Bryan County Commissioners, during their first meeting of the new year on Monday morning, selected District No. 1 commissioner Scott Goad to be chairman of the commissioners.

As students across every major at Southeastern Oklahoma State University were taking final exams to wrap up the Fall 2023 semester, one course’s final presentation aims to have real world implications for a local business owner, as well as the students in the course.

Washington, D.C. – As we reach the conclusion of Congressman Brecheen’s first year in office, here are some of the top legislative highlights of the year in case you might have missed it.

The Durant School District’s new mobile Science, Technology, Engineering and Math Education (STEM) bus visited Washington Irving Elementary School recently and the bus, which school officials say is a mobile training lab, will be used at all school sites.

A longtime employee of the City of Durant was honored during a city council meeting earlier this month. Rick Mote was recognized for 45 years of service to the City of Durant.

More than 220 children received toys for Christmas during the Durant Police Department’s Shop with a Cop event Dec. 19 at Walmart.

Riley Williams, a Calera author of the new children’s book, “Richard’s Friends,” spoke during a recent brown bag luncheon at the Donald W. Reynolds Community Center & Library.

The Association for Continuing Higher Education (ACHE) recognized two honorees from Southeastern Oklahoma State University at its annual conference in Charleston, S.C., in late October. Michelle Burton, Coordinator of Academic Services for Southeastern on the Grayson College campus in Denison, is a winner of the 2023 ACHE Rising Star Award, while Jeni Maple, Coordinator of the Bachelor of Science in Liberal & Applied Studies program at Southeastern, earned the Meritorious Service Award.