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A two-vehicle crash west of Coalgate on Saturday, October 1, took the life of a 79-year-old Coalgate man. The collision occurred on SH 31 about two miles west of Coalgate at approximately 10:10 a.m.
Read moreAn Oklahoma City woman was airlifted to a hospital Friday, September 30, after the Harley Davidson motorcycle she was driving struck her husband’s Harley. The accident occurred on Main Street in Coalgate at approximately 1:32 p.m.
Read moreThe Coalgate Industrial Authority has awarded four $10,000 revitalization grants to Coalgate businesses.
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Martin David Brown, age 78, an Olney resident, was born on March 18, 1944, to Herbert A. and Alice Martha (Williams) Brown, at Olney, OK. Martin passed away on October 1, 2022.
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Bonna Deen (Mayes) Freeze, age 89 of Goldsby, passed away Sunday, October 2, 2022. She was born October 3, 1932 in Coal County, OK, the middle of three children born to Joe Lee Mayes and Stella Fay (Hart) Mayes. She started school in a two-room schoolhouse at Lone Oak. She graduated from Tupelo High School with the Class of 1950.
Read moreMy name is Stanley Buchanan, I’ve been around Coal County around 35 years. I am writing this on the behalf of my son, Edgar Buchanan. For some time now the evening shift of the Coalgate Police has harassed my son, Edgar, for over a year. So on September 23, 2022, they came up with some kind of a charge on Friday evening and booked him in the Coal County jail on Sunday afternoon September 25, 2022. He had gotten a hold of a bondsman and got bonded out of jail on a $1,000 bond. Well later on that evening on September 25, 2022 around 9:00 p.m. he got a knock on his door. When he opened it and stepped outside, I could hear him arguing with someone, so I opened the door to see who it was . Come to find out it was one of the police officers that had him put in jail. Officer Brown had took it upon his self with out being dispatched to my sons residence and the officer, Mr. Brown, was on duty . He did not have any right being there at all. Officer Brown went way over the line when he came to my son’s house to tell him he and another officer (tribal), come Monday morning, they were going to file assault charges on him.
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