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A Memorial Day weekend search for a missing 9-year-old Wardville boy came to a sad end on Monday. The search ended shortly before 9:00 a.m. when 9-year-old Tristan Weeden was found in a pond behind his grandparents’ home where he was living. He is the son of Jered Weeden of McAlester and Annmarie Weeden.
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The Coalgate VFW post is named Holmes-Collins Post 1198 after Charles T. Holmes and Laverne Collins, the first Coal County fatalities in WWI and WW11.
Read moreIt was the first day of a long bus trip through Spain. While strolling along a cobblestone walk during the first break, Michelle stumbled, fell, and blacked out. When she came to, she was mortified. Men and women were clustered around. Seeing she was conscious, they kept asking if she wanted to go to the hospital. From the expressions on their faces, they were clearly worried.
Read moreI know, because I was a junior at East Central State College and working part-time as a window trimmer for Montgomery Ward in Ada and refereeing high school basketball games in small schools surrounding areas. I lived in a one-room apartment four blocks from EC, which meant I walked nine blocks to work in beautiful downtown Ada if I couldn’t hitch a ride. Then on Sundays and Wednesdays, I walked 14 blocks to church, again if I couldn’t look or sound pitiful and get a ride. But I could always stop at Folgers and get a hamburger for a quarter. These are some things that could have been said about the state of the state of Oklahoma and many surrounding states during this time: Some things couldn’t be repeated in a family newspaper.
Read moreOur patterns of life have been changed this spring—school cancelled, work altered, agendas changed and events postponed. Our lives were driven by important pursuits like winning a championship, walking down an aisle or donning a cap and gown. Our days were consumed by less important things like weekend trips or little league games.
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I was flipping through a glossy home decor magazine and stopped at a section on bathrooms. The featured element, the tub, was a harsh, gray rectangle with knife-edge corners made of gray poured concrete. If it weren’t for the rose petals floating on top of the water, you might mistake it for a particularly cruel and unusual horse trough.
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The Coronavirus pandemic that has swept across the United States and practically every country around the world has disrupted everyone’s life to some extent.
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