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Coal County’s two OHCE (Oklahoma Home and Community Educators) groups entered a booth in the fair.
The After Five club won 1 st place; Cairo I.T. won 2 nd place.
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On this Veterans Day 2021, special recognition and honor goes to Coal County’s only surviving World War II veteran, J.D. Smith. J.D. served three years in the U.S. Navy, much of which was spent in the South Pacific.
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The Choctaw Nation of Oklahoma and the Choctaw Development Fund on October 26 awarded the town of Coalgate $200,000 that will be used to assist with funding on the Coalgate Community Park project. This is Phase I of a three-part project to update the Coalgate Community Park in Coalgate, Okla.
Read moreThe Coalgate City Council met Thursday, October 28, for a special meeting.
Read moreThe Wallace Byrd Middle School Student Council is sponsoring a food collection for families that do not have the means to enjoy a festive Thanksgiving dinner.
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HOSPITAL BOND ELECTION— First time voter Patrick Kingston exercising his right to vote. A senior at Coalgate High School, Patrick voted at the Coal County Election Board on Friday during the two-day early voting period. 63 voters cast in-person absentee ballots on Thursday, November 4, and 91 cast ballots on Friday, November 5, (Editor’s note: Election results were not available at press time for this week’s paper. Results posted Tuesday evening on social media and will be published in the November 17 paper.)
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Coalgate firefighter/Coal County Emergency Management Director Berney Blue with his beautiful Dalmatians, wife Chayenne and 3-month-old daughter Skyler, and firefighter-in-training son, 2-year-old Asher.
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On September 29, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Jerry Moran (R. Kansas), Jon Tester (D-Montana), Jack reed (D-Rhode Island) and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) to honor the centennial of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery.
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