At 19, mayor-elect's the pride of Muskogee
MUSKOGEE — John Tyler Hammons may have already performed his grandest feat as mayor, even before taking office.
He put Muskogee in the national spotlight.
Hammons, 19, beat his 70-year-old opponent in a runoff election Tuesday, getting nearly 70 percent of the vote.
Hammons, who just completed his first year at the University of Oklahoma , spent Wednesday fielding questions from national news network...
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