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Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat The Bryan County Free Fair begins Sept. 2 and livestock shows are among activities as shown in this picture from last year.

Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat The Bryan County Free Fair begins Sept. 2 and livestock shows are among activities as shown in this picture from last year.

Bryan County Free Fair approaches

News Staff
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
The Bryan County Free Fair is scheduled for September 2nd through the 6th. With the fair being only a few weeks away, it’s time to start getting your canning, quilts, crafts, vegetables and chickens ready for the county fair.
George Washington second graders wait in the cafeteria for classes to begin. MORE PHOTOS PAGE 11. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

George Washington second graders wait in the cafeteria for classes to begin. MORE PHOTOS PAGE 11. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

School starts in Durant

News Staff
Tuesday, August 19, 2025
School starts in Durant.

Durant man killed in crash

Matt Swearengin
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
A Durant man was killed Monday in a single-vehicle accident, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. According to OHP, 58-year-old Michael Shane Sexton died in the 1:45 a.m.

COURT RECORDS

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Felonies filed Raymon Don Smith, 40, Denison,Texas, fugitive from justice. Matthew Shay Rodgers, 34, Boswell, domestic assault and battery resulting in great bodily harm.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s Office Dale Lynn Brown to Andrew Lynn Brown, warranty deed AJ Jefferson Ventures to Wardwoods LLC, warranty deed Melba D.

COMING EVENTS

News Staff
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Aug. 19 The Bryan County Federation of Democratic Women (BCFDW) meeting will be held Tuesday, August 19, at noon at the Donald W Reynolds Library in Durant.

Lawmakers must confront higher ed, K-12 on reading crisis

Jonathan Small
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
“There is no reason a child cannot read before they are in third grade,” former State Superintendent Joy Hofmeister said in 2019. “But our teachers have to teach based on the science of reading, and that is not happening across this state. It is happening in pockets.”

‘Won’t You Be My Neighbor?’

Phyllis Rustin
Tuesday, August 12, 2025
When our sons were children, a part of their afternoons included spending time with “Mr. Roger’s’ Neighborhood,” viewed on our local Public Broadcasting Station (PBS).
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