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Washington Irving Elementary School had its STEM and Science Fair Feb. 27. Children were able to sit in the Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter after it landed on the playground. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Washington Irving Elementary School had its STEM and Science Fair Feb. 27. Children were able to sit in the Air Evac Lifeteam helicopter after it landed on the playground. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

STEM and Science Fairs

News Staff
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
STEM and Science Fairs.

Elon and the third rail

News Staff
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
BY MARION HILL There’s a reason Social Security is referred to as the “Third Rail of Politics.” Trains powered by electricity, including some subway systems in the U.S. and England, use a third rail that runs beside other train rails to deliver power to the system.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

News Staff
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s Office Billy Tate and Fayrene Tate to Carolyn J. Thomas, warranty deed Vicky L.

Gardening with kids

News Staff
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Kids are so fascinated by how things grow. First planting with something that looks dead, a seed, and then watching it grow into a plant that changes daily. Kids learn a lot from gardening, said Tommie M. James, Family & Consumer Science and 4-H Extension Educator for Bryan County.

COURT RECORDS

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Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Felonies filed Leslie Wayne Trosper, 55, Cartwright, DUI. Richard Stephens, 49, Richmond, Texas, falsely personate another to create liability.
Architect renditions for the Southeastern Spend Life Wisely Stadium are unveiled during an annoucement last week at Bloomer Sullivan Arena. From left, Durant Schools Superintendent Mark Moring, SE athletics director Keith Baxter, SE President Dr. Thomas Newsom, head football coach Bo Atterberry and First United Bank CEO Greg Massey. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Architect renditions for the Southeastern Spend Life Wisely Stadium are unveiled during an annoucement last week at Bloomer Sullivan Arena. From left, Durant Schools Superintendent Mark Moring, SE athletics director Keith Baxter, SE President Dr. Thomas Newsom, head football coach Bo Atterberry and First United Bank CEO Greg Massey. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Plans for new Southeastern Spend Life Wisely Stadium unveiled

Matt Swearengin
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
Plans were unveiled March 12 at Southeastern Bloomer Sullivan Arena for a new stadium at Paul Laird Field that will be named Spend Life Wisely Stadium.
Jeremy Spence, chair of the Durant Sustainability Coalition, speaks before it was announced that T-Mobile awarded DSC a grant to plant trees in downtown Durant. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Jeremy Spence, chair of the Durant Sustainability Coalition, speaks before it was announced that T-Mobile awarded DSC a grant to plant trees in downtown Durant. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Tree grant awarded to spruce up downtown Durant

Matt Swearengin
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
T-Mobile awarded a $35,000 grant to the Durant Sustainability Coalition that will be used to plant trees in downtown Durant. The announcement was made March 13 at the Donald W.
A time capsule was buried last Friday at Oxford Springs Durant assisted living center. Seven-year-old Zander Babb helped with the burial and also shown are his grandmother Lisa Gibson, left, who is a CNA and CMA at Oxford, and Kenley Hayes, life enrichment director of Oxford. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

A time capsule was buried last Friday at Oxford Springs Durant assisted living center. Seven-year-old Zander Babb helped with the burial and also shown are his grandmother Lisa Gibson, left, who is a CNA and CMA at Oxford, and Kenley Hayes, life enrichment director of Oxford. Matt Swearengin | Durant Democrat

Time capsule buried at assisted living center

Matt Swearengin
Tuesday, March 18, 2025
A time capsule containing items from residents at Oxford Springs Durant assisted living center was buried March 14.
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