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A cat sits on a fence post at 108 W. Georgia St. where there was an explosion that burned a man after he lit incense. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

A cat sits on a fence post at 108 W. Georgia St. where there was an explosion that burned a man after he lit incense. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

A house exploded in Durant last week

Matt Swearengin
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
A house exploded in Durant last week, burning a man including all of the hair off of his head. Twenty-one-year-old Aiden Palmer was still being treated for third-degree burns at Parkland Hospital in Dallas as of press time this week.
Police tape is placed around a home at 206 W. Elm St. where a woman was injured during a stabbing. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Police tape is placed around a home at 206 W. Elm St. where a woman was injured during a stabbing. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Woman stabbed in the back

Matt Swearengin
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
A woman was stabbed in the back Monday at a 206 W. Elm St.

City approves purchase of new water-sewer pump

Matt Swearengin
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
The Durant City Utilities Authority approved the purchase of a new water-sewer pump at a cost of $68,252.00 during a recent meeting to replace one that is about 25 years old. Public Works Director Phillip Hightower said in a memo that there is only one pump operating at the sewer plant.

COMING EVENTS

News Staff
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Feb. 1 Calera Fire-Rescue’s 50th annual Chili Dinner will be from 11 a.m.

Christian Nationalism: A dangerous ideology

Henry Brigman
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
In my article published last year, “Christian Nationalism Isn’t Anything New,” I pointed out the beginnings of this dangerous combination of religion and politics. My efforts now in this column are to remind us of history and to refute the current movement’s falsehoods.

What is your ‘Good Word?’

Phyllis Rustin
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Amid making New Year’s resolutions, people also often choose a “word” to guide them through the next twelve months. The years my father and mother died, I began to choose a word to ease my grief.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

News Staff
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s Office Helen Gray to Helen Gray and Courtney Johnson, warranty deeds Bruce Eastwood and Eva Odessa Eastwood to Bruce Eastwood and Eva Odessa Eastwood, warranty deed HD Residential to Samantha Ann Tindell, warranty deed Carole Lynn Lessing and Keith Francis...

Durant resident named on Dean’s list at Angelo State

News Staff
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
SAN ANGELO, Texas — Angelo State University in San Angelo, Texas, has announced the students achieving the Dean’s List for the 2024 fall semester, including Thien Nguyen of Durant. To be eligible for the ASU Dean’s List, fulltime undergraduate students must maintain a 3.

COURT RECORDS

News Staff
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
Felonies filed Stephen Ray Breger, 40, Durant, fugitive from justice. Brock Mitchell Cheshire, 29, Durant, DUI.
Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Center was named the Large Business of the Year at the Durant Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Shown are, Jennifer Lehr, clinic director; Jessica Pfau, Lighthouse CEO; Matt Hunt, left, chamber president, and Rob Piearcy, ex-o_cio chamber president.

Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat Lighthouse Behavioral Wellness Center was named the Large Business of the Year at the Durant Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet. Shown are, Jennifer Lehr, clinic director; Jessica Pfau, Lighthouse CEO; Matt Hunt, left, chamber president, and Rob Piearcy, ex-o_cio chamber president.

Chamber has annual banquet

Matt Swearengin
Tuesday, January 21, 2025
The Durant Area Chamber of Commerce annual banquet was held Saturday night at Lost Street Brewing Co. and the theme was, “Yacht Rock.
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