Mead News

David and Donna Alexander of Mead sample the sauce at the My Place Barbecue booth at the Magnolia Festival in Choctaw Events Center on Wednesday.

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

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

A Durant man has been hit with 11 counts of second-degree burglary and one count of knowingly concealing stolen property after authorities said he burglarized multiple storage units.

Jeffery Dar Mansell was born on August 13, 1960 in Coalgate, Oklahoma to Darwin Eugene Mansell and Sybil Karon Mansell and passed from this life on Thursday, April 26, 2012 in Durant, Oklahoma at the age of 51.