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WHAT IS GOING ON HERE? 5-month-old Hayes Bullard’s very first snow! Hayes is the son of HD and Keara (Bourland) Bullard of Tupelo. (Submitted by Keara Bullard) More snow pics next week.
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Brian Mixon of Mixon Wild Game Processing in Atoka announced today that Austin Lambert of Coalgate is the first place winner of the 2021 Atoka Area Big Buck Contest (adult division). Austin’s buck, which was taken during riffle season, scored an impressive 156 Boone and Crockett score and won Austin a 308 Mossberg rifle topped with a Vortex scope ($1,000 value). Scoring was done by Atoka Game Warden Jay Harvey. The contest was hosted by Mixon Wild Game Processing; the Mossberg rifle and scope sponsored by Daniel Richie, D&S Dirt Work and Small Equipment, Atoka. Pictured from left – Daniel Richie, Austin Lambert, Brian Mixon. (additional photo page 10)
Read moreThe Atoka/Coal Food Storehouse will distribute food for Atoka County - Tuesday February 15, 2022, for Coal County Thursday February 17, 2022, both Counties for those who missed their pickup day-Friday, February 18, 2022. We open each day 9 am and close 3 pm.
Read moreEric kept a basket on the coffee table in the den for all manner of gadgets—TV remote, wireless mouse for his laptop, cell phone, cordless home phone, a screwdriver, extra batteries, and even a candy bar or two.
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Austin Lambert and sister Adysin Lambert with Austin’s trophy buck that won the 2021 Atoka Area Big Buck Contest.
Read moreCoalgate High School seniors Adysin Lambert and Austin Lynch were named the 2021-2022 Basketball Homecoming Queen and King during a ceremony held February 1 in the school gymnasium.
Read moreThose of us whose hearing is not quite as good as it used to be will appreciate the following. Regan Rose writes . . .
Read moreA 29-year-old Tupelo man who last week took a car on what he called a joyride ended up in the Coal County jail. Chief Destin Wilkerson said he responded to a residence on Pine Street the afternoon of January 26 concerning a vehicle theft. Upon arrival at the residence, a woman reported that Dannie Gene Kelsey had driven away in a black Ford Fusion and was headed toward SH 48. Two women were at the residence.
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