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A 38-year-old Lehigh man was injured in an early Monday morning vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Midwest City woman. The accident occurred at approximately 12:40 a.m. on I-35 just north of the I-40 Ft. Smith junction in Oklahoma City.
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KEEPING OUR ROADWAYS CLEAN — Came across these guys last week on SH 3 west of Coalgate and couldn’t resist stopping to tell them how nice and clean the highway looked. Regardless of how hot the weather gets, the Coal County inmate work crew is usually out working five days a week picking up litter, mowing cemeteries, cutting and chipping brush along roadways, or clearing illegal trash dumps. These workers are (L-R) Oscar Dean Campbell, Robert Buckley, Jose David Muniz and Tom Hart (names used with permission). The voluntary inmate work program was implemented by Sheriff Bryan Jump in February 2013. On July 1, 2013, it officially became the DIRT (Daily Inmate Roadside Task) Program.
Read moreThe Oklahoma State Department of Health reported on Tuesday, August 4, that Coal County has had 31 total cases of COVID-19, with 23 of those cases recovered. According to those numbers, Coal County currently has eight active cases. Coal County has had zero deaths due to the virus.
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Funeral services for Clover Wyonzia (Hampton) Riley, a Coalgate resident, will be Thursday, August 6, 2020, at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Bro. Jackie Lewis and Bro. Keith McIntyre officiating. Burial will be in Riley Cemetery in Olney with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements. Family night will be Wednesday evening 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
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Funeral services for Jerry Lee Stiles, a lifelong Atoka resident, were held Thursday, July 30, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Atoka with Bro. John Clemmetsen officiating. Burial was in Butler Cemetery in Lane, OK with Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka in charge of arrangements.
Read moreThe following citations were issued by the Coalgate Police Department from July 27 through August 2.
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