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Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Mark Southall, left, public information office, and Capt. Scott Hampton, commander of OHP Troop E, showed a new patrol car last week. OHP has been driving black cars and is now returning to black and white. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. Mark Southall, left, public information office, and Capt. Scott Hampton, commander of OHP Troop E, showed a new patrol car last week. OHP has been driving black cars and is now returning to black and white. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

OHP returning to black and white patrol cars

Matt Swearengin
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is phasing out the black patrol cars and returning to black and white, the original color scheme used by OHP. Lt.
Rever Stephens rides a go-cart during the Durant Police Department National Night Out and also shown is his mother, Becca Dunegan.

Rever Stephens rides a go-cart during the Durant Police Department National Night Out and also shown is his mother, Becca Dunegan.

Durant Police National Night Out

News Staff
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Durant Police National Night Out.

COMING EVENTS

News Staff
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Oct. 21 The Bryan County Federation of Democratic Women (BCFDW) meeting will be held Tuesday, October 21 at noon at the Donald W Reynolds Library in Durant.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

News Staff
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s Office Texoma Building Services to Joseph Graham, warranty deed Trinity Ranch Revocable Living Trust and Thelma Olson Everhart Trustee to William Shane Beaty and Cynthia Marie Nelson, warranty deed Joni Beamish to Taylor Nicole Lawalin, warranty deed David Bart...

COURT RECORDS

News Staff
Tuesday, October 14, 2025
Felonies filed Jacob Colton Haddock, 28, Durant, fugitive from justice. Nakomal C.

Max White tabbed for Athletic Hall of Fame

Kevin Farr
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
As a high school athlete there were few things that Max White could not do well as a three-sport star for the Durant Lions. He guided the Lion football team to their last playoff appearance in 2009 before embarking on a sensational baseball career that included starring for the Oklahoma Sooners.
Runners are shown near the finish line during last year’s Colton’s Main Street Run. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Runners are shown near the finish line during last year’s Colton’s Main Street Run. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Colton’s Run to take off

Matt Swearengin
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
The annual Colton’s Main Street Run is Saturday, Oct. 18 at Market Square in downtown Durant.
Shown second from left are, Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton, Assistant Chief Jack Austin Jr. and District 9 Choctaw Tribal Council Member James Dry. They were attending a Durant Board of Education meeting where Durant High School student Jordan Davenport spoke about not being allowed to wear his Choctaw regalia for a senior yearbook photo.

Shown second from left are, Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton, Assistant Chief Jack Austin Jr. and District 9 Choctaw Tribal Council Member James Dry. They were attending a Durant Board of Education meeting where Durant High School student Jordan Davenport spoke about not being allowed to wear his Choctaw regalia for a senior yearbook photo.

Student addresses school board on not being able to wear Choctaw regalia

Matt Swearengin
Tuesday, October 7, 2025
Durant High School student Jordan Davenport addressed the Durant Board of Education on the district’s policy of not being allowed to wear Native American regalia for graduation pictures. Choctaw Nation Chief Gary Batton, Assistant Chief Jack Austin Jr.
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