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COALGATE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING — “So tell me – what does that old guy called Santa have that I don’t?”
Read moreCOALGATE CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTING — 8-year-old Rythom Griffith places his letter to Santa in the North Pole Express mailbox set up at City Hall. According to City Clerk Jackie Holt, at one time the mailbox was a payment receptacle for bulk water customers who would get water from a hydrant behind City Hall. Current City Hall employees were not sure how long the box was used for bulk water payments, she said, “but it was many years.” The eye-caching refurbished box, which is now the North Pole Express mailbox, is the work of several Street Department workers. About 50 Santa letters had been placed in the mailbox as of Monday afternoon (December 20). See Santa letters inside!
Read moreCOALGATE PARADE OF LIGHTS 2021 – The Adcock Family float.
Read moreWHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO EAT FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER?
Read moreMASONIC LODGE RAFFLE DRAWING — Landon Lambert draws the winning ticket for a $500 Walmart gift card. The winner is Sophia Oyerdides of Yukon, OK. Held December 15, the drawing was sponsored by Coalgate Masonic Lodge #211. From left – Masons Russ Waller, Lodge Master Bob Horn, Ronny Lambert. Landon is the grandson of Ronny and Tammy Lambert.
Read moreDecember 3, 2021 was a big day in the lives of three area men. It was the day they graduated from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol 67th Academy.
Read moreNow after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men[a] from the east came to Jerusalem, saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose[b] and have come to worship him.” When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him; and assembling all the chief priests and scribes of the people, he inquired of them where the Christ was to be born. They told him, “In Bethlehem of Judea, for so it is written by the prophet:
Read moreCHRISTMAS IN COALGATE — Kendra Hardy visits with Santa during his parade night stroll down Main Street.
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