OKLAHOMA CITY – Jack Burrage, a Durant High School senior, served as a page for Rep. Cody Maynard, R-Durant, at the Oklahoma State Capitol February 5-8 during the second session of the 59th Legislature.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Colby Marlow and Tanner Piearcy, Durant High School seniors, served as pages for Rep. Cody Maynard, R-Durant, at the Oklahoma State Capitol February 19 – 22 during the second session of the 59th Legislature.

Every time I think I’ve heard it all from MAGAland, something else knocks me over. This time it was a video that showed Trump supporters saying they’d be just fine with a dictator as President of the United States.

The House completed its third reading deadline on Thursday, March 14. We passed 422 bills and joint resolutions off the House floor before the deadline, just a fraction of the thousands of measures filed this year. These bills covered various topics, including banning rankedchoice voting, inflation relief and public safety. We’ll now swap bills with the Senate and consider their 279 bills, beginning with hearing measures in our House committees before they advance to the floor.

The City of Durant is pleased to announce the recent hiring of new Economic Development Director Kathy Moore. Moore, a north Texas native, joined the City of Durant earlier this year.

Silo Middle School students students Anthony Christopher, Brooklyn Snow, Summer Christopher, Tegan Motley and Hunter Garrison were recognized during an assembly March 13 for their heroic efforts in a March 4 Silo school bus crash when another vehicle hit the bus head on.

Durant High School had a pep rally Friday to celebrate students raising funds for the Safe Schools Student Assistance Program during Roar week which is a philanthropy event sponsored by student council.

BY CRYSTAL BURNEZKY-ROBERTSON reporter@madillrecord.net The Choctaw Nation held an Economic Impact Summit Thursday, March 14, at the Cultural Center in Durant. The 2021 Economic Impact Summit provided a look at the Nation’s impact on the economy of Oklahoma in 2021.

A man was arrested Monday after authorities received calls about him pointing a firearm at motorists, the Bryan County Sheriff’s Office said. Deputies responded to the Washita Bridge near Fort Washita about a man pointing the gun at people as they drove by that morning.