BRAEDY WARDROPE
EARNS SCHOLARSHIPS & AT MISS OKLAHOMA 2026First woman to WEIGHT LIFT on the Miss Oklahoma stage!
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LTC Keith Palmer passionate about identifying all Veterans’ graves in Coal County
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FIRST TIME VOTER!
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Cindy Byrd
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Black Hawk Signs provides beautiful new Laverne Collins Post 1198 Sign
Sports
Tupelo man charged with filing fraudulent theft claim
Charges were filed May 7 against Tanner Chase Sanders, 26, Tupelo, for submitting a fraudulent theft claim with Progressive Insurance Company to cover the loss of a truck and travel trailer that he reported stolen on June 15, 2024.
Columns
One Pharmacist’s View
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
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
Edith Arlene Smith Passes Away
Funeral services for Edith Arlene Smith were held Wednesday, June 10, 2026 at 11:00 a.m. at Coalgate Church of the Nazarene with Pastor Gage Miller officiating. Burial was in Coalgate Cemetery with Brown’s funeral sErvice of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.Mrs.
Lincoln Abraham Hayes
Lincoln Abraham Hays, age 98, passed away peacefully on May 17, 2026, in Nashville, Tennessee. Born on January 24, 1928, in Parker, Oklahoma, Lincoln lived a remarkable life filled with adventure, dedication, and love for his family.