The Banner Staff wishes everyone a Merry Christmas! The Duncan Banner’s business office will remain closed on Wednesday, Dec.

Octavia Martin, age 3, of Duncan, sneaks a bite of a cookie as she waits for Santa Claus to visit her home on Christmas Eve.

The Empire teams earned two homecoming victories on Friday night. Between the two games, Keira Pineda was crowned as the ...

Seven Duncan wrestlers finished in the top 5 of their individual weight brackets, and the Demons claimed runner-up Saturday in the team standings of their own Southern Oklahoma Invitational.

Hims recaps the year's most surprising health findings, from the growing number of adults who consider monogamy optional to ...

LAWTON – Dasia Givens scored 19 points and Amiya Williams added 14 Friday, as Duncan beat Lawton High, 50-41, to close its pre-Christmas schedule. Givens scored in every quarter and did a lot of her ...

Upgrades continue to make headway at the Stephens County Fairgrounds. Butch Lawson, construction manager at-risk (CMAR) with Hope Equipment and Construction, gave a brief update to County ...

Sarah Vanderburg scored 20 points to lead four Lady Bulldogs in double figures, and Empire tamped Temple with a 72-12 ...

Bryce Shaver scored a season-high 19 points and Franscico Garcia added 15, as Empire rolled past Temple, 77-15, Friday in a ...

The U.S. Senate approved a broadly bipartisan bill early Saturday that would increase Social Security benefits for millions of Americans with pensions by ending two of the program’s ...

The Oklahoma Legislature will have less to spend in fiscal year 2026, a state panel was told Friday. The Board of ...

Cameron University’s esports team, the Pickaxes, wrapped up the fall season with a milestone, as each of the teams made the playoffs in their respective division. Stephens County students were ...