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As Americans struggle with what health officials say is one of the easi-est ways of corralling the coronavirus, more and more major retailers are now telling shoppers they’ll have to wear a face mask or consider other options like curbside pickup.
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The family of Percy Lee Gassaway, a lawyer and judge, who moved to Coalgate in 1920 has donated the desk Percy used while he was a judge in Coalgate to the Coal County Historical and Mining Museum. Percy and his wife, Lillian, moved to Coalgate and lived on a ranch near Coalgate (Gassaway Hill). In 1923 he was appointed county judge of Coal County. He was elected in 1924 and served until 1926, when he began serving as district judge for the twenty-sixth judicial district until 1934. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress and served from January 3, 1935 until January 3, 1937, after which he returned to Coalgate to resume the practice of law and engage as a rancher. He died in Coalgate on May 15, 1937 and is interred at the Coalgate Cemetery.
Read moreBernice Chaney, who in May and June was charged with multiple felonies relating to a May 10 vehicle crash that injured eight people, is now facing several criminal charges relating to another incident.
Read moreRandy Lee Brown, 30, Tuskahoma, was charged July 20 with a felony charge for bringing methamphetamine into the Coal County jail.
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Read moreTwo Coalgate men arrested for possession of drugs with intent to distribute
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