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Okemah, Oklahoma
Okemah is a city in Okfuskee County, Oklahoma, United States. It is the county seat of Okfuskee County. It is the birthplace of folk music legend Woody Guthrie. Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, a federally recognized Muscogee Indian tribe, is headquartered in Okemah. The population was 3,223 at the 2010 census and about 23 percent of the residents identified as Native American.
Historically occupied by the Osage and Quapaw, who ceded their lands to the United States by 1825, after Indian Removal of tribes from the Southeast United States in the 1830s, this area was assigned to the Creek Nation and specifically, the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town.
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Okemah News Leader
November 27, 2017
Marilyn Franklin and Pam Condict, representing the Okemah Public School ... For 28 years, the Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence has ...
Okemah News Leader
November 21, 2017
The Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services, the Department of Human Services and the Oklahoma Health Care Authority ...
Tulsa World
November 21, 2017
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation is offering up to a ... about Osborne's death to call 800-522-8017 or email tips@osbi.ok.gov.
Riverfront Times
November 8, 2017
Some 3,000 people live in Okemah, Oklahoma, where Felker resides. It's also the birthplace of Woody Guthrie. Felker's one-time bandmate and ...
Okemah News Leader
November 6, 2017
According to Oklahoma state law, “All domestic animals shall be restrained by the owner thereof at all times and seasons of the year from ...
Okemah News Leader
November 2, 2017
In October, John Lilley Correctional Center promoted six corporals to sergeant. From left to right: Kameron Bonard has been with Oklahoma ...
News On 6
November 2, 2017
A former Okemah cheerleading coach is facing a felony embezzlement charge after being accused of stealing more than $5,000 from the high ...
Okemah News Leader
November 1, 2017
The Okemah Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture held their monthly ... He serves on the board of directors of the Oklahoma Wheat Growers ...
Wide Open Country
October 20, 2017
Though born in Okemah, Okla, Evan Felker grew up in Wright City, Okla., ... The Winding Stair Mountains are in Southeastern Oklahoma and ...
Okemah News Leader
October 12, 2017
... but workers from Manhattan Construction for one week starting at 7 p.m. on Friday, Oct. 13, per direction of the Oklahoma Fire Marshal.
Okemah News Leader
October 12, 2017
Okemah native Loren Fox recently had a surprise visit in her ... High School Graduate and is a 2016 graduate of the University of Oklahoma.
Okemah News Leader
October 12, 2017
Sgt. Duke represented the Oklahoma Army National Guard as it was ... Ramsey added the 2-point-conversion and it was 8-0 Okemah with 2:56Â ...
Okemah News Leader
October 9, 2017
One by one, the names and accomplishments of 50 Indian Elders were shared with an audience of more than 800 at AARP Oklahoma's 9th ...
Okemah News Leader
September 26, 2017
Brandi Bumgardner from Boley, Okla. in Okfuskee County, recently placed first in the Sweet Breads Category of the Senior Division at the State ...
Tulsa World
September 21, 2017
An SUV was heading east on Oklahoma 56 about 3 miles west of Okemah when the driver — Renee McKee, 60, of Wewoka — saw something ...
Okemah News Leader
December 31, 1999
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation (OSBI) and the Department of Corrections (DOC) announced last week a new approach to ...
Okemah News Leader
December 31, 1999
The Feeding Oklahoma food drive was launched in partnership with the ... to our state,” remarked BancFirst Okemah President Chris Dixon.
News On 6
December 31, 1999
They are circulating Cold case playing cards around Oklahoma prisons. The hope is that inmates will recognize someone and come forward ...
Okemah News Leader
October 3, 2017
The Oklahoma Transportation Commission voted on. Oct. 2 to approve the Oklahoma Department of Transportation's rebalanced Eight-yearÃÂ ...
Tulsa World
October 1, 2017
Velma Nelson Updike was born 8/30/18 in Henryetta, OK to Ruth and John J. Long. ... Okemah and Maud, OK, and graduated from Seminole High School. ... in Ada, OK, and a master's degree from Oklahoma State University.
Okemah News Leader
September 26, 2017
The Oklahoma Department of Corrections has established the Community Supervision Program (CSP), part of major departmental efforts toÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
September 26, 2017
Brandi Bumgardner from Boley, Okla. in Okfuskee County, recently placed first in the Sweet Breads Category of the Senior Division at the StateÃÂ ...
Pawhuska Journal Capital
September 23, 2017
He was born July 19, 1957, in Oklahoma City to the late Walter Coon ... Survivors include his children Darrell Coon of Okemah, Terrill Coon,ÃÂ ...
News On 6
September 22, 2017
The man, whose identity is under investigation, was struck by a 2010 GMC Acadia driven by Renee McKee, who was not injured, the OklahomaÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
September 21, 2017
The Okemah Panther Football team traveled to Meeker last Friday night ... Okemah hosts the Northeast Oklahoma Association of HomeschoolÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
September 14, 2017
When the numbers for the September distribution of sales tax collections were released by the Oklahoma Tax Commission, Okemah showedÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
September 14, 2017
Gary O'Neill, USDA-NRCS State Conservationist for Oklahoma is ... website at www.ok.nrcs.usda.gov or by calling or visiting the Okemah FieldÃÂ ...
kjrh.com
September 8, 2017
OKEMAH, Okla. -- An Okemah first grader gave up her life savings to help Harvey victims in Texas. She's getting so much attention that peopleÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
September 7, 2017
Oklahoma increased its ACT participation by 29 percent in one year – the largest gain of ACT-tested graduates in the country. Oklahoma joinsÃÂ ...
kfor.com
August 28, 2017
OKEMAH, Okla. – State authorities are searching for an Oklahoma man who has been missing for more than a year. Justin Walker, 26, was lastÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
August 21, 2017
One of which is the Oklahoma “Best of Wheat” Bread Baking Contest ... The Horse Show will be held at the Okemah Roundup Club Arena onÃÂ ...
kjrh.com
August 11, 2017
... pawnee, tulsa, claremore, pryor, grove, jay, sapulpa, okemah, okmulgee, wagoner, ... and washington ok. in southeast oklahoma...mcintosh.
Sandite Pride News, LLC
August 11, 2017
Roger Thompson is calling his just-concluded study on Oklahoma's tax code a success. ... these meetings were so important,” said Thompson, R-Okemah. ... Thompson noted that Oklahoma's current sales tax exemptions areÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
August 11, 2017
The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reported that Dewight Parker, 50, of Boley, ... Nation Hospital in Okemah where he was treated and released.
News On 6
August 11, 2017
A collision report states Guftin Eugene Moore of Okemah was northbound on Alternate U.S. Highway 75 about a mile north of Beggs at 6:26ÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
August 10, 2017
Gov. Mary Fallin today issued the following statement in response to the Oklahoma Supreme Court striking down a smoking cessation feeÃÂ ...
Paris Express
August 7, 2017
FIGURE FIVE — Dorothy Russell Adamson, 83, of Figure Five died Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. She was born Feb. 17, 1934, in Okemah, Okla.
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
August 7, 2017
Here's evidence from a report out of Oklahoma in the Aug. ... Mr. Moose had been teaching school at Okemah, Okla., and had motored toÃÂ ...
Times Record
July 25, 2017
OKEMAH, Okla. — Authorities arrested a couple Friday after the July 14 death of a man in Oklahoma City, police reported. Jennifer Smith, 25, ofÃÂ ...
Temple Daily Telegram
July 24, 2017
8, 1956, in Okemah, Okla., to John T. and Martha Patricia Wallace ... his mother of Oklahoma; two brothers, Sam Palmer of Tulsa and TimÃÂ ...
news9.com KWTV
July 24, 2017
OKEMAH, Oklahoma -. Three people are in custody in connection to a July 14 murder and the victim's missing SUV. William Poe, 54, was foundÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
July 19, 2017
Miss Brown to You, a band from Oklahoma City featuring Mary ... Brick Bar and Hen House filled Okemah's downtown streets with people.
Okemah News Leader
December 31, 1999
“Various conflicting reports have spread regarding Oklahoma Department of Corrections' new Community Supervision Program for selectÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
December 31, 1999
... Sego of Tecumseh; Cami Sosbee of Wewoka; Kaitlyn Trunk of Okemah; and Gavin Winchester of Prague. ... The group will also volunteer at the Oklahoma Regional Food Bank and visit the Oklahoma Blood Institute in Ada.
Okemah News Leader
December 31, 1999
The Oklahoma Army National Guard's LUH-72, Lakota helicopter with hoist capability departed from Muldrow Army Heliport located at the ArmyÃÂ ...
Tulsa World
December 31, 1999
Jerry Gregory Jerry Ray Gregory, 84, was born on January 12, 1933 in Okemah, Oklahoma. He passed away on July 21, 2017 in Tulsa,ÃÂ ...
Okemah News Leader
December 31, 1999
Oklahoma State University Alumni Association will recognize 11 alumni ... Award is Claud D. Evans, '66 agricultural biochemistry, of Okemah.
Okemah News Leader
March 28, 2017
Russell Westbrook hit a pull-up jumper with seven seconds left and the Oklahoma City Thunder erased a 13-point deficit in the final four minutes to beat the Dallas Mavericks 92-91 on Monday night.
Okemah News Leader
March 28, 2017
Police say they have arrested a woman suspected of driving the vehicle used by three men who were attempting to rob a home and were shot to death by the homeowner's son.
KRCB
March 27, 2017
His song "Love Is A Language" was inspired by his nonverbal autistic brother. We spoke with Seth in front of an audience at the Woody Guthrie Festival in Okemah, Oklahoma. Listen to Art of the Song every Thursday at 11:00 pm on KRCB-FM Radio 91!
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