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I was watching TV last week and saw that the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority had decided to sort of back off doing much of anything for the time being. This was obviously a result of the “hornets’ nest” the authority stirred up with their proposed expansion of the Kickapoo. The Kickapoo was to connect I-40 down to I-35 in the Norman area bypassing the congested Metro of downtown OKC. A popular idea for some of those who try to get through Oklahoma City to Norman or south to Dallas. Not so popular for the people who live in the path of the proposed toll road.
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Coalgate Student Wins Award in Statewide Law Day Contest Tucker Ward, an Emerson Elementary School student, won second place for sixth grade writing in the recent statewide Law Day Contest sponsored by the Oklahoma Bar Association. Ward will be honored at a school award ceremony.
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Funeral services for Travis “Bubba” James Pryor II, a Tupelo resident, will be held Thursday, April 27, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Stonewall First Baptist Church with Micah Alford officiating, assisted by Bro. Richard Dickerson. Interment will be in Centrahoma Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
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Roy Olen McKeen, age 45, an Atoka, OK resident, was born on Tuesday, July 12, 1977, to Roy Lee and Violet Faye (Russell) McKeen, at Muskogee, OK. Roy passed away on Saturday, April 15, 2023 at Atoka, OK.
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Funeral services for Odis Elgin Shipman, a Coalgate resident, will be held Wednesday, (today), April 6, 2023 at 2:00 p.m. at Coalgate Methodist Church with Pastor Lyle Shipley officiating. Burial will be in Lehigh Cemetery with Brown’s Funeral Service of Coalgate in charge of arrangements.
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