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Manslaughter charged filed for domestic dispute death

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A Mead man has been charged with first-degree manslaughter following the investigation into the death of a woman last year. Sixty-six-year-old Richard Booker is accused of causing the death of Amanda Welch, 39, during an incident of domestic abuse that happened on April 28, 2023.

School board recognizes choir members

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Senior members of the Durant High School Choir were recognized during a recent Durant Board of Education meeting. The board approved a request by choir instructor Heather McNeill to take 13 choir students and nine sponsors to Denver, Colorado, to attend the SWACDA National Honor Choirs and Conference Feb.

Durant sales tax passes, Silo school bond fails

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Durant voters approved an extension of the city’s half cent sales tax while a Silo Schools bond failed during last week’s election. According to election returns from the Bryan County Election Board, the sales tax passed by 69.95 percent, 738 votes, compared to 30.05 percent, 317 votes opposed.

Bryan County OHCE Quilt Raffle winner announced

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Bryan County Oklahoma Home & Community Education met for their monthly OHCE Executive Meeting and Holiday Program on Wednesday, December 6 at the Donald Reynold Community Center & Library, Durant with 14 members and two guests present.

REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS

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Recorded in the Bryan County Clerk’s Office Brewfield Holdings to Wang Der Lee and Horng Long Chiang, warranty deed Randall L. Maxey and Teeny M.

First United Bank announces Chief Financial Officer, Brian Johnson

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First United Bank announced Brian Johnson, a highly accomplished executive with more than two decades of financial services experience spanning work in investment banking, corporate leadership, and large financial institutions, has been named Chief Financial Officer, reporting directly to Greg Massey, Chairman and CEO of First United Bank. Johnson will lead accounting, corporate finance, and FP&A across the enterprise.