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Misty Lyn & the Big Beautiful As a fixture of the Michigan folk music scene for over a decade, Misty Lyn Bergeron has penned haunting melodies over simple arrangements that traverse the gothic, literary fringes of American roots music. Pulling from a wealth of vivid subject matter, her songs are cathartic and poetically rich works that approach sometimes difficult topics such as death, loss, heartache, and healing. After getting in a serious car accident in 2015, there has been a noticeable shift toward love, light, and hope in her music, while still maintaining a deep connection with the ...

Amazing grace

SPIRO, Okla. -- The final night of the LeFlore County Tournament was twice as nice for Howe girls coach Chris Brown.

140 years ago

Curtis Varnell, PhD. As the train pulled to a stop, dozens of children exited the passenger cars and stood on the platform nervously looking over the crowd gathered to greet them. The long trip from New York city was over but the people waiting to welcome them were total strangers. Many of the kids were dressed in ragged, cast-off clothing, and their small bags contained everything they owned. These were the kids of the Orphan Train. The trains arriving in Clarksville, Paris, Booneville and Fort Smith contained dozens of the more than 200,000 kids sent from New York, Boston, Chicago and Ph...