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Tulsa Police Pursuit Ends When Suspect Crashes
TULSA, Oklahoma - A Tulsa police pursuit ended early Tuesday afternoon when the suspect crashed into a residential area near 41st and Utica. Task force officers were serving felony warrants on a Freddie Hayes when he managed to get to his car and take off. He led police on a high speed chase. Tulsa Police units joined the chase, and Hayes tried to hit one of the squad cars, according to ...
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Bad Eyesight Blamed For Deadly Train Crash In Oklahoma
TULSA, Oklahoma - Federal officials say a train drivers' failing eyesight was the probable cause of a fiery train crash that killed three people in the Oklahoma Panhandle last year. The National Transportation Safety Board voted 5-0 at a meeting Tuesday in Washington to formally adopt the cause of the June 24 accident near the town of ...
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Tulsa Man Found Guilty for Shooting Killing Bar Owner
The week-long trial for Jacob Wayne Smith, 31, began last Monday. He was accused of shooting and killing Luis Torres, owner of Mi Oficiana Bar in December of ...
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Voice finale Cher Xtina to perform
After weeks of battling it out on stage, the final three contestants on season four of "The Voice" will learn Tuesday if they did enough to win a recording contract. Muskogee's country duo, the Swon Brothers, are facing off with fellow Team Blake performer Danielle Bradbery and Team Usher's Michelle ...
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Manning WikiLeaks case in recess until June 25 while attorneys negotiate witness statements
Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, left, is escorted out of a courthouse in Fort Meade, Md., Monday, June 17, 2013, after the start of the third week of his court martial. Manning is charged with indirectly aiding the enemy by sending troves of classified material to WikiLeaks. He faces up to life in prison. (AP Photo/Patrick ...
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NTSB Poor eyesight probable cause of Okla. Crash
TULSA, Okla. -; Federal officials say a train drivers' failing eyesight was the probable cause of a fiery train crash that killed three people in the Oklahoma Panhandle last ...
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Woman Arrested For Bank Robbery In Lawton
LAWTON, Oklahoma - The FBI has arrested a 59-year-old woman suspected of robbing an Arvest Bank in Lawton. Agents say surveillance video captured Silvanna Warren robbing the bank at 5201 S.W. Lee Boulevard on June 6. They say she handed bank employees a note ordering them to stay calm and give her money. She left the bank with an undisclosed amount. After Warren's image was released to ...
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How to help Oklahoma tornado victims
Friday's devastating tornadoes, coming so soon after the heartbreak in Moore, means even more help will be needed in the weeks and months ahead. There are many, many relief organizations already in the area, working with residents. Here are some of them and ways that you can ...
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Death Penalty Off the Table Jury Trial Set for Tulsa Man Charged with Elderly Womans Death
Prosecutors will not be seeking the death penalty and a jury trial date was set for the man accused of murder in the 2012 death of an elderly Tulsa woman at an arraignment Monday ...
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Police Armed robber stole wallets purses at OKC gas station
The robber is described as a black man in his early 20's, about 5 feet 8 inches possibly with gold teeth wearing a white tank top, black baggie jeans and a red bandanna around his ...
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OSBI seeks information in death of 77-year-old Boise City man
Officers are looking for a Hispanic male in his ate 20s to early 30s, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build. According to police, the man was seen fleeing the area on foot wearing khaki shorts and a dark-colored ...
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Feds Spying foiled Wall St. subway terror plots
Bomb plots targeting the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since the 2011 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, authorities said on ...
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Two teacher programs at Oklahoma universities called ineffective
East Central University's undergraduate elementary education program and Northeastern State University's undergraduate special education program were flagged with consumer alerts on the National Council on Teacher Quality's Teacher Prep ...
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If you’re in the market for suit of armor for pet…
Ever asked yourself, ';Where can I get a suit of armor for my pet?'; Well, ask no more. A suit fit for a guinea pig is up for auction. The little guy in the suit of armor goes by the name ';Lucky.'; His luck ran out this month when he died of natural causes. Sean McCoy, Lucky’s owner, said, ';I took a nap, he took a nap. I woke up, he didn’t.'; ...
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Government may force Chrysler to recall Jeeps
The Chrysler group has reached the deadline to respond to the U.S. government’s request to recall 2.7 million Jeeps. The government asked the group to recall certain Jeep Liberty and Grand Cherokee models because of fuel leaks and fires in rear-end crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said over 50 people have died from fiery crashes. Last week, Chrysler stated it ...
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Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Caps Fees for Public Adjusters
Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has issued a bulletin to all Oklahoma-licensed public adjusters advising them not to charge customers more than 10 percent of the total claim settlement. The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) says that since the beginning of the tornado outbreak on May 19, it has received several inquiries regarding the use of public adjusters in negotiating ...
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OSBI Asks Public To Help Find Gunman In Boise City Murder
A 77-year-old man was shot and killed June 12 at a convenience store in Boise City, Oklahoma. The OSBI is asking for help finding the ...
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Prosecutors Will Not Seek Death Penalty In Murder Of Nancy Strait
TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa County prosecutors will not pursue the death sentence in the first-degree murder charge against Tyrone Woodfork. Woodfork, 21, is accused of murder and two counts of first-degree rape in the death and sexual assault of Nancy Strait. Strait was 85 years old when she was brutally beaten and sexually assaulted in a home invasion. Her husband, Bob Strait, was critically ...
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23rd Annual Tulsa Zoo Fundraiser Benefits Rhino Exhibit
The zoo fundraiser features cuisine from 40 restaurants, live music and turns the zoo into an exotic landscape, complete with camel rides and tiki torches lighting the ...
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Officials disclose thwarted terror plots
Plots to bomb the New York subway system and the New York Stock Exchange were among more than 50 stopped by secret surveillance programs, the director of the National Security Agency and other officials disclosed ...
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Moore residents say potholes are safety hazard
Trucks carrying debris from the May 20 tornado in Moore are using Bryant Avenue to travel to and from the local landfill. More than 50,000 tons have been hauled along this road so far, creating huge ...
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1 taken to hospital OKC shooting under investigation
1min Under pressure from House conservatives opposed to comprehensive immigration reform, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday, "I don't see any way of bringing an immigration bill to the floor that doesn't have majority support of ...
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Oklahoma corrections director to resign this fall
TULSA, Okla. (AP) -- The head of Oklahoma's Department of Corrections is resigning this fall after disagreements with policymakers over the agency's budget and plans to put more state inmates in private ...
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NTSB Train engineers vision problems led to deadly Oklahoma wreck
WASHINGTON -- The head-on collision of two freight trains in the Oklahoma Panhandle last summer likely occurred because one train engineer had severe vision problems and couldn't read signals, National Transportation Safety Board staff said ...
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Parts of Pott. Co. under water boil for E. coli
contaminated with E. coli. The Department of Environmental Quality issues the advisory for the town of Asher. The agency recommends residents bring the water to a full boil for at least one minute before drinking, using in cooking, washing dishes or brushing your teeth. The DEQ said residents will be notified as soon as the water is safe to drink ...
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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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