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Coal County Election Board Secretary Amber Fanning advised Tuesday morning that Matthew Crow filed a Declaration of Candidacy for Ward 3 of the City of Coalgate Special Election.The special election is being called for November 18, 2025, due to the resignation of Ward 3 Councilman Joe Ward.

Natalie Shaw is the daughter of James and Melissa Shaw and the granddaughter of Ray and Dottie Jordan of Coalgate and Jim and Wanda Shaw of Wetumka.

Larry Don Sevier, 60, Lehigh, has been charged with child sexual abuse of a child under the age of 12. If convicted, he could spend 25 years to life in the state penitentiary plus a fine of $500 to $5,000.

In what has become an ongoing trend, the majority of freshman students enrolling at the University of Oklahoma this fall are not from Oklahoma, but hail from other states and countries.

A79-year-old Lehigh man was charged September 23 with failure to register as a sex offender.

Coal County General Hospital has announced it will collaborate with OU Health, the state’s only academic health system, to bring telestroke services to the community.

Arianna Nicole Walton, 21, Coalgate, was charged September 19 with felony burglary in the first degree plus two misdemeanors - assault and battery and domestic abuse assault and battery. Burglary in the first degree carries a prison term of 7 to 20 years.

Arianna Nicole Walton, Coalgate, OK – Burglary - 1st degree. (Coal County Sheriff) Larry Don Sevier, Lehigh, OK – Child sexual abuse – child under 12. (Coal County Sheriff) Alton Long, Lehigh, OK- Failure to register as a sex offender.

2025 Choctaw Nation Princess Pageant took place on August 29 during the Choctaw Labor Day Festival held at the Choctaw Nation Capitol Grounds in Tvshka Homma. The newly crowned princesses will represent the Choctaw Nation at events held throughout the year.

A longstanding tradition of celebrating rural electrification, innovation, progress, and community gets underway this Saturday, September 27, during the 87th Annual Meeting of People’s Electric Cooperative (PEC).