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For four years, I was unable to attract a single hummingbird to try the sugary red liquid housed in an (expensive) and delicate special container designed especially for the busy little creatures.
Read moreThe following citations were issued by the Coalgate Police Department from Monday, July 12, through Sunday, July 18:
Jeffery Castillo, Lehigh, OK – Driving under suspension.
Read moreTrucker arrested for driving under the influence
A Texas truck driver was arrested July 14 in Coalgate for driving under the influence of alcohol.
Read moreLast year, the FTC reached a settlement agreement with makers of ReJuvenation and sent refund checks to people who bought this so-called “anti-aging” pill that claimed to be a cure-all for ailments including cell damage, heart attack damage, brain
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Funeral services for Mackarius (Mack) Dolchok of Farris, OK were held Saturday, July 24, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Rev. Benjamin Jacuk and Rev. John Jacuk officiating. Burial was in Farris Cemetery in Farris, OK.
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Funeral services for Kathryn Jean (McPhetridge) Couch, a longtime Limestone Gap, OK resident, were held Wednesday (today) July 28, 2021 at 10:00 a.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Bro. Brent Davis officiating.
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I call this the “Conner Mansion.” It was built in the early 1900’s by Dr. Lucian A. Conner (1858-1925), a physician who moved to Coalgate from Mississippi. I learned this from an old coffee-drinking friend, Paul Bristow, who knew the story, and I think his family used to own it. Dr. Conner died in 1925, and his spouse had died in 1914. Both are buried in the Coalgate Cemetery.
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