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Coalgate Lady Cats ended their fall season with the first ever birth to the State Tournament in Coalgate Schools history. Some goals were achieved last season, which some would say was a successful season. Other say it has left a bit-ter taste in their mouths, making this seasons expectations even higher. The Lady Cats will have 4 seniors and Head Coach Logan Brown added a few words about the upcoming season. “We look forward to this spring season and being able to build on the success we had this fall. We have several seniors that have done a lot for us and we hope we can finish on a high note for them.”
Read moreVoters in Coal County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the April 7 Board of Education General Election should apply now, County Election Board Secretary Amber Fanning said today. Although the County Election Board can accept applications for absentee ballots until 5 p.m. Wednesday, April 1, Fanning urged voters who want to vote by absentee ballot to apply early.
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Misdemeanors Johnathon Randell Smith, Irving, TX – Driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of drugs; possession of controlled dangerous substance.
Read moreThe Coal County Public Library, a member of the Southeastern Public Library System (SEPLSO), will begin reducing service immediately and will close all physical operations starting Saturday, March 21st through at least Monday, April 6th.
Read moreHere it is. Another week. Same old Corona virus. Well not really. But it does make me think of the old 1918 Spanish Flu that swept the world. In 1918 there was not much radio and no TV. News traveled slow. Grandpa probably had heard little about the flu when he boarded the train there in Wister to travel to Fort Smith for a song leader’s conference. George Boyd was the song leader at the Free Will Baptist Church there in Liberty, a nice little church next to Mountain Creek in the shadow of Wolf Mountain.
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Soft Seven math races continue in the computer lab at E.E. Em- erson are row: and Kynslee Burris. Third row: Second graders Laryn Shelton and Giovanni Cole. Second row: Second-grader Brystol Butler and First graders Brody Watson and Tessa Bolin. Front row: First-grader Harlie Hale. Missing from the picture is Third-grader Mason Ryan.
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