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    Tupelo Schools Teach Etiquette

    2 min ago | By News Staff
    TUPELO SCHOOL TEACHES ETIQUETTE. Rural Oklahoma School districts have the opportunity to apply and receive grant money to fund a special project for students. Tupelo 5th Graders received such a grant to learn proper etiquette.
  • Heather Knight Named Employee of the Year

    Heather Knight Named Employee of the Year

    3 min ago | By News Staff
    Congratulations to Heather Knight of Coalgate who has been named Health Services Employee of the Year by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
  • Large crowd welcomes Cindy Byrd home

    Large crowd welcomes Cindy Byrd home

    1 min ago | By Coalgate
    Coalgate’s own is a great choice! — Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector and State Treasurer candidate Cindy Byrd shared her personal story, campaign journey and vision for rural Oklahoma during a recent rally held in Coalgate.Speaking to supporters, Byrd began by emphasizing her smalltown roots.
  • MR. CHS BEAUTY PAGEANT... The lovely contestants in the Mr. CHS Beauty Pageant were Jason “Jacie” Pinkston, John “Josie” Plunkett, Eddie”Betty” James (winner), Jack “Jackie” Ward, Scott “Scarlett” Doss, and Jacob “Jaquita” Ford.

    Looking Back...the Year was 2011

    6 days ago | By News Staff
    Spring commencement exercises at Northwestern Oklahoma State University were held Saturday, May 9, at Ranger Field beginning at 10:30 a.m.Six candidates received Doctor of Nursing Practice degrees.
  • Coal County Remembers Our Fallen...

    Coal County Remembers Our Fallen...

    6 days ago | By News Staff
    Special Thank you to Sherry Loudermilk Photography for the Above Photo

    News

    Large crowd welcomes Cindy Byrd home

    Large crowd welcomes Cindy Byrd home

    1 min ago By Coalgate
    Coalgate’s own is a great choice! — Oklahoma State Auditor and Inspector and State Treasurer candidate Cindy Byrd shared her personal story, campaign journey and vision for rural Oklahoma during a recent rally held in Coalgate.Speaking to supporters, Byrd began by emphasizing her smalltown roots.

    Sports

    THE COALGATE LADYCATS HAVE PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO THE 2026 SLOWPITCH STATE TOURNAMENTBY DEFEATING THE PANAMA LADYBACKS 15-13 FOR THE REGIONAL RUNNER-UP TITLE.

    THE COALGATE LADYCATS HAVE PUNCHED

    3 weeks ago By News Staff
    THE COALGATE LADYCATS HAVE PUNCHED THEIR TICKET TO THE 2026 SLOWPITCH STATE TOURNAMENTBY DEFEATING THE PANAMA LADYBACKS 15-13 FOR THE REGIONAL RUNNER-UP TITLE. They competed atFirelake in Shawnee on Tuesday May 5th..

    Columns

    Country Comments

    Country Comments

    3 hours ago By News Staff
    Every time I turn on the news it seems they are talking about the price of gasoline. Yet, I see youngsters driving $100,000 pickups and families driving $100,000 cars. When I was a youngster, gas was around .20¢ a gallon. The sad thing is I didn’t have .
    One Pharmacist’s View

    One Pharmacist’s View

    6 days ago By Wayne Bullard, Dph
    My Future? Where did you go?As an “old guy”, I sometimes live in the past. Just the other day I sat in my den watching TV. On TV was some kind of story about how much better it will be in the future. It reminded me of a “short subject” I saw one night inside the Main Theatre over at Stonewall.

    Obituaries

    Our sympathy to the family of Violet May Lick

    Our sympathy to the family of Violet May Lick

    1 hour ago By News Staff
    Violet May (Rutherford) Lick, a Coalgate resident, was born on September 22, 1947, to Bert C. Rutherford and Pearl Faye (Compton) Tisdale, at Oroville, California. She passed away on May 26, 2026, at Ada, Oklahoma, at the age of 78 years, 8 months and 4 days. Violet attended school at Plano.
    Service Held for Gwen Gjovig

    Service Held for Gwen Gjovig

    6 days ago By News Staff
    Memorial services for Gwen Gjovig, 75, of Ada, are Friday, May 22, 2026 at 2:00pm at the Central Church of Christ in Ada; Derrick Tharp will officiate.Mrs. Gjovig passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2026, at her home.