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THE OKLAHOMA TERRITORIAL GUNSLINGERS get ready to perform their 4 of July show on Main Street. A large, enthusiastic crowd – some of whom were most likely ready to come out of semi-hibernation after a record-breaking winter storm and the COVID pandemic – gathered in downtown Coalgate to watch the Gunslingers and parade. Led by Glenn Glass, the original Oklahoma Territorial Gunslingers group was formed in 1989 and performed almost every weekend at events throughout Oklahoma, Texas and Arkansas. They became inactive for several years and then regrouped in 2013. From left – TK Kinsey, Cherokee McCoy, Cassie Halford, ringleader Thomas McCoy, and Russell Halford. More 4th of July pictures inside.
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Tension filled city hall June 28 during the regular meeting of Coalgate City Council as the council addressed a couple of hotbutton issues.
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Candis Battice Louis of Coalgate was crowned District 12 Junior Miss Princess at a pageant held June 24 at the Choctaw Community Center in Coalgate.
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The following citations were issued by the Coalgate Police Department from June 28 through July 4, 2021:
Read moreThe place: Philadelphia. The time: June 1776.
Read moreAmericans are frogs in the pot of water being brought to the boil and cooked. We ignore incremental chunks of our freedoms being chiseled away by Marxists determining our social mores.
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Toby Keith’s latest 4th of July song, “Happy Birthday America,” “will bring a tear to every patriot’s eye,” writes The Daily Mail. It brought a tear to mine, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it brought a tear or two to yours, too.
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INDEPENDENCE DAY BRAVERY! Mason Horn bravely stepped up to the plate and agreed to let one of the Gunslingers shoot a can off his head. That was after two other boys decided they didn’t want to take a chance on the shooter’s accuracy – maybe because Gunslinger ringleader Thomas McCoy warned each one that their chance of coming out alive was next to nothing! (Incidentally, Mason survived - but Gunslinger Russell Halford who’s holding the can was fatally shot.)
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