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Jane Semple Umsted is the 2026 Honored Artist for the 40th Annual Red Earth Festival. Photo provided

Jane Semple Umsted is the 2026 Honored Artist for the 40th Annual Red Earth Festival. Photo provided

Red Earth names Jane Semple Umsted as 2026 Honored Artist

News Staff
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
OKLAHOMA CITY, OK – Red Earth, Inc. is proud to announce Choctaw artist Jane Semple Umsted as the 2026 Honored Artist for the 40th Annual Red Earth Festival, taking place August 1–2, 2026, at the Oklahoma City Convention Center.
The Today Program, which is a part of the Choctaw Nation Missing Murdered Indigenous People Chahta, had an art therapy event recently at the Gordon Center for Events. From left, Sara Solis, networking and PR manager of The Today Program, Aaron Newkirk, president of the program, and Crystal Green MMIW-Chahta. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

The Today Program, which is a part of the Choctaw Nation Missing Murdered Indigenous People Chahta, had an art therapy event recently at the Gordon Center for Events. From left, Sara Solis, networking and PR manager of The Today Program, Aaron Newkirk, president of the program, and Crystal Green MMIW-Chahta. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

MMIW Chahta The Today Program has art therapy class

Matt Swearengin
Tuesday, June 30, 2026
The Today Program had an art therapy class recently at the Gordon Center for Events that involved making collages with pages from books and magazines. The Today Program is a branch of Missing Murdered Indigenous People Chahta that provides mental health support services.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

News Staff
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s Office Mary Ann Strombitski to Chad Peterson and Alisha Peterson, warranty deed Johnny Darrell Williams and Claudette Williams to Dewayne Williams, warranty deed Scott Goad and Morgan Goad to Taggart Ryan Lockhart and Marisol Lucero Lockhart, warranty deed James...

COURT RECORDS

News Staff
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
Felonies filed Curtis Edwin Yarbrough, 41, Bokchito, sex offender living within 1,000 feet of school. Mark Derrick Slusser, 49, Mead, failure to register as a sex offender.
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