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Born 80 Years Ago Today in the Sooner State, the Country Rocker Whose Answer to a Merle Haggard Hit Made Him an Outlaw Legend
On this day (November 13) in 1946, Ray Wylie Hubbard was born in Soper, Oklahoma. He started his career as a folk singer before forming a band called the Cowboy Twinkies, which may have been the first country punk band. Hubbard’s song catalog is deep and full of memorable songs. However, Jerry Jeff Walker helped put him on the map when he covered “Up Against the Wall, Redneck Mother” on his classic live album Viva Terlingua.
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Three Walls of Bones Fill the Museum of the Red River Hiding in Idabel, Oklahoma
Some of the best surprises in Oklahoma hide behind plain roadside signs you have driven past a dozen times. I pulled over expecting a quick look and a few dusty displays, and I walked out an hour later still buzzing about giant fossils, drawers full of arrowheads, and a forest path out back.
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OBNDD case results in charges here; special prosecutor appointed
District Attorney Mark Matloff has filed a string of felony drug charges against a doctor and a nurse following an investigation by the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs (OBN), McCurtain County District Court records show. The case involves local activity, but an Edmond doctor, Dr. Nitin Sawheny, M.D.,...