Bennington News

Police arrested a man Wednesday following an investigation into allegations that he sexually assaulted a 5-year-old girl.

Students, sponsors, school administration and faculty were served a spaghetti lunch by the Durant Elks Lodge Thursday afternoon.

DURANT a ' A Bennington man was sentenced to five years in prison for running over and killing a pedestrian.

Noah Chapman puts up insulation in a home near Bennington that is part of the Little Dixie Self Help Housing Program.

BRYAN COUNTY, OKa * After the Bennington, Oklahoma, Board of Trustees race ended in a tie last week, the final decision was left up to lady luck.

A draw will be held to break a tie vote in the race for trustee of this small Bryan County town.

Polls will be open from 7 a.m, to 7 p.m. on Tuesday for the Achille, Bennington, Caddo, Calera, and Durant municipal elections.

Registered voters in Bryan County are physically incapacitated won't have to miss the April 7 Achille, Bennington, Caddo, Calera and Durant Municipal elections, County Election Board Secretary Linda Fahrendorf said.

Sheldon J. Sperling, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Oklahoma, announced today that JAMES EARL HICKS, age 28, of Bennington, Oklahoma, pled guilty to Embezzlement and Theft From an Indian Tribal Organization in violation of Title 18, Section 1163.

An accidental shooting in Bryan County Monday: a teenager, the victim. It happened in Bennington, Oklahoma.

J. Mike Pruitt, 60, of McAlester, died Friday, March 27, 2009, at his home after a long battle with cancer.

Washington, DC - Oklahoma Congressman Dan Boren has introduced legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives today that would seek to re-name a pair of facilities after former congressman Wes Watkins.

Bryan County and the city of Durant continue to buck the nation's economic downward spiral by pulling off yet another month of increased sales tax revenue.

MUSKOGEE a ' A Bennington man was indicted by a federal grand jury, United States Attorney Sheldon J. Sperling announced.

Durant Mayor Jerry Tomlinson is unopposed in his reelection bid and another incumbent drew an opponent.

Candidates for municipal office in seven Bryan County municipalities file Declarations of Candidacy beginning at 8 a.m. Monday, February 2, 2009.

The construction of two pipelines, a natural gas compressor station and a transmission line and electric substation have resulted in a jolt of sales tax revenue for Bennington.

The town of Bennington is no longer asking the state to change construction plans of the new visitors center along the Bennington Bypass.