Garrett Stringfellow

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DURANT, Okla. (KXII) - On Tuesday morning, the Choctaw Nation hosted a ribbon-cutting to celebrate the opening of the Haven Apartments in Durant. “We started on this project, the concept of it, about 10 years ago,” Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma Chief Gary Batton said. “It’s been a long, lengthy process to get to where we are today but we’re finally here, it’s come to fruition.

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MARSHALL COUNTY, Okla. (KXII) - On Monday, Marshall County residents and emergency personnel were assessing the damage after an EF-1 tornado touched down Saturday night. Emergency manager Bill Macon said the tornado originally touched down south of Lebanon and moved northeast. “It appears to have touched down and skipped and raised a few times,” Macon said.

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CALERA, Okla. (KXII) - Saturday morning, the Colvard family will host the 5th annual Addie Kate Memorial Easter Egg Hunt at 11 a.m. at the Jack Stockton building in Calera. It is named after 8-year-old Addie Kate Colvard, who passed away back in 2019 after an ATV accident the Saturday before Easter. “She would have turned 9 in July,” her father Jason Colvard said. “She was in 3rd grade here at Calera, and so we kind of focused a lot of our work in Calera for her ...

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DURANT, Okla. (KXII) - Durant High School girls basketball coach Tony Robinson uses three key words to describe his late son Will - faith, positivity and humor. “He was amazing,” Robinson said. “His faith was incredible, and it showed every day ... he was a clown, I’m gonna tell you - a prankster. He was always messing with people but I don’t know anybody that didn’t like him, not one person.”In Durant, Will was known as a good man and a beloved coach for the Durant High School girls basketball team.

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DURANT, Okla. (KXII) - As April continues, so does Choctaw Women’s Month - shining a spotlight on native women like Durant Chahtapreneur and business owner Santana Milligan. Milligan said she’s proud to be a Choctaw woman. “I come from a long line of strong Chahta women that have paved the way for us,” Milligan said. “It’s a big deal to us.”She’s also proud to be an entrepreneur. Milligan partnered with Jennifer Arnold and LuAnna Romero to open the Three Birds Tax Service in Durant in Jan. 2024.