1) Muskogee? That's like four hours from Tulsa!

2) Hammons took office last week for the start of a two-year term. He said that he plans to continue on with university, but expects to transfer to a school closer to Muskogee .

3) Mike Mackey, 47, who has been staying in an American Red Cross shelter in Muskogee with his wife and son, said the crushing weight of ice broke trees throughout his neighborhood.

4) " One of his most popular and most controversial songs was "Okie From Muskogee.

5) Hammons said he plans to continue his college education but expects to transfer to a school closer to Muskogee .

6) With all precincts reporting, John Tyler Hammons won with 70 percent of the vote over former Mayor Hershel Ray McBride, said Muskogee County Election Board Secretary Bill Bull.

7) "The public placing their trust in me is the greatest, humbling and most awesome experience I've ever had in my life, " said Hammons, who is from Muskogee but attends the university in Norman.