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PAMELA BEARD with her kiddos, 9-year-old Levi and 7-year-old Leila. This is how Pamela summed up her Mother’s Day: “I got to sleep in, watch church on TV, and then we played dominoes and a few minutes of swinging. Now it’s quiet time in the sun reading a book. It’s a lovely day!” Levi and Leila’s dad is Country Beard.
Read moreWhile many businesses have already reopened for business or plan to do so in the coming days, many book lovers and persons in need of Wi-Fi and Internet connected computers are wondering when the Coal County Public Library will reopen.
Read moreCoal County still remains one of six counties in the state to dodge the COVID-19 bullet. With that news also comes news that the commissioners have voted in favor of beginning the first phase of reopening the county courthouse on June 1.
Read moreAllen has a long and colorful history. The earlier Cold Springs name came long ago when settlers heading west passed through this area on their way to (where else?) further out west. Many stopped here because of the cold springs. Some simply stayed a bit, camping on the river. And yes, the great Canadian River was quite a stream then. No one had built dams, lakes or to impede its flow toward the Mississippi. Commercial steamboats even made their way up this river as far as Ft. Holmes.
Read moreDanae Rochelle Miller, 30, was arrested the night of May 4 after she went off the roadway and struck a tree near SH 31and Cometti Road north of Coalgate. She faces charges for felony child endangerment and misdemeanor DUI.
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