Coal County News

A woman was injured Wednesday night when the car she was driving collided with a deer.

While growing up in tiny Coalgate, Charity Holder always dreamed of becoming the town's doctor.

By Randy Mitchell Staff Writer COALGATE - Several Coalgate City Council members were upset during Tuesday's meeting by Coal County Sheriff Roy Deck's request for more funds to house city inmates in the county jail.

Tulsa, OK- St. Francis Hospital is reporting a surge in cases of H1N1 at it's Children's Hospital.

In the past weeks two separate high speed pursuits have resulted in two major accidents that have claimed the life of one suspect and injured three law enforcement officers.

A high-speed chase through two Oklahoma counties ended with the suspect dead, an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper injured, and a major highway shut down.

A Marlow man has been killed in a head-on collision while he led an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper on a chase near Tupelo in Coal County.

The long awaited Volume II of Coal County History is now a reality. Four year sin the making, the new books arrived this past week and have been pronounced "well worth the wait" by all who have seen them.

Regular walk-in enrollment for the fall semester at East Central University is underway until classes begin Monday, Aug.

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The driver of a stolen semi led authorities on a marathon chase through Coal, Pontotoc and Johnston Counties Saturday.

U.S. Congressman Dan Boren will host an official ribbon cutting and open house at 1 p.m. Wednesday at his new district office in Durant, located at 112 N. 12th Ave.

A 20-year-old southeastern Oklahoma man has died after a pickup truck crashed into a tree.

Atoka/Coal County Partnership for Change Methamphetamine Initiative Subcommittee and the Atoka PTA are presenting an educational and informational event tonight for parents, grandparents raising grandchildren, guardians, and all others who are interested in attending.

Municipal trespassing, along with automobile theft and several second-degree burglaries have kept police busy with investigations.

That was Drew Bledsoe's mission after retiring from the NFL exactly two years ago this month when he traded in the locker room for the boardroom.

Pittsburg County Sheriff Joel Kerns says he's awaiting word on whether the city of McAlester will pay him for holding prisoners arrested by McAlester police - or provide free city services.