Durant News

Get your taste buds ready! Leadership Durant 2012 has a great evening planned for the community.

The United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced Friday that Michael Lynn Cash, 36, Durant, was found guilty by a federal jury.

Gladys Coe Turner of Bokchito, Oklahoma was called home to be with her heavenly Father on Wednesday, Februarly 1, 2012 in Durant, Oklahoma at the age of 98 years and 11 days.

Plenty of fun and entertainment is in the works for the 12th annual Magnolia Festival, to be held May 29-31 in downtown Durant.

On Tuesday evening, Dr. Jerry Polson spoke to an audience at Three Valley Museum about the "Hunley," a Confederate submarine, as part of the museum's Journey Stories.

Durant firefighters work to remove Clifford D. Miller, Ada, from the cab of his semi truck after a crash late Tuesday morning east of Caddo on Highway 22.

The smooth stylings of Assistant Chief of Choctaw Nation Gary Batton, along with Southeastern junior Julia Castro, impressed the crowd and won the dancing duo the first place trophy for this year's Dancing with the Stars of Durant.

A Texas man who was laid off from his job has earned back his former salary five times over by placing first in a World Series of Poker tournament , earning him a prize of $270,380, according to a press release from The World Series of Poker.

The men lead the Walk Dance in closing a traditional Choctaw event. Pictured are Eugene Taylor, Chief Gregory E. Pyle, Assistant Chief Gary Batton, Seth Fairchild, Nate Cox, Randy Hammons, Presley Byington and Roger Amerman.

Time slips by before you realize it and deadlines prohibit registration activity, stated Linda Fahrendorf, Secretary of the Bryan County Election Board.

A Durant woman was critically injured Saturday in Atoka County when the car she was riding in hydroplaned while racing another vehicle and flipped into a creek, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said.

Beginning March 1, 2012, showing your utility bill for a free dump at the Durant Landfill will be a thing of the past.

On Tuesday evening, Dr. Jerry Polson spoke to an audience at Three Valley Museum about the "Hunley," a Confederate submarine, as part of the museum's Journey Stories.

Chamber President Darrell Mendez, Attorney Matt Mickle, Commissioner Mark Costello and Chamber Executive Director Janet Reed smiled for the cameras after a legislative forum with Commissioner Costello on Tuesday.

Re-Run Junction employees Dilla Phelps, Modesty Billy and Tiffany Clegg worked on the register during the grand re-opening of the store.

Girl Scouts Porsche Powell. Emmah Wilson, Elizabeth Bowman and Mechell Nygaard voraciously devoured cookies during an elimination round of the crunch off.

Hundreds of brave souls will embrace the cold and jump into frigid waters next month for a good cause that will warm the hearts of many.

Determining the interest of starting a Durant chapter of the Oklahoma Inventors Congress is the goal of Dr.

Senate District 6 is one of the Oklahoma Senate districts that will be most impacted by President Obama's recent decision to nix the $7 billion Keystone XL pipeline project.

On Thursday, an audience of local business leaders listened to a board on Collaborative Governance, comprised of Wes Bowman, Brian Campbell, Matt Gregory and Dr.