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A 41-year-old man from Boswell, OK, was charged October 27 with stealing merchandise from Coalgate Dollar General. His wife, a member of the Choctaw Nation, is facing the same charge in the Choctaw Nation District Court.
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COALGATE CELEBRATED SENIOR NIGHT LAST
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Debra Nicole Barker, 67, Tupelo, was charged October 26 with taking/ receiving stolen credit card or debit card belonging to her stepson, Nehemiah Barker.
Read moreArrest warrants have been issued for a Tonkawa man and a Durant man in connection with a Coal County burglary.
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For nine years, my wife and I lived in the city, down a long lane, next to the Quaker meeting I pastored. Our first Halloween, we loaded up on candy, anticipating a horde of pirates, ghosts, and witches. But the lane was dark and spooky and not one kid showed up, so for the next month, we ate mini Snickers for dessert at every meal, even breakfast. Then we moved to a small town, and carloads of urchins mobbed our home at Halloween, swarming our front door like rats on raw meat. After the first hour, we were out of candy and began emptying our cupboard to beat back the mob, doling out squares of baking chocolate, sugar cubes, packets of Sweet’N Low. When we ran out of treats, they began TP’ing our trees, soaping our windows, and igniting paper sacks of manure on our porch. It was wonderfully nostalgic, reminding me of my childhood, and I went to bed happy.
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