A longtime employee of the City of Durant was honored during a city council meeting earlier this month. Rick Mote was recognized for 45 years of service to the City of Durant.

More than 220 children received toys for Christmas during the Durant Police Department’s Shop with a Cop event Dec. 19 at Walmart.

Riley Williams, a Calera author of the new children’s book, “Richard’s Friends,” spoke during a recent brown bag luncheon at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center & Library.

The Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) recognized two honorees from Southeastern Oklahoma State University at its annual conference in Charleston, S.C., in late October. Michelle Burton, Coordinator of Academic Services for Southeastern on the Grayson College campus in Denison, is a winner of the 2023 ACHE Rising Star Award, while Jeni Maple, Coordinator of the Bachelor of Science in Liberal & Applied Studies program at Southeastern, earned the Meritorious Service Award.

Southeastern Oklahoma State University held its 2023 fall commencement ceremonies on Friday, December 15, and Saturday, December 16, at Bloomer Sullivan Arena. On Friday, December 15, master’s degrees were conferred at 6 p.m., and Saturday, December 16, baccalaureate degrees were awarded at 9 a.m.

On the evening of December 24, 1914, in the cold, muddy trenches on the Western Front of the First World War, a remarkable thing happened. It came to be called the Christmas Truce. After 109 years it is still one of the most amazing moments of the Great War, or of any other war in history (history.com/ news/Christmas-truce-1914-world-war-1-soldier-accounts).

Southeastern Oklahoma State University assistant professor of accounting and finance Dr. Arthur Tran was named the winner of the “Best Paper” award at the Academy of Business Research Fall Conference in Biloxi, Miss., this month.

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