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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

News Staff
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s Office Gateway Homes & Design to Aaron L. Rask, warranty deed Mary B. Ducote to Darrell Bailey and Regina Bailey, warranty deed Evlyn Crow to Sheila Gail Murrell, warranty deed Aaron L. Rask to Rack Investments, warranty deed Independent School District No.
Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat Candy was handed out during the Bokchito Trunk-or-Treat Oct. 30 at the community pavilion.

Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat Candy was handed out during the Bokchito Trunk-or-Treat Oct. 30 at the community pavilion.

Bokchito Trunk or Treat

News Staff
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Sarah Coblentz, left, and Sydney Reardon were named 2025 Southeastern Homecoming Royalty. In the middle is Southeastern Interim President Dr. David Whitlock. Dan Hoke | SE

Sarah Coblentz, left, and Sydney Reardon were named 2025 Southeastern Homecoming Royalty. In the middle is Southeastern Interim President Dr. David Whitlock. Dan Hoke | SE

Coblentz and Reardon named 2025 Southeastern Homecoming Royalty

News Staff
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
Following a vote by the student body at Southeastern Oklahoma State University during its annual Homecoming week, Sarah Coblentz and Sydney Reardon were named Homecoming Royalty at halftime of the Savage Storm’s football game versus Henderson State on Saturday, November 1.
Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat The Choctaw Powwow, one of the nation’s largest, celebrated its 20th anniversary Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at the Choctaw Event Center.

Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat The Choctaw Powwow, one of the nation’s largest, celebrated its 20th anniversary Oct. 31-Nov. 2 at the Choctaw Event Center.

Choctaw Powwow

News Staff
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
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Goodman’s menagerie included monkeys that were once at a Durant park

Goodman’s menagerie included monkeys that were once at a Durant park

Goodman’s menagerie included monkeys that were once at a Durant park

Mary E. Maurer
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
It all began with a bear. Animal lovers Howard Rambo and Wallace Goodman had been selling and servicing Dodge and Plymouth vehicles since 1925, but in 1933 they also invited customers to see and feed their “Mexican bear cub,” and commented that it would “eat anything.”
Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat Ryan and Melissa Brewer walk with their daughter Addie and their dog Biscuit during the Breakthrough Type 1 Diabetes Walk Sunday at the Durant Multi-Sports Complex.

Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat Ryan and Melissa Brewer walk with their daughter Addie and their dog Biscuit during the Breakthrough Type 1 Diabetes Walk Sunday at the Durant Multi-Sports Complex.

Walkers walk the walk for diabetes research

Matt Swearengin
Wednesday, November 5, 2025
The Breakthrough Type 1 Diabetes Walk was Sunday afternoon at the Durant Multi-Sports Complex and more than $5,000 has been raised for diabetes research. The walk is an event where type 1 diabetes community members gather to transform the future for everyone facing T1D.
Southeastern had its Safety Career Fair. Dan Hoke | SE

Southeastern had its Safety Career Fair. Dan Hoke | SE

Southeastern hosts 2025 Safety Career Fair

News Staff
Wednesday, October 29, 2025
More than 25 firms from industries across the employment spectrum visited the Hallie McKinney Ballroom to recruit and network with students at the Southeastern Oklahoma State University Safety Career Fair hosted by Southeastern Oklahoma State University Career Services on Oct. 8.
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