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A SENIOR YEAR TO REMEMBER — No, the two guys on either side of graduate Stetson Logue are not graduating seniors – but Stetson was courageous enough to pose for a picture with them. Actually, we’re voting that all three deserve bravery awards! (Oops! This picture was published in the May 26 paper without the names of the two young men with Stetson Logue —Rowdy Hemphill, left, and Isaiah Holt.)
Read moreThe Chickasaw Nation Election Commission announces the filing period for the 2021 General Elections opens June 7 and continues through June 9, 2021.
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Coalgate School Superintendent Jack Ward on May 17 presented retirement clocks to four teachers who retired in 2021 plus a teacher and administrative assistant who retired in 2020 but were not recognized at that time due to the COVID pandemic. Shown from left, the retirees include Ernie Fanning, 2021, 13 years; Sherry Leaird, Administration, 2020, 21 years; Debra Shockey, 2021, 40 years; Cindy Mead, 2021, 39 years; Staci Acker, 2021, 21 years; and Paula Latimer, 2020, 15 years.
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If there ever was a day in the American calendar that invites reflection, it’s Memorial Day. Over the course of our country’s history, hundreds of thousands of Americans—most of them young and with decades of life still ahead of them— made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Funeral services for Randy Lynn Heck, a Coalgate resident, were held Saturday, May 22, 2021 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Gary Weeden officiating. Burial was in Centrahoma Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
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Services for Joe Arvard Hearrell, a Coalgate resident will be held at 2:00 p.m. Thursday, May 27 , 2021 at Brown’s Funeral Chapel, Coalgate, Oklahoma with Dana Ladyman officiating, assisted by Charles Denny. Burial will follow at Moore Cemetery. Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate is in charge of arrangements. Family night will be Wednesday, May 26, 2021 6 to 8 p.m.
Read moreWalter Everett Key, 82, of McAlester, died Monday, May 17, at his home in McAlester. Viewing was Wednesday from 10:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Funeral services were Thursday, May 20, at 2:00 p.m. at Brumley-Mills Funeral Home Chapel in McAlester. Committal services were private. Pallbearers were Walter’s grandchildren, Krista Loudermilk, Cody Key, Magen Evans, Stephen Key, Jonathan Key, Haley McFarland, and Kacie Kohler. Honorary pallbearers were his great-grandchildren, Alyssa Loudermilk, Eleanor Key, Penelope Key, and Elijah Evans.
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