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Funeral services for Viola (Horton) New, a McAlester resident, were held Tuesday, June 2, 2020 at 1:00 p.m. at Brown’s Funeral Chapel in Coalgate with Pastor Daniel Ramey officiating. Burial was in Oak Hill Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
Read moreFriday, June 5, is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the June 30 Primary Election, Coal County Election Board Secretary Amber Fanning said today.
Read moreCoal County Library is working with purpose and energy to meet the ongoing needs of the community despite the barriers caused by the current health crisis. Currently, customers can pick up books, DVDs and audiobooks through curbside pick-up. Holds can be placed online or by calling (580)927-3103. Customers are not limited to requesting specific titles. They can call the library to let them know an author, subject, or genre and our skilled staff will find up to ten matching books, DVDs or other materials that you and your family will love. During this curbside service phase, staff will also make copies or send faxes at the library’s regular fees. The library’s current hours are 9:00-5:00, Monday through Friday.
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Quote of the Week…“It is a thousand times better to have common sense without an education than to have an education without common sense.”
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We’re working on organizing closets, cleaning out neglected corners, and getting things in order before the baby comes. I’m enjoying every bit of it. You know organizing is a hobby of mine but there are, unfortunately there are no brag stories of keeping everything that way.
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A 28-year-old Ada woman involved in a May 10 two-vehicle crash that sent eight people to the hospital was charged May 22 with four counts of felony child endangerment by driving under the influence. The accident occurred on CR EW 1750 and SH 48 near Clarita.
Read moreBack in 1947 the biggest worry Southern Baptists had was the plight of millions of black Africans. We did not know any black Africans in Stonewall and only had a vague idea where Africa was. The church created missionary programs to let us know. These soon became sacred bureaucracies such as the WMU (Women’s Missionary Union) whose job was to promote and educate the church about the plight of our overseas missionaries and their unsaved black clients located in a place called Africa. Their focus (it seemed to me) was on a lady named Lottie Moon who for some reason spent her life in China, preaching to the Chinese. I figured they must have lost Africans in China too.
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