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Durant Church of Christ Family minister Logan Cates, right, prays with Dylan Harendt after she came forward on a recent Sunday. Matt Swearengin | For The Christian Chronicle

Durant Church of Christ Family minister Logan Cates, right, prays with Dylan Harendt after she came forward on a recent Sunday. Matt Swearengin | For The Christian Chronicle

Why two Durant churches came back together after six decades apart

Bobby Ross Jr.
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Just off U.S. 69/75 beside a Choctaw Travel Plaza billboard, nearly 500 Christians gather in a multipurpose room filled with fourlegged cushioned chairs.

Trump and money

Marion Hill
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Donald Trump doesn’t seem to understand how money works. At least that’s one interpretation of the way he spends the nation’s precious resources with no regard for whether the country can afford his expenditures or not.

COURT RECORDS

News Staff
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Felonies filed Gregory J. Guldi, 47, Dallas, Texas, computer fraud/unlawful use of computer system.

REAL ESTATE

News Staff
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Transactions recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s Office Freedom Mortage Corporation to Chris Vickrey and Aidan Vickrey, warranty deed Wesley McEuen to Nichole M. Bohman, warranty deed Travis Wilson and Lynsie Wilson to Rylee Jones, warranty deed Roger W.
Oklahoma Teacher of the Year speaks to Kiwanis

Oklahoma Teacher of the Year speaks to Kiwanis

Oklahoma Teacher of the Year speaks to Kiwanis

News Staff
Saturday, October 3, 2026
Oklahoma Teacher of the Year Kasey Bennett spoke to the Durant Kiwanis Club about the importance of STEM programs. Bennett is the STEM teacher at Northwest Heights Elementary School.
ABOVE: Members of Durant High School Class of 1989 and family and friends met Saturday for a Relaunch the Rocket family picnic at Dixon Durant Park. Front row, left, Billy Hunnicutt, Chris Stanfield (89), Kim Bigham-Sawyer (89), Chad Huggins, Kim Swaord Brock (89) and Merle Nazworth (89). In the back are Kyle Wood (89) and Angie Thomas Stephens (89). Classmates also met at Rock House Vineyard that evening. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

ABOVE: Members of Durant High School Class of 1989 and family and friends met Saturday for a Relaunch the Rocket family picnic at Dixon Durant Park. Front row, left, Billy Hunnicutt, Chris Stanfield (89), Kim Bigham-Sawyer (89), Chad Huggins, Kim Swaord Brock (89) and Merle Nazworth (89). In the back are Kyle Wood (89) and Angie Thomas Stephens (89). Classmates also met at Rock House Vineyard that evening. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Class of 1989 has picnic at Rocket Park

News Staff
Thursday, September 24, 2026
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Silo Rebel Paxton Scoggin has been named to Team USA. Photo provided

Silo Rebel Paxton Scoggin has been named to Team USA. Photo provided

Silo’s Paxton Scoggin named to Team USA

Kevin Farr
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Silo freshman baseball player Paxton Scoggin has been selected to participate on the 15U Team USA National Team in the upcoming World Baseball World Cup in Mexico.
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