Bryan County News

THE DURANT ROTARY Cluba TMs Outdoor Sports, Gun and Knife Show will be held Saturday and Sunday at the fairgrounds on South Ninth Avenue.

A former Bryan County Trooper now stationed in Johnston County has received the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Troop Commanders Award.

The Oklahoma Historical Society announced last week that it has cut its budget by $1.8 million and eliminated 29.5 staff positions across the state.

A reserve Durant Police officer plowed his patrol car into yard ornaments while responding to a pursuit late Saturday evening.

Editora s note: This is part of a series on agencies that receive funding from Bryan County United Way The Durant Ministerial Alliance has been providing assistance to people in need for approximately 30 years.

Matthew Cox, service technician with Alert Notification Systems, takes a Tempest T-128 siren, made by American Signal Corporation, out of ita s crate.

DURANT a ' Charges have been filed following an investigation into the burglary of Windya TMs Catfish in Cartwright.

One man is behind bars after a high-speed pursuit in Durant over the weekend. Victor Perez faces charges for attempting to elude a police officer, operating a vehicle under the influence and other traffic violations.

Bryan Co., OK - Wednesdaya s heavy rainfall shut down many roads across Texoma, but some residents in Bryan County say the flooding in their neighborhood could have been avoided.

The most recent deaths include an infant in Tulsa who was less than 6-months-old, a child in Carter County, a LeFlore County man, a Noble County man and a Tulsa woman.

People were lined up at the Bryan County Health Department at 7:30 this morning, waiting to receive the H1N1 vaccine.

DURANT a ' A man authorities said burned himself and a home while he was cooking methamphetamine pleaded no contest this week to charges of methamphetamine manufacture and first-degree arson.

The CDC reports that H1N1 infections are now widespread in 41 states. While the H1N1 vaccine is now available, local health departments are working to make sure those most at risk are getting the shots first.

The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says an 11-year-old girl found dead in her aunt's home in southern Oklahoma was likely strangled.

Bryan County has received about 600 doses of the influenza A--or H-1-N-1--vaccine. Rhonda Dennis with the Bryan County Health Department says they'll take roughly 300 of those vaccines to Washington Irving ad Robert E. Lee Elementary Schools in Durant first.

The Texas man Charged with the Murder of an 11-year-old Cartwright girl, has now been extradited to Bryan County.

When dangerous storms approach, information about where and when the storm will strike can be found in several places, on the radio, or the internet, and of course right here on KXII.com However, getting a warning to someone who may already be asleep, or have their phone turned off, can be more difficult.

A crime over the weekend leaves a community stunned and a family grieving for a murdered 11-year-old girl.

A 34-year-old Texas man has been arrested for first-degree murder in the death of an 11-year-old girl in southern Oklahoma.

State investigators are looking into the death of an 11-year-old girl in southern Oklahoma.