When a man or woman becomes a police officer, they swear an oath to protect and serve the citizens they represent. They arrest criminals, they detect, prevent and investigate crimes, and they enforce traffic laws.
When a man or woman becomes a police officer, they swear an oath to protect and serve the citizens they represent. They arrest criminals, they detect, prevent and investigate crimes, and they enforce traffic laws.
KEEPING OUR ROADWAYS CLEAN — Came across these guys last week on SH 3 west of Coalgate and couldn’t resist stopping to tell them how nice and clean the highway looked. Regardless of how hot the weather gets, the Coal County inmate work crew is usually out working five days a week picking up litter, mowing cemeteries, cutting and chipping brush along roadways, or clearing illegal trash dumps. These workers are (L-R) Oscar Dean Campbell, Robert Buckley, Jose David Muniz and Tom Hart (names used with permission). The voluntary inmate work program was implemented by Sheriff Bryan Jump in February 2013. On July 1, 2013, it officially became the DIRT (Daily Inmate Roadside Task) Program.
On January 9, 2018, voters in the Coalgate School District said yes to a $3.55 million bond issue to build a new cafeteria and community safe room and renovate the existing cafeteria into five new classrooms.
First Baptist Church in Coalgate is excited to announce our Back to School Bash and Vacation Bible School kickoff on Friday, August 7, starting at 6:30 p.m., as part of FreedomFest 2020.
Hannah Hall, Brent Johnson, Robert Cole, Shian Flowers, Rowdy Wood, Braden Barnes, Jace Stephens, and Melody Bernard Prom pictures by Sherry Loudermilk.
The family of Percy Lee Gassaway, a lawyer and judge, who moved to Coalgate in 1920 has donated the desk Percy used while he was a judge in Coalgate to the Coal County Historical and Mining Museum. Percy and his wife, Lillian, moved to Coalgate and lived on a ranch near Coalgate (Gassaway Hill). In 1923 he was appointed county judge of Coal County. He was elected in 1924 and served until 1926, when he began serving as district judge for the twenty-sixth judicial district until 1934. He was elected as a Democrat to the Seventy-fourth Congress and served from January 3, 1935 until January 3, 1937, after which he returned to Coalgate to resume the practice of law and engage as a rancher. He died in Coalgate on May 15, 1937 and is interred at the Coalgate Cemetery.
ROBERT HICKMAN spent part of Father’s Day weekend giving his daughter away in marriage. Courtney Hickman became Mrs. Sam Atterberry on Saturday, June 20, at Coalgate First United Methodist Church.
When a man or woman becomes a police officer, they swear an oath to protect and serve the citizens they represent. They arrest criminals, they detect, prevent and investigate crimes, and they enforce traffic laws.
A 38-year-old Lehigh man was injured in an early Monday morning vehicle crash that claimed the life of a Midwest City woman. The accident occurred at approximately 12:40 a.m. on I-35 just north of the I-40 Ft. Smith junction in Oklahoma City.
WHAT A SURPRISE FOR RYTHOM! WOW! Rythom Griffith caught this big 6 pound bass recently while fishing with his Papa Jim. The fish was so big it nearly pulled him in, but Papa Jim came to the rescue. “ANOTHER FISHERMAN IN THE FAMILY.” Rythom is the 7 year old son of Clayton and Tina Griffith.
Coalgate High School high jumper Cordell Brown will be attending East Central University next fall. On March 5, Cordell signed a letter of intent to join the ECU Tigers track and field team.
Like so many other things, college has changed so much the past few years . . . and not for the better.
