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You might be seeing text messages promising money – maybe the economic impact payments, loans for small businesses, or an offer for money you can get. In fact, I recently saw a WhatsApp text message in Spanish that advertised money for people quarantined at home. If you’ve spotted messages like this, I hope you’ve also deleted them. These text messages going around could lead you to a scam or a hacker, but not to anything helpful.
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Pake McEntire’s legendary 100-year-old table that has been a favorite gathering spot for a group of dedicated — if not addicted — Oh Hell card game players over the past couple of months. The ‘regulars’ include, from left, Carl McEntire, Johnny D. Ward, Debbie Ward, Pake McEntire, and Tommie James (behind the camera).
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Twenty years ago a close friend from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, showed me a card game called Oh Hell. When I came back home I showed it to some close friends, and Mama Jackie McEntire was the first one to get addicted to it.
Read moreCoalgate’s Annual Cleanup Day scheduled for Saturday, May 2, has been cancelled.
Read moreThe COVID-19 pandemic has interrupted daily life around the world. In addition to temporarily closing many businesses and schools in Coal County, it has also halted field work to complete the 2020 United States Census. However, progress is still being made by phone and online.
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A private family graveside service for Peggy Lou (Franklin) Fanning, a Coalgate resident, was held Friday,
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