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Feed the Children to distribute relief items at Little Axe Schools
Volunteers will be providing food, essentials and disaster relief boxes to families affected by this week's tornadoes at noon through 7 p.m. at Little Axe Schools at 2000 168th Ave. NE ...
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Okla. Legislature OKs tax breaks for storm victims
The Oklahoma Senate has approved a bill to provide various tax breaks to property and vehicle owners who suffered losses in Monday's tornado that tore through Moore and left 24 people ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Builders called to ministry of hope
Robert Crout, president of the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association, encourages members to "provide hope even in a time like this," in preparation for rebuilding after destruction in Moore, Shawnee, Oklahoma City and elsewhere across the ...
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Funeral information for Terri Long
Contributions may be made for the benefit of her family to: The Terri Long Memorial Fund at any Bank of the West Location. Funeral Services will be held on Friday, May 24th, at 2:00 p.m. at Bill Eisenhour Northeast Funeral Home with burial to follow at Rose Hill Burial ...
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No New Federal Funds Needed for Oklahoma Tornado Recovery
Top U.S. lawmakers and officials said that the federal government has plenty of money on hand to pay for recovery efforts in the wake of the devastating tornado that struck Oklahoma. The government has more than $11 billion in its main disaster relief fund. Recovery costs in the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore are expected to be a relatively small fraction of that amount. The devastating 2011 ...
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Tornado Relief Still Needed in Shawnee Oklahoma
Yesterday, I had the opportunity to donate my time and able hands to go to some areas that were less populated but just as devastating from this week's deadly storms, just south of the Shawnee Reservoir. A friend and I hopped in his truck and headed to The Shawnee Expo Center, who was posting on Facebook that help was still needed. We signed up, signed waivers, and took instructions from ...
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Deaconess Hospital Hosts Free Men’s Health Screen on June 20
Deaconess Hospital will host the annual Men's Health Screen on Thursday, June 20, 2013 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. The screen will be held in the Deaconess Hospital Medical Office Building South, which is located at 5401 N. Portland Ave., Oklahoma City, OK ...
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Annual Chuck Wagon Gathering Children’s Cowboy Festival MOVING INSIDE THE MUSEUM
Annual Chuck Wagon Gathering & Children's Cowboy Festival WHEN: Saturday & Sunday, May 25 & 26 10 a.m. until 4 p.m. WHERE: 1700 NE ...
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2 held after Pakistan-UK flight diverted
Police arrested two men Friday on suspicion of endangering an aircraft after a flight from Pakistan to the United Kingdom was diverted to Stansted Airport, outside of ...
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Business recovery center to open in Okla.
Live Wire: Tornado recovery updates The U.S. Small Business Administration's recovery center was scheduled to open Friday morning at the Moore Norman Technology Center's South Penn Campus. Oklahoma Small Business Development Center Director Bill Carter says counselors will be on hand to help business owners overcome the effects of the tornado that tore through Moore this week. He says ...
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Legion giving $1M to Okla. tornado victim veterans
Live Wire: Tornado recovery updates The Indianapolis-based veterans organization announced this week the money will be used to cover relocation expenses for veterans and their families whose homes were devastated by the disaster. The Legion also provided relief funds after Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Katrina and other natural disasters. With a current membership of 2.4-million wartime veterans, ...
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OHP searching for teen who jumped off Kingfisher bridge
According to investigators, the teen jumped into the water and no one saw him come back up. Kingfisher officials requested help from the OHP dive team Thursday ...
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OKC man sentenced in theft of funds from retirement home resident
An Oklahoma City man was sentenced Thursday to 37 months in prison in connection with the theft of money from a resident at a metro retirement home, announced Sanford C. Coats, United States attorney for the Western District of ...
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25 dogs displaced by Oklahoma tornado relocated to Green Bay
Green Bay Press-Gazette . The Central Oklahoma Humane Society made the transfer so there would be room for animals left homeless by severe storms and a tornado that struck the Oklahoma City area. Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ...
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Face of Defense Airman Aids Victim of Oklahoma Tornado Strike
By Army Spc. Daniel Nelson145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment MOORE, Okla., May 24, 2013 As a community shatters in the wake of a deadly EF-5 tornado, ordinary citizens become heroes as they give selflessly to those directly affected. Many who answer the call to help are volunteers or first responders, but others are reacting to the Moore tornado as citizen soldiers and airmen serving ...
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Tornado loss estimate $2 billion to $5 billion
The string of tornadoes that ripped across the central United States in the past week did between $2 billion and $5 billion in damage, according to an initial estimate from Eqecat, a catastrophe risk ...
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Volunteers travel to help Oklahoma clean-up after tornado
21/05/2013 09:05 CET The recovery effort after the devastating tornado in the US state of Oklahoma earlier this week is being aided by hundreds of volunteers. After seeing the destruction some people travelled long distances to help the victims in Moore. Armed with brooms, mops and other tools they were organised into teams. ';This is such a tragedy, and I just felt for these people ...
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Oklahoma City Thunder Sam Presti talks community involvement
For the Friday Oklahoman, I wrote about Sam Presti and the Thunder's connection with the city and the state, after the Thunder's tour of the tornado-ravaged areas. You can read that ...
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Youth can learn to make pizza and pies in June workshop
Teaching a young person to make his or her own pizza may be a way to keep them cooking for the rest of their lives. The Oklahoma County OSU Cooperative Extension Service will offer a workshop that teaches youth ages 9 to 14 to create their own pizza and homemade pies on Tuesday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to 2 ...
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Zappix rolls out app to aid Oklahoma tornado survivors
Just one month after Zappix rolled out an application to aid in the collection of donations for Boston Marathon bombing victims, its done it again for those in Oklahoma who were left homeless after recent tornadoes smacked the state, leaving behind a path of devastation. The Israeli-based mobile portal and customer service app company, which recently opened its U.S. headquarters in Burlington, ...
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Darlas Blog Picks - Funny baby videos powdered peanut butter skin tightening secrets a keyboard for your smart phone and more
By: This site is kept up by a "small team of cool dudes", the site says, but this one was posted by Phil. What blog is about - Funny bloopers and things. Featured post ...
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Resilient Oklahomans Picking Up the Pieces
MOORE, Okla. -- President Obama heads to Moore, Okla., this weekend to honor the victims of Monday's deadly tornado. Meanwhile, people there are still picking up the pieces of their lives after a long and difficult week. It's become a familiar scene: A helping hand finds something of value, like a family Bible, and puts it aside for the owner. On Southwest 14 Street, most homes were ...
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UPDATE Police pursuit at low speed ends in south Oklahoma City Friday
. A police pursuit ended in a crash in south Oklahoma City Friday. The crash is at SW 34 and S Western Avenue, according to police radio ...
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Memorial Day weekend events planned across Oklahoma
Gary Allan will headline the annual Music & Mayhem festival at Lake Eufaula, one of the many events happening around the state during the three-day holiday weekend. Country music star Gary Allan scored his fifth No. 1 hit earlier this year with the uplifting anthem "Every Storm (Runs Out of Rain)." "It's a feel-good song. It's about somebody that's standing in ...
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Chance for more thunderstorms Friday and Saturday in Oklahoma
There is a slight chance of thunderstorms Friday and Saturday in central Oklahoma. The National Weather Service forecast for Friday and Saturday shows gusty ...
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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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