Okemah News

Two of this spring's most appealing albums are by John Fullbright and Father John Misty.

A man charged in the slayings of two girls in Weleetka was bound over for trial on Tuesday on another charge of first-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend.

Hailing from Okemah, Okla., with a serious talent for writing Americana music, John Fullbright is often compared to Woody Guthrie .

A Konawa man has been convicted in federal court in Muskogee of putting a pipe bomb under a natural gas pipeline last year.

The American Repertory Theater is offering "Woody Sez" as its final Mainstage production of the 2011-2012 season.

According to the Ofuskee County Sheriff's Office, three inmates escaped out of a window of the Ofuskee County Jail in Okemah on Monday, May 7. Gerald Adams, 40, and Keith Dewayne Smith, Sr., 45, are still on the loose.

Deputies say Tanner Hicks, 21, Keith Smith, 45, and Gerald Adams, 40, escaped from the Okfuskee County Jail Monday night about 9:30 p.m. by climbing down a rope from a jail window.

John Fullbright's recordings mix folk, country and blues, and his lyrics often tackle big-picture topics.

Woody Guthrie, who would have turned 100 this year, is the subject of yearlong centennial celebrations across the world.

It's hard to think of any city on the face of the planet that casts a larger shadow over the career of an aspiring folk-rooted singer-songwriter than Okemah, Okla., the town where 23-year-old musician John Fullbright was born and raised, and which -- 100 years ago come July 14 -- was the birthplace of one Woody Guthrie .