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    DEE HENSLEY AND FAMILY ON ELECTION NIGHT

    DEE HENSLEY AND FAMILY ON ELECTION NIGHT

    50 min ago By News Staff
    DEE HENSLEY AND FAMILY ON ELECTION NIGHT – Dee Hensley, Coal County Commissioner District 3 candidate and family members have happy smiles after all the votes were counted on election night. The final count was 278 for Hensley and 176 for candidate Kelly Campbell.

    Sports

    Crowder High School

    Crowder High School

    6 min ago By News Staff
    Crowder High School senior Cashin Clifft has been selected to both the 2026 Oklahoma Native All-State Baseball Team and the Oklahoma Baseball Coaches Association (OBCA) Class B East All-Star Team, earning recognition as one of Oklahoma’s top high school baseball players.

    Columns

    One Pharmacist’s View

    One Pharmacist’s View

    2 weeks ago By News Staff
    Getting OlderI spoke (wrote) to a pair of old timers this morning and it reminded me to write a smidgen for this week’s “One Pharmacist’s View.” Chesley (Tiny) Ray, Corky’s younger brother, was the first. Tiny is recovering from a heart procedure and is doing OK — so he says.
    Country Comments

    Country Comments

    3 weeks ago By News Staff
    Every time I turn on the news it seems they are talking about the price of gasoline. Yet, I see youngsters driving $100,000 pickups and families driving $100,000 cars. When I was a youngster, gas was around .20¢ a gallon. The sad thing is I didn’t have .

    Obituaries

    Beatrice Butler

    Beatrice Butler

    48 min ago By News Staff
    Funeral services for Beatrice Butler will be held Saturday, June 27, 2026 at 10:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka, OK with Pastor Ricky Thomas II, and Bro. Willard Harrison officiating.
    John Douglas Norris

    John Douglas Norris

    48 min ago By News Staff
    John Douglas Norris, a Coalgate resident, was born on April 19, 1966, to Larry Leon and Shirley Jean (Holloman) Norris, at Fort Worth, Texas. He passed away on June 18, 2026, at Ada, Oklahoma, at the age of 60 years, 1 month and 30 days.