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The Choctaw Development Fund awarded Coal County $150,000 in grantmatching funds to build a community center in Cottonwood, Oklahoma. Cottonwood is a small, unincorporated community two miles outside of Coalgate that has a large elderly population.
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A Tupelo woman is facing assault and kidnapping charges after her daughter reported that she and her stepfather assaulted her and her boyfriend.
Read moreVincent Wayne Reed, 54, Centrahoma, was arrested July 14 for stealing a Briggs and Stratton push mower belonging to a Coalgate man.
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Graveside services for Betty Lou Sikes, an Atoka, OK resident, were held Monday, July 24, 2023 at 10:00 a.m. at Green Meadows Cemetery in Atoka with Cody Newberry and Claude Lovett officiating. Brown’s Funeral Service of Atoka was in charge of arrangements.
Read moreA 25-year-old Arlington, TX man was arrested July 9 with cocaine and marijuana after an officer conducted a traffic stop on his vehicle for speeding. After stopping the vehicle, reserve Officer Christian Minyen also saw that the vehicle’s windshield was cracked.
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The 4th Annual Johnathan Smith give-away was held Saturday July 15th at the Coal County Fair Barn. The event is in memory of Johnathan Smith, who passed away in 2017 and loved hunting, fishing and music.
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