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The OSU Extension Service has released the following list of exhibitors who placed at the 2023 Coal County Fair. The fair was held August 22-26.
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The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Oklahoma has announced that 45-year-old Ronald Wayne Yarbrough, Jr. of Lehigh has entered a guilty plea to voluntary manslaughter in the stabbing death of his stepfather, 66-year-old Robert Earl “Bob” Stevens. A probable cause affidavit filed in November 2022 by Choctaw Tribal Police Investigator Matt Barreras states that Choctaw Tribal Police were dispatched to Coal County General Hospital on Thanksgiving Day regarding a stabbing victim. Upon arrival at the hospital, hospital staff advised officers that Stevens had died due to an apparent stab wound to the neck.
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Fire claimed two houses in Tupelo on Sunday night, September 3.
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Pictures from the Past...CHS 1993
Read moreCoalgate News from 1958 Women Exhibits at Fair feature 26 Home Crafts
Read moreA burn ban issued by the Coal County Board of County Commissioners on August 28 remains in effect until Monday, September 11. Burning of any kind is prohibited. If extreme fire danger conditions persist, subsequent resolutions may be passed.
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Kortnie Elizabeth Haney, a 2020 graduate of Coalgate High school and a 2021 graduate of Eastern Oklahoma State College, graduated May 13, 2023 from Oklahoma State University with a bachelor’s degree in Agribusiness and a minor in Ag Real Estate Appraisals.
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Pictured are the winners of the Pet Show that occurs during the Coal County Fair. The entrants were, Kent Haney, Bette Price, Kason Flint, Taytum Campbell, and Josephine Ward. Each individual went home with one or more Grand Champion ribbons from the seven categories in the competition. Congratulations.
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