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“TROUBLE” AND “CHAOS” KEEP PASTOR AND DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS ON THEIR TOES — Coalgate First Baptist ChurchPastor Jim Lewis posted the following on Facebook after two of his members requested a meeting with him and Director of MissionsRandy Hurt: “You know… When you are told by two of your wise older,...

Honor rolls for the 2025-2026 spring semester at Wallace Byrd Middle School has been released.Students making all all A’s listed on the Superintendent’s Honor Roll include: 7th grade—Braylee Anderson, Tessa Bolin and Miah Foreman.

Mrs. Barnes Alg. I—8th grade: 1st Dorothy Rogers, 2nd Brystol Butler.Mrs. Haley, Computers—7th grade: 1st Chayse Huffman, 2nd Tessa Bolin. 8th grade: 1st Brystol Butler.Mr. Carter, Computers—7th grade: 1st Case Trevathan, 2nd Lyric Palmer. 8th grade: 1st Isabelle Fernandez.Mr.

While 60 percent of U.S. children regularly play outside, some stay indoors most of the time, according to the CS Mott Children’s Hospital National Poll on Children’s Health.One out of 10 U.S. children aged 1 to 5 rarely play outside— only once a week, according to the poll.

Text message scams are going around Oklahoma again, this time impersonating the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety and the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The scam involves fraudulent text messages about unresolved traffic tickets.

To my young friends and students: When I was your age, you and I were different, yet alike in many ways. Please know and be encouraged: You’re not peculiar, abnormal, or alone.

4-13-26 to 5-11-26 FeloniesRichard Derek Bullard, Tupelo, OK – Feloniously pointing firearm (2 counts). (Coal County Sheriff) Oscar Dean Campbell, Coalgate, OK – Distribution of controlled dangerous substance.

The Coalgate Board of Education approved several personnel and operational items during its regular meeting May 4, including renewals for district services, the purchase of track and field equipment, and staffing actions for the upcoming school year.