Durant/Bryan County emergency dispatchers were honored as part of National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week from April 14-20 and Crystal Phillips was named Dispatcher of the Year. The dispatchers serve in the Durant Police Department as part of Durant Communications – Bryan County 911.
by citizens. An iconic piece of playground equipment that has been a fixture at Dixon Durant Park for about six decades will be refurbished and stay grounded thanks to a successful social media campaign The rocket slide landed at the park in the 1960s and it has been the symbol of the park for so long that locals call the park “Rocket Park.” It shares a common bond from Baby Boomers to Generation Z who went down the slide as children.