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REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s O_ce Steven Todd Carlson and Terese Carlson to Vanessa Gail Carlson, quit claim deed Douglas W.Antley and Illya Sean Antley to Kaitlyn E.

DSC to present bird-friendly Durant program

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Birds are beautiful, important, and at risk locally and globally. They should not be taken for granted. Local residents will learn tips for making Durant more birdfriendly and why it’s important at a free, public program Tuesday, Feb.

COURT RECORDS

News Staff
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Felonies filed Robert John Jessup, 52, Durant, aggravated assault and battery. Will Ray Ritchie Jr., 30, possession of stolen vehicle.
Retired Durant Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Janet Reed reacts during her retirement party last week at the Bell Tower Event Center.

Retired Durant Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Janet Reed reacts during her retirement party last week at the Bell Tower Event Center.

Reception held for retiring chamber director

Matt Swearengin
Wednesday, January 29, 2025
Many congratulated and thanked Janet Reed for her 19 years of service as executive director of the Durant Area Chamber of Commerce. Reed has retired and a retirement party was held for her Jan.
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.
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