024
WASHINGTON, DC – Senator James Lankford (R-OK) joined Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) and their colleagues to introduced the ATF Accountability Act to provide transparency to gun owners across America on rules made by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF).
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