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CHOCTAW NATION DISTRICT 12 HELD A RECEPTION ON JUNE 2 TO CROWN THEIR NEW INCOMING PRINCESSES: Little Miss Dorothy “Dot” Rogers and Junior Miss Candis Battice-Louis. Both girls are students at Coalgate schools. Our newly crowned royalty will represent Dist. 12 at the Labor Day festival in Tuskahoma. Pictured with our princesses is Councilman James Frazier.
Read moreThose who attended the Lehigh reunion on May 28, 2022 were: Brad Faudree, Stan Faudree, Gerald and Darlene Brice, Pat (Long) Davidson, Don Thornton, Jason and Mary Brice, Ayla Brice, Brooklyn Coates, Donald and Linda Calvert, Daniel Westberry, Jim Hudson, Rosa (Derrick) Burden, Danny English, Sherry Lolli, Riley Townsend, Karen (Townsend) Jones, Gary and Letitia Townsend, Dee and Marissa Hensley, Landen Wright, Buddy Cottrell, Reeder Cottrell, B. D. Hensley, Riggin Courson, Colleen Sain, Sandra Riley, Janice Stover. A big thank you to all who attended and helped with the meal and the donations.
Read moreHonor rolls for the Tupelo School Spring Semester have been released.
Read moreBetty Keilty, Board Chairman, Coal County Chamber of Commerce, enjoying the Chamber banquet with her family — husband Robert Keilty, daughter Amanda Barnett, and grandson Austin Barnett.
Read moreTexas woman arrested following high-speed pursuit in two counties
Read moreRaylee Jones (daughter of Brock and Holli Jones) from Tupelo, OK, competed in the Oklahoma Youth Rodeo Association finals recently in Ada, OK. She competed in the Senior Breakaway division.
Read moreJosh Hardy of Coalgate proudly casts his ballot early Friday afternoon, June 24, in the Primary Election.
Read moreOKDHS is excited to announce a new embedded worker location at the Coal County Health Department. Beginning June 1, Oklahoma Human Services (OKDHS) will embed a caseworker on-site every Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. to take applications for several programs administered by OKDHS, including food assistance benefits through the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), Temporary Assistance for Needy Families (TANF), child care subsidy and eligibility for SoonerCare (Medicaid). OKDHS specialist, Alicen Newman, can also make referrals to other agencies, as needed, or accept applications for assistance by phone when they are not on-site by calling (580) 207-0858.
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