Bryan County News

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.

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

Maintenance worker Price Young, 46, said he was driving down West Arkansas Street Friday to get back to work from his lunch break when he noticed the train backing up.

Cleo Deanna Daniel , 19, of Durant, was killed riding in a pickup that crashed on a county road 1 mile east of Durant about 2 a.m. Friday, the patrol reports.

Winners of the girls half-mile at the Fun Run, from left: were Brooklyn Pilgrem , Vivian Taylor and Julie Cullum .

Voters in Bryan County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the June 26 Bryan Co.

Bledsoe, 26, was dead at the scene of the 4:20 a.m. crash Sunday. According to the patrol, Bledsoe was driving his pickup northbound when the vehicle departed the roadway to the left, struck a culvert, and rolled three-quarter times before landing on its passenger side.

A group of Bryan County first responders were honored in Arlington, Monday afternoon, for a heroic rescue on New Years Day.

OHP says 26-year-old Gary Bledsoe was driving North on Highway 78 when he ran off the roadway, hit a culvert, and flipped over.

The Oklahoma Jazz Hall of Fame was full of students' artwork from Tulsa's Deborah Brown Community School and Sand Springs Limestone Elementary.

A one-vehicle crash claimed the life of a man from Caddo, Oklahoma, early Sunday morning.

The Durant Rotary Club held its 16th annual Magnolia Bike Tour Saturday morning that began on Gail Farrell Drive and continued through the scenic countryside of Bryan County.

Seven graduates of the Bryan County Drug Court Program gave powerful testimonies of their successful triumph over demon drugs that nearly destroyed their lives during a graduation ceremony Friday evening at the First Christian Church, hosted by Rev.

Sheila Risner presents State Rep. Dustin Roberts with a faux check that represented the dollar impact the senior volunteers have in Bryan County.

The Durant FOP Family Auxiliary organization hosted National Peace Officer Appreciation Night at Market Square on Thursday evening.

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.

The city of Durant fell silent Thursday night as nearly a dozen law enforcement agents were honored for their ultimate sacrifice.

Jeremy Fisher, a county employee at the Bryan County Health Department, donated blood during the drive on Thursday.

On May 3, the city of Durant and Bryan County competed to see whose employees could donate the most blood in the annual City of Durant vs.

Officials and employees from the City of Durant and Bryan County plan to go head to head on Thursday, May 19 for their annual blood drive at the Clay Jones Community Center.