MUSKOGEE, Okla. – A 19-year-old freshman at the University of Oklahoma was elected mayor of Muskogee, a city of 38,000 in the northeastern part of the state on Tuesday.

With all precincts reporting, John Tyler Hammons won with 70 percent of the vote over former Mayor Hershel Ray McBride, said Muskogee County Election Board Secretary Bill Bull.

“The public placing their trust in me is the greatest, humbling and most awesome experience I’ve ever had in my life,” said Hammons, who is from Muskogee but attends the university in Norman.

Hammons, who will be sworn in next week, said he plans to transfer to a school closer to Muskogee.

“Being elected does not change my desire to continue my education,” he said. “We will schedule our time in an appropriate fashion so that I can be mayor and stay in school.”

Mich. city spends $5.21 to mail 51-cent tax bill

BRIGHTON, Mich. – A Michigan doctor is getting a laugh out of a 51-cent property tax bill.

It isn’t just that Phil Kazanji’s bill is so low. It’s that it cost the city of Brighton $5.21 to send it to him by certified mail.

Kazanji calls the whole thing “the most ridiculous thing a government agency would do.”

City finance director Dave Gajda says Kazanji paid $158 on a bill for $158.48. The city penalized him 3 cents and sent him the new tab.

Kazanji says he’ll write out a check for 51 cents and drop it off.