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Published: May 15, 2008
At 19, mayor-elect's the pride of Muskogee
By Julie Bisbee
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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