Bokchito News

More than 100 people, including police officers from a dozen agencies serving Bryan County, gathered at Market Square on Thursday for an event marking National Peace Officer Memorial Day.

An adult and a juvenile were captured Saturday after they attempted to rob a convenience store, Durant Police said.

A Bokchito man told authorities he was assaulted and robbed of his pickup by an unknown assailant who said he was having car trouble.

Someone burglarized a daycare and discharged a fire extinguisher inside the facility, according to Durant Police.

Toy C. Marlow of Utica, Oklahoma passed away on Easter Sunday, April 8, 2012 in Durant at the age of 80 to ride his horse on the Old Chisholm Trail to meet up with his heavenly father and ride the open range with his brothers who preceded him.