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Coalgate woman charged with threatening to perform acts of violence and criminal trespassing Officer Dyllan Brown and Officer Dylan Kimmel were dispatched to an apartment at the Levy annex the evening of October 7 concerning 44-year-old Kristy Diane Franklin for trespassing. Sgt. Kevin Parry was dispatched to the same apartment on October 5 when Franklin allegedly assaulted the resident of the same apartment and was given a trespass notice.
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The Coalgate Wildcats varsity football team was on the losing end of a lopsid- In the 48-6 loss, the Coalgate offense only gained 50 total yards in the first half against a tough Holdenville defense that had allowed just an average of 15 points per game in six previous games this season. “They’re a good team,” Coalgate Head Coach Nathan Hill said, “(the coach) has done a good job up there. They’re probably number two in our district. They’ve only been beaten once, and that was by Davis by six points.” Hill said the Wildcats tried a different defense in response to Holdenville’s running game.
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Big Five Community Services Director Allen Leaird was recently chosen to receive the Oklahoma Association of Community Action Agencies’ Guy Davis Leadership Award at the Fall Conference held in Oklahoma City. He was honored at the Association’s Awards Luncheon, where he received the award for his 35 years of service in Community Action. Mr. Leaird has been the recipient of numerous awards, including the Transit Manager of the Year for the state of Oklahoma, the Lifetime Achievement Award for Partner of Transportation, served as President of the Oklahoma Transit Association, and has been two-time President of Housing for the State of Oklahoma. He has also served as Legislative Liaison for the State of Oklahoma for deregulation of utilities in Washington, D.C., and Legislative Liaison for transit issues in the state. Mr. Leaird was instrumental in establishing supportive services for homeless veterans and helped develop the first public housing program in the state, operated by a Community Action Agency and also helped to implement one of the first rural transportation services outside of the Oklahoma City and Tulsa metro areas, SORTS, the Southern Oklahoma Rural Transportation System. He has served as Chairman of Economic Development in Coalgate and served as Chairman of the Coal County Medical Center. Mr. Leaird has attended both East Central University and the University of Oklahoma and holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources.
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Deadline near to request absentee ballots The deadline to request absentee ballots by mail is approaching. Applications must be received by the County Election Board no later than 5:00 p.m. Monday, October 24.
Read moreRecently I attended the most graphic, overt, and disturbing training I have attended in my 30 years of law enforcement. The training was intended to educate on illegal gangs and cartel activities, deeds, and movements. It revealed how the cartels use dismemberment, beheadings, and other forms of mutilation to impose fear and intimidate the public and revival gangs. I was outraged to be told these mutilations are not just occurring in Mexico but are now being carried out right here in the United States.
Read moreTwo events this last week shows why America has drifted far from God and His Word. In the first event, “described as the first test of a planetary defense system”, NASA supposedly hit the smallest of two asteroids, some seven million miles away, to see if it would deflect it enough to affect its orbit. The “NASA’s chief scientist and senior climate advisor” was so proud of their accomplishment, that she exclaimed that “dinosaurs did not have a space program to protect them, 65 million years ago, when the Chicxulub asteroid slammed into the Yucatan Peninsula.”
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