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Obama to Console Oklahoma Tornado Victims
U.S. President Barack Obama makes a poignant visit Sunday to the city of Moore, Oklahoma which is just starting to recover from last week's deadly tornado. President Obama will meet with and console residents of the midwestern town where 24 people were killed and more than 200 others hurt. Some people lost everything they owned when the twister obliterated entire neighborhoods. The ...
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Volunteers Drillers Set Unofficial World Record To Strike Out Alzheimers
TULSA, Oklahoma - The local Alzheimer's Association spent the day out at ONEOK Field, trying to break a world record. As part of "Strike Out Alzheimer's," volunteers spent several hours throwing as many pitches as they could, before the Driller's game started. The current record is 11,600 pitches. Hornsby, the Drillers mascot, threw in the 12,000th pitch Saturday. ...
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Jenks Teen Killed In Motorcycle Wreck Outside Jay
DELAWARE COUNTY, Oklahoma - A Jenks teenager lost his life in a Memorial Day weekend motorcycle crash a few miles outside Jay Friday night. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigated the Delaware County fatality collision. Troopers say Victor Allyn Sharp, 19, was eastbound on County Road East 400 northwest of Jay at about 10:30 p.m. when he passed another vehicle at a high rate of speed. He ...
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Tulsa Man Jailed For Shooting With Intent To Kill
TULSA, Oklahoma - A Tulsa man was arrested late Friday and is being held on a $95,000 bond in a west Tulsa shooting. Joshua Allen Abbett, 23, was booked on complaints of shooting with intent to kill, pointing a deadly weapon and transporting an open firearm. Police were called to the 400 block of South 56th West Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. They learned that a man had been shot and taken by ...
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Hundreds Of Volunteers Turn Out For Carney Cleanup
CARNEY, Oklahoma - Several Oklahoma communities are cleaning up from tornadoes. And an army of volunteers showed up in the Carney community to help out on Saturday. Some 500 people spent their Saturday cleaning debris and helping people get back on their feet. A total of 34 homes in Carney, Meeker and Prague were destroyed by a tornado last ...
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Prayer Service To Take Place In Moore For Victims Of Massive Tornado
MOORE, Oklahoma - A memorial service for everyone impacted by Monday's storm is set to take place Sunday night in Moore. The "Oklahoma Strong, Coming Together in Faith" prayer service will take place at 6 p.m. Sunday, at the First Baptist Church, located at 301 N.E. 27th Street in Moore. An EF-5 tornado touched down near Newcastle just before 3 p.m. Monday, and tore across the ...
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Moore Seniors Mark Graduation 5 Days After Deadly Tornado Hit
The usually vibrant ceremony was clouded by Monday's tornado but students said it was a time to get together, celebrate their hard work and escape the reality of the devastating tornado for a ...
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Highland East boy a hero for saving classmate
For the first time, Dylan Ellis and Diane Lee are getting a firsthand look at all the destruction. The flattened building and twisted metal takes them back to the terror of Monday afternoon. The seventh-grade students were in chorus. They heard the sirens and took shelter in the back of the locker room. "We could hear it go 'boom!,'" said Ellis. "The lights go off and ...
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Families find hope among leveled homes
MOORE, Okla. - Searching for prized possessions can be a back-breaking process among the thousands of pounds of debris in Moore, but finding those possessions can offer new hope to both the families and volunteers searching for them. Memories are often associated with objects and when they're found, they can change our outlook for just a moment. Volunteers outside Charlotte Mullins' ...
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Moore survivor chooses not to rebuild
MOORE, Okla. - Doyle Becknel says it was a blessing he wasn't at home during Monday's tornado. "It's probably a good thing because I'm stubborn and I would have tried to ride it out," he said. Becknellived near down the streetwhen the last devastating tornado hit. "We were on SW19thStreet pretty much and it's too much of a coincidence," he said ...
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Moore Public Schools estimates damage done to district
Officials say Monday's deadly tornado did $45 million in damage to the district. Two schools were leveled, and damage was done to the administration building and other school ...
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Flooding kills 1 in San Antonio Texas
Flood levels on the San Antonio River reached a new record at Loop 410, when water rose to 34.2 feet at 10 a.m. Saturday, said the National Weather Service. The previous record was 32.57 feet on October 17, 1998, the agency ...
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Drillers set world record Saturday
That familiar shout to start a baseball game took on a whole new meaning at ONEOK Field Saturday afternoon. The Tulsa Drillers and the Walk to End Alzheimer's set out to break the world record for most first pitches thrown before a baseball game. The previous record of 11,600 pitches didn't last long as people from the community came out to show their stuff on the pitching mound. ...
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Authorities release tornado 911 calls
MOORE, Okla. - Authorities have released 911 calls made immediately after the Moore tornado passed their homes. Residents told the dispatcher they were trapped by debris and were desperate for help. ---- Caller 1: "There's people down. We're stuck under rubble. My leg is broken. Dispatcher: "Yes, we got a car we'll get 'em out there as soon as we can." Caller ...
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Volunteers bring aid to disaster victims
MOORE, Okla. - It was just before 3 p.m. Monday, May 20, when the sirens sounded in the town of Moore, Okla. A tornado was coming. It was on the ground less than an hour, but the EF-5 twister caused millions -- quite possibly billions -- of dollars worth of damage, destroying homes, schools, a hospital and claiming 24 lives. A day later the volunteers were there, having poured in from across the ...
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Owasso city manager under investigation
OWASSO The Owasso City Council has voted to put its city manager on administrative leave. The council is set to launch an investigation into Rodney Ray following a complaint from a city employee. The decision was made at a special meeting Friday afternoon. The mayor won't elaborate and ray told us he's keeping a positive outlook. "I love this community," Ray said. "I ...
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Search continues in creek for missing Okla. teen
Police say 17-year-old Taylor Faine jumped into the creek Thursday and did not resurface. Kingfisher Fire Chief Randy Poindexter told The Oklahoman ...
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Tornado Victims Include Animal Lover Man in Truck
One was an animal lover. Another loved the spotlight. Another was nicknamed "The Wall" because of the force he brought to the soccer field. When a top-of-the-scale EF5 tornado ripped through Moore, Okla., it took with it 24 lives. Seven of them were children at Plaza Towers Elementary school; two were only babies. These are the victims' stories. ——— ...
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Sooners fend off K-State 7-6 in 11 innings
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Craig Aikin lined a two-out RBI single to left field in the top of the 11th inning, lifting Oklahoma into the Big 12 championship game with a 7-6 win Saturday against regular season champion Kansas ...
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Buried alive stranger holds hand of tornado victim
MOORE, Okla — Most people run away from danger.Shonbray Johnson ran straight toward it Monday afternoon. Knowing there were 10 elderly patients at the Oklahoma Heart Hospital, the dedicated nurse knew she had to go back, regardless of consequences. She said, ';They weren’t able to get out in the wind, hail.We stayed together.'; The staff here created a barrier of ...
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Familiar face brings relief to families
';She kind of started crying when I was talking got her. She had to wipe her eyes, tearing up, of course, because if they hadn’t said anything to her she would have been blown away,'; said William Bohanan. Destruction aside, Lela is back. ';I would love to see her face every day,'; said Knight. That’s an attitude found everywhere. Even scribbled on the ruins, ...
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Bradford huddles up group of partners for disaster relief
ST. LOUIS — Offering his support to those victims in Moore and other areas affected by the tornadoes is Oklahoma native, Sam Bradford. Bradford and others kicked off a fundraising campaign for victims near Busch Stadium in St. Louis. While Bradford's home wasn’t hit by the tornado he told media that watching the coverage on TV was very difficult. Bradford joined the city of ...
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Many signature Memorial Day activities still planned
Some signature Oklahoma Memorial Day Weekend events will still be happening this weekend. They include the Chuckwagon Festival and the 37th annual Paseo Arts ...
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Mother protects special needs son during tornado
MOORE, Okla. – A mother took cover in a closet with her special needs son during Monday's tornado. Maria Young covered her son Charlie, 27, with her body as the house collapsed around them. Charlie is unable to walk and depends on his family. "He is probably about 200 pounds and I just ran down the stairs as fast as I could with him and I yelled to my mom to clean out the ...
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Moore officials supply information on damaged neighborhoods and related services
MOORE, Okla. — Moore officials detailed some of their plans for assisting with and restoring services to ravaged areas from last Monday’s tornado in a press ...
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Oklahoma's massively ambitious transport plan for next eight years
The Oklahoma Department of Transport has adopted a massive transport improvement plan that will cost the state $4.8 billion over the next eight years and will incorporate around 1,700 individual project around the state aimed at making Oklahoma’s roads, bridges and highways safer and better to drive on.
Oklahoma has around 12,000 miles of highways and many more thousands of miles of roadway and streets, maintaining this massive expanse of tarmac is an ongoing process and in recent years the Department of Transport acknowledged that it has fallen behind. Read more
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