Girls Scouts collect shoes, socks for Durant students

Girl Scouts of Eastern Oklahoma partnered with Shoe Sensation to provide new shoes and socks to the Durant School District. The shoes and socks will be provided to Durant students in need.

First United hosts women’s conference

First United Bank hosted its Women in Entrepreneurship Leadership Conference last week at the bank’s corporate office in Durant. The annual event is to celebrate and support women entrepreneurs and female business leaders across the region.

Bond passes for Silo Schools

A bond for Silo Public Schools was approved by voters on

Southeastern and Choctaw Nation announce continuation of tuition deferral plan for CNO associates

Southeastern Oklahoma State University and the Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma (CNO) are pleased to announce the renewal of a memorandum of understanding where Choctaw Nation associates can defer tuition at Southeastern.

OHP assisting ICE with motor vehicle enforcement on undocumented immigrants

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has been working with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Bryan County in Operation Guardian that officials say is a motor vehicle enforcement action.

Bryan County OHCE has meeting

On November 5, 2025, members of the Oklahoma Home and Community Education (OHCE) met in the Clay Jones Community Building to review the happenings of the Bryan County Fair and to make preparations for new projects in the future.

COMING EVENTS

The Friends of the Library annual Holiday Craft Show is Dec. 4th-6th at the Donald W. Reynolds Library, 1515 W Main. The hours are 9 a.m. to 7 p.m. Thursday and Friday, and 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Saturday.

Where are the Epstein files?

On the date of this writing, October 29, 2025, we do not know the answers to the questions about the F.B.I.’s investigation into the criminal actions of Jeffrey Epstein. The Trump administration, led by Attorney General Pam Bondi and F.B.I. Director Kash Patel, are refusing to release them.