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‘Time has come to discuss’ the 1911 Nelson lynching in Okemah
OKEMAH — The tragic story of Laura Nelson and her teenage son, L.D., took center stage last week at Okemah’s Crystal Theatre, a mere...
Woody Guthrie Festival features ‘pent-up’ pandemic emotion
OKEMAH — Woody Guthrie expert and historian Barry Ollman noticed something different about this year's Woody Guthrie Folk Festival as he sat in the...
Western lows: The unclear motivations of Western Heights board members
Another week, another education-related audit in the state of Oklahoma. This past week, it was the Western Heights Public Schools District that found officials...
Adapted Indigenous ceremonies offer support, healing during pandemic
PHOENIX — For the Pascua Yaqui Tribe of Arizona, the Easter holidays normally are filled with traditional ceremonies. When COVID-19 put much of the...
Despite housing prices, more mosquitoes moving in
You may have recently noticed that a few new neighbors have moved into the area, and they are hungry. No, they're not the kind...
Oklahoma history: Century Chest offers glimpse of life in the early...
On April 22, 2013, family, friends, historians and church members huddled around a copper vault in the basement of the First Lutheran Church of...
WoodyFest 2021 to feature lynching discussion, plus ‘music written by and...
When the Woody Guthrie Folk Festival fires up its stages for five days next week, the music performed in honor of Okemah’s favorite son...
The photographs of John Margolies captured the everyday beauties of OKC
The photographer John Margolies loved buildings that other people found ugly, and he valued design that many considered worthless.
"People generally have thought that what’s...
Rep. Frank Lucas, others seek release of DOJ cattle industry investigation...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK3), along with two other House members, have called on the U.S. Department of Justice to release a...
The long road to recovery for OKC’s live music industry
On June 3, beneath the illuminated OKLAHOMA sign that hangs above the stage upstairs at Ponyboy in Oklahoma City, the bar’s co-owner Chad Whitehead...
