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A Wellston, OK man was injured Sunday night, July 5, when his motorcycle struck a deer on a roadway in Coal County.
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Despite a downpour that came through Coalgate Saturday morning and delayed the 4 of July parade until that afternoon, parade goers seem to take it all in stride. By parade time at 2:00, downtown Coalgate was packed.
Read moreEast Central University and the ECU Foundation have awarded more than $2,500,000 in scholarships and waivers for Fall 2020 incoming freshmen. The following local high school graduates have been offered these scholarships:
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4 OF JULY POLITICAL SPEAKERS — Candidates for Coal County Sheriff and Coal County District 2 Commissioner get ready to address the 4 of July crowd at the Coalgate Park. From left, Sheriff candidates Steven Flowers and incumbent Sheriff Bryan Jump; Commissioner candidates Nick Lee (incumbent) and John McCollum. The offices of Sheriff and District 2 Commissioner will be decided at the November 3, 2020 General Election.
Read moreThis big national holiday seems to have safely passed. And the world still seems to be spinning safely on its axis. The usual pleas for people not to shoot off fireworks went mostly unheeded. At least around here in California. There were so many violations in Los Angeles that officials had to plead on TV for aggrieved residents to just quit calling 911 as there were so many calls that they had paralyzed the system. Several little fires and accidents did happen anyway including eight families made homeless when their apartment building burned down. Up at the Sequoia National Park where Pat and I spent the 4 with Ron and other family members we had ourselves a picnic.
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WAITING FOR THE 4 OF JULY PARADE TO START— Alton Pittman, Savannah Pittman, Jordyn Ross and Kylie Pittman sitting on the porch of the old ice house building waiting patiently for the parade to start. Alton, Savannah and Kylie are siblings; Jordyn is their cousin.
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These sentences actually appeared in church bulletins or were announced at church services. And these were all recorded BEFORE the COVID-19 epidemic. Enjoy.
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