Mead residents will be heading to the polls on Aug. 12 to vote on the OG&E Franchise election. A ballot states the proposition is to grant Oklahoma Gas and Electric the right to produce, transmit and ...

Joanne (Hixon) Kirven, 94, passed away July 5, 2025 at her home in Durant, Oklahoma.Joanne was born Aug. 9, 1930, at home in Perote, AL to Benjamin “Bennie” Petty Hixon and Mary Lou (Byrd) Hixon.

A head-on crash June 28 in Armstrong claimed the life of one person, the Oklahoma Highway Patrol said. The driver of a 2011 Mercedes was pronounced dead at the scene of the 12:57 a.m.

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A group of writers called Poetry on Lost Street meets at 2 p.m. the third Sunday of the month at Lost Street Brewing Co.

Durant Democrat 200 W. Beech Durant, OK 74701 Ph: (580) 634-2151 ...

Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the signing of a bold executive order to Make Oklahoma Healthy Again (MOHA), alongside U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and ...

Southeastern Oklahoma State University is excited to announce the addition of the Bachelor of Science in Nursing to its undergraduate degree portfolio after approval by the Higher Learning Commission, ...

Bryan County commissioners Scott Goad, Justin Boone and Brandon Carr in a meeting last week approved a Tax Increment Finance District (TIF) for a Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) to be built near ...

The Magnolia Farmers Market is held every Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon through Oct. 11 at Market Square on the corner of First Avenue and Evergreen Street in downtown Durant. The event is by Durant ...

OKLAHOMA CITY — Katie Jordan and Hope Fenwick, with First United Bank, in Durant, recently completed the Oklahoma Bankers Association 2025 Intermediate School at the Harris Event Center in Oklahoma ...