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Oklahoma City first-grader killed in house fire is honored by friends with a memorial tree
Classmates of Roberto Avalos, 7, raised money to purchase a tree, which will be planted in a memorial garden outside of Coolidge Elementary ...
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Graham joins NC volunteers in Oklahoma
MOORE, Okla. - Franklin Graham, son of evangelist Billy Graham and president of North Carolina-based aid organization Samaritan's Purse, joined volunteers Friday in Moore, Okla. where residents are beginning the tough and tedious job of digging out from the twister that devastated their town.Graham was making sure people were getting physical, emotional and spiritual help."I'm ...
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How safe is that bridge youre driving over
Like millions of other Americans, Dan and Sally Sligh packed up their vehicle and headed out for a Memorial Day weekend trip. As they crossed the Interstate 5 bridge over the Skagit River outside Seattle, Washington, the bridge gave way and their pickup truck plunged into the frigid ...
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Nike follows Kevin Durants lead in Oklahoma tornado recovery
May 24, 2013 6:05 PM ET - Nike has followed the lead of Kevin Durant, star player for the Oklahoma City Thunder, in donating to the city's recovery effort after it ...
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Oklahoma governor signs abortion bill 20 other bills
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has signed legislation that requires abortion providers to take additional steps to notify the parents of a minor who is seeking an ...
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Davie collecting money to help tornado victims in Oklahoma
Rachel Swyear hugs a volunteer who helped her salvage belongings from her tornado-devastated home in Moore, Oklahoma. The tornado killed 24 people, injured more than 375 people and damaged 1,200 ...
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Governor Fallin signs disaster relief bill
Aftermath of the tornado outside Moore Medical. Taken by Jennifer Thompson MOORE, Okla. – Governor Mary Fallin signed a disaster relief bill that allow $45 million for relief efforts in Oklahoma. The bill appropriates the $45 million in aid to victims in Carney, Little Axe, Moore, Norman, Newcastle, Shawnee and other areas affected by the storm. Official said at least 1,150 homes were ...
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Baby delivery saves new family
MOORE, Okla. – The baby wasn’t due until Friday but decided to come a little early, Monday. The family said the baby’s early arrival saved their lives. The mother in labor watch the tornado destroy her home from her hospital room ...
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Hospital helps tornado victim get Cochlear implant
MOORE, Okla. – An Okla. hospital dug through the rubble to find a Cochlear implant for a tornado victim. She is scheduled to have surgery ...
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Tornado survivors gather to show support for victims
MOORE, Okla. – As the families of tornado victims begin laying their loved ones to rest, people all across the state want to show them their support through this tragic time. As the families of Nicolas McCabe and Kyle Davis lay their boys to rest, hundreds of people from around the state showed up to support them. Jesse Stevens was one of hundreds of bikers who showed up. ';I think ...
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Joe Jonas Joins Convoy of Hope to Aid Oklahoma Tornado Victims
A Convoy of Hope truck unloads emergency supplies in Moore, Oklahoma, where an EF5 tornado ravaged 13,000 homes on May 20, 2013. As residents in Moore, Okla., recover from the damaging effects of an EF5 tornado which ripped through the center of the state on Monday, a faith-based outreach organization is teaming up with celebrity singer Joe Jonas to provide relief to the local ...
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Principal Recounts Storm Hitting Oklahoma School
Teachers and students at Plaza Towers Elementary School hunkered down against the storm just as they had been taught in countless tornado drills, their principal said Friday, recounting how she walked the halls until the twister was on the doorstep, then announced on the intercom, "It's here." In a pause-filled recollection that left many weeping, Amy Simpson said at a news ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes OKC Barons to give free tickets disaster relief donors
The Oklahoma City Barons will give away free tickets to Game 3 of the Western Conference finals Wednesday night at the Cox Convention Center to any fan that makes a donation to the United Way's OK Strong Disaster Relief Fund that will help tornado ...
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Miranda Lamberts Mutt Nation Foundation assisting with pet rescues in the wake of Oklahoma tornadoes
Miranda Lambert's Mutt Nation Foundation, the donation-supported organization working to end pet suffering and homelessness that the country music superstar founded with her mom, Bev, is aiding in pet rescue operations in the wake of this week's devastating Oklahoma tornadoes. North Shore Animal League America, in collaboration with the Bella Foundation and MuttNation Foundation, has ...
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NuStar Greehey foundation supporting Oklahoma relief effort
Bill Greehey's family foundation is donating $250,000 to the American Red Cross to assist with relief efforts in Moore, Okla. NuStar Energy LPs philanthropic arm and The Greehey Family Foundation are donating $350,000 to the American Red Cross to support tornado relief efforts in Oklahoma. The Greehey Family Foundation is contributing $250,000, while the NuStar Foundation is donating ...
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Principal recounts storm hitting Moore school
The principal of the Oklahoma elementary school where seven children died in a tornado says her teachers did everything they could to save their ...
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Pictures from Moore Oklahoma tornado-ravaged towns are powerful telling story without a word
Scott McIntyre/StaffJim Melby laughs along with his brothers while they work to clear out their aunt's home and look for anything salvageable in Moore, Okla. on Thursday May 23, 2013. "You gotta keep your sense of humor," said Mark Melby (not pictured). Since Monday's devastating tornado, residents have begun to look for lost belongings and have been helped by many various ...
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Boca-based pet rescue group heading to Oklahoma City to help animals
BOCA RATON— — Help is on the way for the shelter dogs of Oklahoma City. The Tri-County Humane Society is sending a team of six people to pick up dozens of dogs and bring them back to South Florida for adoption. The crew leaves Saturday and is expected back late Wednesday with as many as 100 dogs. "We will need homes for all these animals," said Amanda Chussler, assistant ...
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Supplies donated by KFOR viewers arrive in Little Axe
LITTLE AXE, Okla. – A truck loaded with donated supplies arrived in the community of Little Axe Friday. The small town was wrecked by Sunday’s twister. Inside the truck, everything from water to diapers and formula, even cleaning items. These were some of the donations our viewers brought to the KFOR studios this week. The trailer was so full it flattened one of the tires on the ...
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Oklahoma strong tribute songs for tornado victims
In the wake of the devastating May 20 tornado, people from all over the country have taken to YouTube to inspire hope through song. ';Oklahoma Strong'; – Johannah ...
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The bulls-eye for awful tornadoes Oklahoma gets an outsized share of natural disasters
This combination of Associated Pressfile file photos shows left, a neighborhood in Moore, Okla., on Tuesday, May 4, 1999, after a tornado flattened many houses and buildings in central Oklahoma, and right, flattened houses in Moore on Tuesday, May 21, 2013. This week’s twister killed 24 people, obliterated entire city blocks and caused damage that’s expected to top $2 billion. Four ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Benefit concert including Shelton McEntire to air...
THE VOICE -- Season: 1 -- Pictured: Blake Shelton -- Photo By: Matthew Rolston/NBC Ada native Blake Shelton has assembled an all-star team of fellow Oklahoma country music stars to join his telethon "Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert." His Grammy Award-winning wife and fellow Tishomingo resident Miranda Lambert, as well as Oklahoma natives and Country Music Hall of ...
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NBC to air Blake Sheltons benefit for Oklahomans
This May 21, 2013 photo released by NBC shows married singers Miranda Lambert, left, and Blake Shelton performing an acoustic version of the hit "Over You" during a broadcast of the singing competition series, "The Voice," in Los Angeles. Shelton and NBC are putting together a benefit for Oklahoma tornado victims. Shelton, an Oklahoma native, told reporters about the ...
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OGE Power expected to be restored by Sunday
The company noted that customers in Moore, Norman and south Oklahoma City may experience temporary outages during the next several days as OG&E crews work to replace temporary repairs with permanent ...
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Funeral held for 8-year-old tornado victim
Some 300 mourners crowded inside Eagle Heights Baptist Church here Friday to pay their respects to an elementary school student killed when a tornado churned through nearby Moore, ...
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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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