It was in that spirit of respect that I used “Okie” in an Aug. 5 obituary for Salvador Avila, the co-founder of the Avila’s El Ranchito Mexican restaurant chain.

In Georgetown, Delaware, 94-year-old Austin Okie has been donating forests and farmlands to conservation groups for years, ...

'Okie' Camp Memories Mellow Storied Calif. Waystation May Host a New Wave of Migrants August 11, 2001 More than 23 years ago Summary By Rene Sanchez ...

Okie joined the Skyhawks program but had to sit out his first season due to the pre-transfer portal eligibility rules. Since he couldn’t make an impact on the field, Okie began to put the pieces of ...

When Eyabi Okie takes the field, his motivation is never hard to find. The motivation doesn’t come from his teammates firing him up before the game. It doesn’t come from the coaching staff scheming up ...

Though “Okie” made him rich and famous and turned Richard Nixon into his Number One fanboy, Haggard was no “Okie,” a slur tossed at poor Dust Bowl refugees during the 1930s.

Okie was a mechanic and a self-proclaimed late bloomer, but he's not one to brag. Ryan Faucett, Okie's first cousin twice removed, said his respect for the natural world inspires him. By taking ...