Durant News

The annual Magnolia Festival will be held this week, May 30 through June 2, at the Choctaw Event Center, 3702 Choctaw Road, in Durant.

The smells of Chicken Crispers and baby back ribs will be wafting through Durant soon.

Durant firefighters hosed down a couple of grass fires early this morning and Monday.

On Thursday, June 7, Choctaw Casino Resort is hosting the multi-talented country singer-songwriter Clint Black at CenterStage, located one hour north of Dallas at 4216 S. Hwy 69/75, in Durant, Oklahoma.

Captain Dan Lyday will bid farewell to his firefighting family this week after more than 28 years as a member of Durant Fire Department.

Mary Pauline "Nance" Lavender was called home to be with the Lord on June 21, 2011, from Durant, Oklahoma.

Bryan County firefighters and emergency responders are seeking voter approval of a one-quarter percent sales tax to provide better services and protection for county citizens and visitors.

The Miss Southeast Oklahoma Scholarship Pageant and corporate sponsor, First United Bank, invite the community to the Miss SE Oklahoma Send Off Party on Thursday, May 31 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. at the John Massey Leadership Center at First United Bank at Main and Washington in Durant.

Katy Caudle, Miss Southeast Oklahoma and Alex Leonard, Miss Southeast Oklahoma Outstanding Teen will crown their successors at the 2011 Miss Southeast Oklahoma and Miss Southeast Oklahoma Outstanding Teen Pageant on Saturday, November 6, at 6:30 p.m. at Montgomery Auditorium on the campus of Southeastern Oklahoma State University in Durant, ... (more)

County officials hope to soak up federal funds to help with the damage caused by the heavy rain.

Durant Democrat: Matt Swearengin The 2012 Durant Area Chamber of Commerce Banquet was held at the new Durant High School.

Durant public schools have been in session for a little over one week, and high school seniors are excited about their last year.

Eaves is pictured with her Durant High School School Senior of the year for 2012 from the Durant Kiwanis Club plaque.

Meagan Emily Mullinex and Marcus Stephen Neal will exchange marriage vows on Sunday evening, May 27, at 8:00. The ceremony will be held at Bella Vista on the Boulevard in Durant.

Kelby Ray Johnson, of Achille, Okla., and Taylor Nicole Forbis, of Durant, Okla., will be married on June 2, 2012.

Hazmat and other emergency response crews were called to the scene of a train derailment in Atoka County Thursday night.

Durant Democrat: Zach Maxwell Twin sisters Abigail and Madison Leslie receive hot dogs from Kevin Richards at a Boys & Girls Club picnic on Saturday at Keithley Park.

Great Plains Literacy Council adult learners Reyes Granado and Jesus Villegas, both natives of Mexico, met recently at the Altus Public Library to congratulate each other in achieving US citizenship and to talk to the literacy staff about their success of naturalization.

An early morning crash killed one person and left three others injured. Cleo Deanna Daniel, 19, Durant, was dead at the scene of the 2 a.m. crash on a county road one mile east of Durant, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Ernest Hooser, a long time resident of Durant passed away on Tuesday, May 22, 2012 at the age 94 years 7 months and 14 days.