Reading failures must be addressed

It’s said, “The definition of insanity is doing the same thing expecting different results.” This describes the failures in reading proficiency by Oklahoma students, despite billions of dollars of increased spending on public education in Oklahoma.

African Americans continue to build this country

After White Americans saw Rodney King, a Black man, being beaten by LAPD cops on video in 1991, they clutched their pearls and made sure everyone knew that they had no idea life was so hard for African Americans.

COURT RECORDS

Felonies filed Amber Michelle Burns 37,, child abuse - injury to a child and child neglect. Shouqu Lui, cultivation of marijuana.

Firefighters respond to house fires

The Durant Fire Department responded to a couple of house fires and a natural gas odor. Firefighters were dispatched at 1:20 a.m.

Bryan County Junior Livestock Show and Premium Sale

Bryan County Junior Livestock Show and Premium Sale.

SE junior earns Gilman-McCain study abroad scholarship

Southeastern Oklahoma State University junior Haley Langley has been selected as a recipient of the John S. McCain International Scholarship for Military Families (Gilman-McCain Scholarship).

Diabetes educational program to be offered

The Bryan County OSU Extension will be conducting L.E.A.D. “Live Well, Eat Well, Be Active with Diabetes,” program geared for people with Type II Diabetes and their family members to help them learn helpful ways to control and manage their diabetes.