Provides the latest RSS feeds for Oklahoma News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Oklahoma Star.com http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/cat/84aeba5e9b6e1230/ en-us Thu, 23 May 2013 19:16:38 -0400 Thu, 23 May 2013 19:16:38 -0400 30 The tornado that killed 24 people and injured more than 200 others in Moore, Oklahoma, could have done more than $2 billion worth of damage, officials said Wednesday. State Insurance Commissioner John Doak announced that figure Wednesday in a statement to the press, adding that losses from the wreckage could equal the amount caused by the twister that struck Joplin, Missouri, in 2011, leaving ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214708108/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:30:01 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214708108/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Moore, Oklahoma held the first funeral for a victim of Monday's monster tornado -- a nine year-old girl killed when the storm tore apart her elementary ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724554/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:46 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724554/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 It's a problem one would imagine is a good one to have -- so many donated items coming in to help tornado ravaged Moore and Oklahoma City they don't have any place to put it all.But actually, it's been a logistical nightmare, according to officials with the Red Cross and the Salvation Army, as well as government entities which truly appreciate the help, but don't know where to ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724903/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:35 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724903/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The North Carolina Baptist Men are sending three teams with heavy equipment to Moore, Okla., to help with the cleanup from the tornado that damaged tens of thousands of structures there Monday and claimed 24 lives. A team from Fayetteville was expected to leave Thursday and arrive in Oklahoma by the weekend."All team members have heavy equipment and disaster experience and will be able ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725025/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:39:29 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725025/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Monty Montgomery surveys the scene as he prepares to clean up a friend's tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and businesses. (AP Photo/Charlie ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724354/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:35:10 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724354/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Oklahoma - Governor Mary Fallin and other officials held a press briefing on Thursday to update the relief efforts of the deadly tornadoes from Sunday and Monday. Fallin said to date, 2,200 people have been helped but said she knows more people need assistance. If you were affected by the tornado, you need to register with FEMA. Two mobile FEMA disaster recovery centers are open where ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725195/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:14 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725195/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The Wagner brothers - Joshua, Jesse and Daniel - are competing in the finale of the American Bible Challenge on the Game Show ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725194/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:32:13 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725194/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Local and state leaders gathered at City Hall in Moore, Okla., on Thursday to provide an update on the recovery efforts after several communities were devastated by a tornado that struck the area on ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725026/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:11 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725026/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Dr. Kristi Scroggins, a local veterinarian in Moore, is one of many volunteers. She says since Monday, about 80 animals were brought to the shelter. Most of them are dogs who were found in affected areas where the tornado hit on Monday ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725027/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:10 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725027/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Drone strikes are a necessary evil, but one that must be used with more temperance as the United States' security situation evolves, President Barack Obama said in a counterterrorism speech ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724850/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:09 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724850/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. - Governor Mary Fallin announced the state legislature approved the transfer of $45 million from the state's Rainy Day fund Thursday to assist the recovery effort from this week's tornadoes. The lawmakers voted unanimously in favor of the bill that will send millions of dollars into areas like Moore and ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725196/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:30:06 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725196/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Barbara Garcia finds her dog, a mini schnauzer named Bazzie, in the tornado rubble in the middle of an interview with CBS. Oklahoma tornado survivor Barbara Garcia touched the hearts of many when her on-camera interview with a news network was interrupted by the discovery of her mini schnauzer, whom she thought had been lost in the tornado that had leveled her home and those of her neighbors. ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725028/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:24:33 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725028/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin talks to NBC's Craig Melvin about the resiliency of the people of Oklahoma and updates on the Oklahoma recovery ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724840/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:18:59 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724840/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Children from two schools destroyed by the tornado in Moore, Oklahoma have been reunited with their classmates and teachers as other schools welcomed them with special events. Large banners at the entrance to Wayland Bonds Elementary welcomed pupils from Briarwood - which was all but flattened by Monday's ferocious twister. On what would have been the last day of term, the event was a ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724172/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:16:29 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724172/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 crisis response map for those affected by the giant tornado that ripped through Moore, Oklahoma. Included in that is imagery of the area from Google Maps. Google posted a before/after look at the area to its Google Maps Google+ account ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725031/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:42 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725031/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The church is at 740 SW 4 St. Kristi Fain, Southgate Baptist Church secretary, said the only entrance to the church is off SW 4 Street. Access to SW 4 Street is closed to non-Moore residents from Interstate 35, so taking either Santa Fe Avenue from Interstate 240 or the SW 134 Street exit from Interstate 44 will lead to the church. "Be patient," Fain said. "It will be ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725032/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:17 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725032/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 A man accused of punching his 14-year-old daughter was charged Thursday with misdemeanor domestic abuse, court records show. Arthur Gene McCully, 47, of Oklahoma City, is accused of punching the girl one time in the face with his fist April 27 at a residence in the 2100 block on N Prospect Avenue, records ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725034/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:08:12 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725034/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. – To say Chakara Redd is heartbroken would be an understatement. She’s mourning the loss of her niece Janae Hornsby one of the seven students who died at Plaza Towers Elementary after the deadly Moore tornado. ';Its devastating,'; Redd said. ';It’s hard because Janae was only nine years old and not to mention we just buried her mom a year ago and to ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725035/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:07:43 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725035/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Lightning strikes during a thunderstorm as tornado survivors search for salvageable belongings at their devastated home May 23, 2013, in Moore, ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724845/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:13 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724845/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 OKLAHOMA CITY Friends and family are attended the funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb. Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the victims were ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724174/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:06:10 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214724174/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 In a town decimated by tragedy, the photos that have brought a nation to its knees are coming to life as the families and friends talk about their experiences with the Moore, Oka., ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725036/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 17:03:18 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725036/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The parents and guardians stood in the muddy grass outside an Oklahoma City area church, listening as someone with a bullhorn called out the names of children who were being dropped off - survivors of a deadly tornado that barreled through their ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723228/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:16:37 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723228/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 "She was always going 100 miles an hour," family friend Messena Howze said with a smile. "Always had a smile from ear to ear." "Every time you saw her, she was smiling," said friend Haley Howze. "Don't think I ever saw her with a straight face." In all her 9 years, friends say, Sydney Angle never slowed down, serving as an eternal spark plug and star ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723609/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:15:39 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723609/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu May 23, 2013 4:10pm EDT May 23 (Reuters) - The powerful tornado that struck a suburb of Oklahoma City earlier this week could affect the long-term credit quality of the school district and hospital in its path, Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday. The credit rating agency said it is evaluating the ability of bond issuers in the state to manage the recovery and costs related to the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725030/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:10:52 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725030/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The Orlando Magic are helping out the victims of the Oklahoma tornadoes. The team has donated $25K to the Red Cross for relief ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723610/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:09:58 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723610/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 A torrential rainstorm slowed relief efforts in Moore and south Oklahoma City on Thursday morning as frustrated residents were forced to postpone picking through debris for family heirlooms and salvageable ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723836/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:01:38 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723836/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 A transient accused of walking through a metro park wearing only shoes and a cloth on his head is facing a misdemeanor charge, records show. Joshua Cole Phillips, 18, was charged Thursday in Oklahoma County District Court with outraging public ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723837/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 16:01:35 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723837/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 OKLAHOMA CITY -- Three days after one of the most destructive tornadoes to strike Oklahoma in decades, people here filed into a mortuary chapel Thursday morning amid heavy rain and flashes of lightning for the first of two dozen ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723613/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:55:37 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723613/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 OKLAHOMA CITY -- Friends and family are attending funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb. Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the victims were children. Relatives and friends huddling under umbrellas amid a downpour hurried into a chapel where mournful country songs ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723614/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723614/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. -- Mostly, they left disappointed. Throughout the day Wednesday, victims of the deadly tornado that ravaged this working-class community near Oklahoma City filed in and out of the Animal Resource Center, a lost-and-found of sorts for dogs and cats that disappeared in the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723615/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:53:20 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723615/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A tornado watch is in effect for parts of western Oklahoma and northwestern Texas just days after a monstrous tornado hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore and left 24 people ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723616/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:39 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723616/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The Oklahoma House has given final approval to legislation that dips into the state's constitutional reserve fund to help central Oklahoma communities impacted by devastating ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723618/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:27 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723618/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. – Family members of the mother and baby killed in Monday's tornado said they "appreciate the outpouring of love and support from friends and strangers." Megan Futrell, 29, and her 3-month-old son Case were killed when the powerful twister destroyed the convenience store on 4th St. and Telephone Rd. in Moore. "The family wants everyone to know what a great ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723619/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:52:07 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723619/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 See a collection of political cartoons on the budget and deficit .] This opposition by Republicans in the House of Representatives was inexcusable. The victims of the tragedy in Oklahoma do not deserve to suffer those kinds of stall tactics. Congress must stand together and pass a bipartisan relief plan for Oklahoma as soon as possible. When Americans are harmed by massive disasters, Congress ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722096/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:08:27 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722096/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Matt Mayer: Matt Mayer is a visiting fellow in the Allison Center for Foreign Policy Studies at the Heritage Foundation. It goes without saying that all of our energy must be focused on helping survivors and consoling those Oklahomans who've lost loved ones. The tornado that ripped through Moore, Okla., on Monday forever altered the lives of those impacted. All Americans send their ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722097/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:08:26 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722097/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. -; Oklahoma natives know tornadoes. They've been carried into storm cellars as children and huddled in closets with their own ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214721614/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:04:59 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214721614/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Sue McClure, a volunteer with Disaster Relief of Oklahoma, assists tornado victims Wednesday at the First Baptist Church in Moore, ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722098/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:01:45 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722098/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 LINCOLN COUNTY, Oklahoma - Lincoln County officials have announced the completion of initial tornado damage assessment in the Wellston and Carney areas. In Sunday's twister, two businesses and 34 homes were destroyed, 20 homes sustained major damage and 42 homes have minor damage, the Lincoln County Office of Emergency Management said. In addition, the Federal Emergency Management Agency ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722202/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:01:36 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722202/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Monty Montgomery surveys the scene as he prepares to clean up a friend's tornado-ravaged home Thursday, May 23, 2013, in Moore, Okla. Cleanup continues three days after a huge tornado roared through the Oklahoma City suburb, flattening a wide swath of homes and ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214721684/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 15:00:39 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214721684/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Rain and storms are possible on Thursday. We've put together a slideshow showing what our Predictor weather model thinks about when and where it will ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722099/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:39 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722099/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 President Barack Obama in a major counterterrorism speech Thursday defended the American drone program, saying that despite the controversies around it, the strikes are legal and save ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214721896/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:39 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214721896/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management has reopened its emergency operations center as strong storms moved through central Oklahoma just days after a deadly ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722100/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:38 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722100/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. - The devastation at Briarwood and Plaza Towers elementary schools raises new questions about safe rooms for students and staff. Kelley Elementary, part of Moore Public Schools, is a safe school capable of withstanding an EF5 ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722204/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:59:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722204/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 www.journalgazette.net/newsletter and pick the subjects you care most about. We'll deliver your customized daily news report at 3 a.m. Fort Wayne time, right to your ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722101/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:58:40 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722101/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu May 23, 2013 2:54pm EDT May 23 (Reuters) - The May 20 tornado that struck a suburb of Oklahoma City could impact the long-term credit quality of the school district and hospital in its path, Moody's Investors Service said on Thursday. The credit rating agency said it is evaluating the ability of issuers in the state to manage recovery and costs related to the tornado damage, estimated at ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723612/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:54:03 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723612/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The deadly tornadoes that hit the town of Moore, Okla., this week left a path of terrible destruction and damage. Now, the state’s college football teams are playing their part to help the victims of the tragedy. Oklahoma, Oklahoma State and Tulsa have banded together ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722102/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:46:37 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722102/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 An Oklahoma House of Representatives committee approved a bill to give tax breaks to tornado victims. The House and Senate should take up the measure before both chambers adjourn this year's ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722104/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:33 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722104/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Storms that lingered over the Oklahoma City area have brought flooding to several areas. A number of roads in the metro area had to be closed Thursday morning due to high water. Cars and people were stranded in places and the National Weather Service recommended residents delay traveling until the waters ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722105/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:35:30 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722105/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 People assess the damage after a powerful tornado ripped through the area on May 20, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. The tornado, reported to be at least EF4 strength and two miles wide, touched down in the Oklahoma City area on Monday killing at least 51 people. (Photo by Brett Deering/Getty ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214721969/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:29:18 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214721969/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 A tent is pitched on a property as rescue workers search through debris in Moore, Oklahoma on May 22, 2013. A destructive tornado tore through the city on May 20. UPI/J.P. ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722106/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:24:57 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722106/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 A teacher's job used to entail, well, teaching. Kids went to class and were expected to listen to their teachers' lessons and to do their homework. Parents were expected to make sure kids got to school ready to learn, and to make sure that the youngsters did their part in getting an education, such as paying attention in class and completing their ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720486/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:50:02 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720486/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The University of Oklahoma announced Thursday that it is working with Oklahoma State University and the University of Tulsa to use logos from the three schools for disaster relief ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720572/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:05 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720572/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 OKLAHOMA CITY - Funeral services are being Thursday morning for one of the young tornado victims in Moore. Nine-year-old Antonia Candelaria was among the children killed when Plaza Towers Elementary School was leveled. Funeral services began at 10 a.m. Thursday for Candelaria at Vondel Smith Mortuary South Colonial Chapel in Oklahoma City. According to her obituary, "Tonie had the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720571/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:43:05 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720571/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, OK - While the worst of any natural disaster clearly comes during the disaster itself, the aftermath is often equally difficult to deal ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720487/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:41:11 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720487/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 By Army Sgt. Daniel Nelson Jr.145th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment MOORE, Okla., May 23, 2013 – The Midwest region is certainly no stranger to inclement weather, having heavy snow and ice in the winter months and severe thunderstorms and deadly tornados during the spring and ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720489/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:36:21 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720489/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 A band of thunderstorms battered the Oklahoma City area Thursday, slowing cleanup operations in the town where a tornado killed 24 people and destroyed thousands of homes this week. The first of the funerals, for a 9-year-old girl killed at a Moore elementary school that took a direct hit in Monday's storm, was scheduled for Thursday morning. A family photo showed the girl, Antonia ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720491/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:28:28 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720491/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Moore residents have been receiving donations and support from all across the country in the wake of a deadly tornado Monday that claimed the lives of 24 people, including 10 ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720717/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:27:36 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720717/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Leap Day tornado outbreak , that your neighboring communities will stand with you, as will the nation as a whole. One of the most enduring memories I have of that dark time is that citizens from across our country reached out and selflessly proved how truly great they are. We received donations, help reconstructing, and plenty of notes. We will do the same for you. As Americans, this is who we ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214719921/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:36 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214719921/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Oklahoma City suburb, the first since the storm killed 24 people on Monday.The funeral for Antonia Candelaria -who was killed at a Moore elementary school that took a direct hit in Monday's storm - was scheduled for Thursday morning. A family photo showed the girl, Antonia Candelaria, beaming with a big smile and wearing a white sun hat.Meanwhile, a band of thunderstorms battered the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214719923/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:33 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214719923/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 May 20, 2013: This undated handout photo provided by Brandie Candelaria shows Antonia Candelaria. Candelaria was killed when a tornado struck Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore, ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720492/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:19:23 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720492/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The Oklahoma House of Representatives votes 95-0 to pass a measure that would tap $45 million from the state's savings account to help reimburse state agencies and local governments for expenses caused by this week's tornadoes and other ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720493/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:55 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720493/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 NORMAN -- Three Oklahoma universities are working up a plan to raise money for the United Way's tornado relief effort in Moore. The University of Oklahoma announced Thursday that it is working with Oklahoma State University and the University of Tulsa to use logos from the three schools for disaster relief ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720494/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:49 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720494/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Friends and family are attending funeral services for a 9-year-old girl killed by Monday's tornado in an Oklahoma City suburb. Thursday's funeral for Antonia Candelaria was the first since the storm that killed 24 people. Ten of the victims were ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720495/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:44 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720495/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 1 of 3. Mourners leave the first memorial service for a child killed by the tornado that struck Plaza Towers elementary school in Oklahoma City, May 23, ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720072/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:43 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720072/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. — Google Crisis Response has released a new map detailing damage from the Moore, Oklahoma tornado. We've highlighted some of of the affected areas more directly in the maps below; just slide the bar from side-to-side to see before and after ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720497/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:18:22 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720497/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Investigators said they have uncovered evidence of businesses committing fraud by increasing prices in areas of Oklahoma devastated by tornadoes. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt told ABC News that 30 investigators began checking for fraud in the hours after the tornado hit. The investigators said they quickly found businesses violating the law, Pruitt said, including a grocery store that ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720499/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:08:46 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720499/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The Oklahoma Insurance Department says a preliminary estimate suggests the cost of the tornado that hit the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore could be more than $2 billion. Spokeswoman Calley Herth told The Associated Press that the early tally of damages is based on visual assessments of an extensive damage zone stretching more than 17 miles and the fact that the tornado was on the ground for 40 ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214719683/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:07:35 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214719683/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 SPENCER -- Star Spencer High School's graduation ceremony has been moved inside because of rainy weather. The ceremony will be at 6 p.m. Thursday in the school gymnasium at 3001 N Spencer ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720501/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:03:26 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720501/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Oklahoma tornadoes: For the moment, too many volunteers are in affected area 05/23/2013 Coordinators request volunteers register, wait for ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720503/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:02:59 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720503/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 the tornado smashed his house in the Heather Wood subdivision of Moore, Okla. He says his daughters survived only because neighbors invited them to share a custom shelter. Several residents in the neighborhood along Southeast Fourth Street have similar stories. Their section of Heather Wood was built about 11 years ago. It will all have to be rebuilt ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718902/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:27:38 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718902/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 TULSA, Oklahoma - The preliminary hearing began Thursday morning in a Tulsa courtroom for two brothers accused of shooting four women death at the Fairmont Terrace apartments in January 2013. Cedric Poore, 39, and his brother, James Poore, 32 are each charged with four counts of first degree murder. The hearing was recessed until Thursday afternoon. Tulsa Police say Rebeika Powell, 23; ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718996/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:27:25 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718996/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified all 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718488/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:26:14 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718488/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 "I wasn't scared until the roof came off the building, and that's when I was like; I'm about to get sucked up, that's my thought; I was like, I'm going to die," recounts Schuman. Everything became black; Schuman crawled into the fetal position and hung on for dear life. "That's when I started crying, because it was very, like, it was very ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718905/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:25:02 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718905/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The pity of Moore KIRA BORDWINE saw the tornado charging in from the day-care centre where she minded seven one-year-olds, including her daughter. "It was the most unreal thing ever," she says. "As soon as I saw the debris flying like you do on TV, I grabbed all the mattresses that we could and flung them over our heads...It lasted, it felt like five minutes, but it was the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718491/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:20:44 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718491/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Reporter Adam Kemp has been covering the aftermath of Monday's tornado and decided to compile some of his work into visual features. Below are four stories that look at recovery efforts and devastation caused by an EF-5 tornado that swept through Moore ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214719113/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:10:58 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214719113/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Clean Harbors is on standby and may be deployed to assist in the clean up of the damage, shown here at Plaza Elementary School, caused by the Oklahoma tornadoes. Norwell, Mass.-based environmental management firm Clean Harbors (NYSE:CLH) is on standby in the efforts to clean up Mondays devastation in Oklahoma from tornadoes that killed 24 and caused millions of dollars in damage. Jim Buckley, the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718906/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 12:05:15 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214718906/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa Police are looking for a man who they say broke into Midwest Pest Control in the 5400 block of South 103rd East Avenue on May 6, 2013 taking cash, a laptop computer and a truck. A short time later, police say a convenience store surveillance camera in the 4100 block of South Garnett snapped his picture after parking the truck outside the store. The truck was later ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717379/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:13:16 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717379/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Pounding rain soaked tornado-ravaged Moore, Oklahoma, on Thursday morning, and winds sent pieces of debris flying, hindering recovery efforts three days after the devastating ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717139/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:35 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717139/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. (KSDK) - An army of volunteers are stepping in to help the victims of the Moore, Oklahoma tornado which flattened the community Monday. Two teams of eight people from the St. Louis-based veterans service organization The Fight Continues are helping the victims. They went door-to-door volunteering to help people dig out from the rubble and start the clean-up process. Many have ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717295/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:11:29 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717295/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The cab of a tractor trailer, center, owned by Blair Transport out of Paintsville, Ky landed on I-40 near Shawnee, OK on Sunday May 19, 2013 after being blown from US 177, above, by a tornado. The driver of the rig is in an Oklahoma trauma center suffering from head and spine injuries. (AP Photo/The Oklahoman, Jim ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717296/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:57 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717296/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The Fond du Lac Reporter says about 50 company employees live in Moore and that many have been displaced. The Oklahoma City plant operated by Quad was not damaged but production was hampered by a power failure. The company's Oklahoma City plant has 600 employees and operates much like the Lomira plant producing glossy catalogues and other inserts. . Module type name is JSO Mod-Script ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717297/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:10:45 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717297/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 slow-moving storm has hit the Greater Oklahoma City Metro Area . Several roads are closed and more are expected to be closed. According to a May 23 report by KWTV Channel 9 News in Oklahoma City, roads in both Oklahoma City and Norman have been ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717492/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:08:01 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717492/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 BRIDENSTINE: I rise today as an Eagle Scout and one who has a stake in the future of our Scouting programs.Some of us in America still believe in the concept of sexual morality, that sex is intended for one man and one woman within the institution of marriage. Organizations that hold this philosophy and promote it among our youth should be commended, or at least you would think, tolerated. ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717299/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 11:02:02 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717299/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 By Miranda Leitsinger, Staff Writer, NBC News Pat Hall had one request for volunteers scouring the rubble of her ripped apart home in a rural corner of Oklahoma City: find the necklace that her son, who died quickly from cancer, gave her before his death.She got her wish. Brian Foster, an Air Force Master Sgt. volunteering with his local church, plucked the necklace with a gold nugget out of a ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717493/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:59:47 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717493/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE -- Oklahoma transportation officials say heavy traffic on Interstate 35 through Moore is hindering the tornado recovery effort. The Transportation Department on Thursday asked motorists to avoid the area. The I-35 off-ramps in Moore are still restricted. The only people allowed to travel into Moore are residents and emergency ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717302/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:33 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717302/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 ST. LOUIS -- St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, an Oklahoma native, is raising money for disaster relief in his home state. Bradford on Wednesday announced a fundraising effort that seeks money but also goods such as cleaning supplies, baby items, pet items and blankets for victims of this week's tornadoes in ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717303/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717303/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 As a severe thunderstorm moves across central Oklahoma several wrecks are being reported. A wreck with injury is on Interstate 44 near Classen ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717304/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:49:30 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717304/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 This is very chilling audio from a teacher’s cellphone as she huddled in a bathroom at Briarwood Elementary with students Monday afternoon during the Moore tornado as her school was directly hit. ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717305/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:48:55 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717305/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Missy Hall shows the gold necklace that her brother gave to their mother before he died of cancer 13 years ago. More than a dozen volunteers came to the area to help search for the necklace and photographs that were buried in the rubble of the family's home after a tornado ripped through the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717495/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:36 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717495/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Investigators said they have uncovered evidence of businesses committing fraud by increasing prices in areas of Oklahoma devastated by tornadoes. Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt told ABC News that 30 investigators began checking for fraud in the hours after the tornado hit. The investigators said they quickly found businesses violating the law, Pruitt said, including a grocery store that ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717307/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:40:14 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717307/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MUSTANG, Oklahoma - Severe storms Thursday morning believed to have caused a roof to collapse on a building in Mustang. The building is located at 1811 E. Highway 152. The building was thought to be abandoned, but firefighters were told people may have been living there. Crews are searching to make sure nobody is in the building. So far, their search has found nothing. It's believed a ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715815/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:28 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715815/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 COFFEYVILLE, Kansas - The federal government has fined a Coffeyville, Kansas refinery $300,000 for what it calls deficiencies in the company's program to curb air pollution. The Environmental Protection Agency said in a news release that Coffeyville Resources Refining & Marketing has agreed to pay the penalty to settle alleged violations of the Clean Air Act at its Coffeyville ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715814/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 10:00:28 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715814/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 WEST LIBERTY, Ky. - Firefighters in a Kentucky town that is still rebuilding after being devastated by tornadoes last year are collecting goods to send to tornado victims in Oklahoma.West Liberty Assistant Fire Chief James Phipps told WYMT-TV (http://bit.ly/10mW7GG) that officials there wanted to help in some way because "we know what they are going through."Much of the small ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715749/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:58:17 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715749/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. -- As thousands of residents face the reality of starting over, many say "Oklahoma spirit" is what keeps them strong. It's a mentality marked by neighbor helping neighbor. And nowhere is it more alive than in the tornado battered city of Moore, where the tragedy is bringing out the best in people -- both near and far. "I've only seen one thing that's ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715750/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:52:17 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715750/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 >For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house,Its rooms so bright and wide. Its halls will echo for all time,With the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723835/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214723835/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 >For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house,Its rooms so bright and wide. Its halls will echo for all time,With the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715929/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715929/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 >For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house,Its rooms so bright and wide. Its halls will echo for all time,With the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717494/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214717494/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 >For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house,Its rooms so bright and wide. Its halls will echo for all time,With the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725320/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214725320/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 >For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house,Its rooms so bright and wide. Its halls will echo for all time,With the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214719112/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214719112/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 >For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house,Its rooms so bright and wide. Its halls will echo for all time,With the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722327/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214722327/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 >For local coverage of Monday's devastating storms in Oklahoma, go to these CNN affiliates: KFOR, KOCO and KOKH.(CNN) -- The lone, tattered page from a decimated children's book sat quietly amid the rest of the rubble. But the words spoke volumes about the pain and nostalgia in the city of Moore:"I remember my old house,Its rooms so bright and wide. Its halls will echo for all time,With the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720716/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:42:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214720716/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Courtesy Google Maps from google.org Google has released a comprehensive satellite map that details the path of the May 20, 2013 tornado that began in Newcastle, tore through Moore and ended near Lake Stanley ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715752/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:35:53 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715752/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 "That is the first thing that will be going into the design of the house, is the storm shelter and the garage," he said as he looked around piles of bricks and plywood where their home once stood. In the middle of the tornado's path Monday, the only guaranteed safe spot was underground. But, as CBS News correspondent Jeff Glor reports, If you want that kind of shelter in Oklahoma, ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715602/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 09:34:32 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214715602/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The torrential showers drenched fields of debris where homes and schools stood before Monday's massive tornado. The National Weather Service warned of wind gusts up to 60 mph, which could send remnants of precious possessions flying through the air -- again. The weather service issued a severe thunderstorm warning for the Oklahoma City area, including Moore, and a flash flood warning as ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714228/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:54:24 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714228/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 LATIMER COUNTY, Oklahoma - A Red Oak teenager is dead following a Wednesday crash in rural Latimer County. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says the crash occurred on a county road about 4 miles south of Red Oak. The trooper's report states the car was traveling eastbound at an "unsafe speed," when the driver, Chase Thompson, 16, of Red Oak, lost control, causing the car to go off ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714423/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:47:52 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714423/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Oklahoma - Gov. Mary Fallin announced that a memorial and prayer service will be held this Sunday, May 26, at the First Baptist Church in Moore. The service will honor and remember the victims of the May 20 tornado that killed 24 people in Moore and the May 19 tornado that killed two in Shawnee. It is open to the public. "The people of Oklahoma are resilient," said ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714422/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:47:52 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714422/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa Police arrest a driver of an SUV after they say it slammed into the back of a car on Highway 169 early Thursday. Officers say another driver witnessed the crash and followed the Range Rover to a parking lot on 91st Street while calling police. Police arrived and arrested the driver, Jamie Dwyer, 27, on complaints of leaving the scene of an injury crash and driving ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714424/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:47:52 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714424/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 As the wedge-shaped funnel cloud was destroying every home in its path and speeding toward Briarwood Elementary, special education teacher Paula Fauble was cramming her students into a small hallway between two ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714366/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:46:08 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714366/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 EF-5 tornado caused in Moore, Oklahoma, one couple was still shaken as they spoke of their son's survival. Scott and Julie Lewis' son is one of only two students from his third grade class to make it out of Plaza Towers Elementary School alive on Monday. "I thought Zack would be OK at that school, but I was wrong. So many children died and it was his class and his friends," ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714426/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:46:07 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714426/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 A nine-year-old boy tells how Monday's tornado swept through his school, Briarwood Elementary, in Moore, Oklahoma. Garret Hunnan says his teacher attempted to reassure him as the storm was approaching. Another tornado survivor tells how she is trying to recover clothes so she can attend the funeral of a tornado ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214713874/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:24:54 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214713874/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Some areas of SW OKC will have temporary road closures today (Thursday) due to power crews in the area restoring lines and service to nearby area. The below closures are from 6:00am Thursday until further notice. Southwest 164th Street to Southwest 134th Street on Western Avenue will be open for single-lane, southbound traffic only. No traffic on any northbound lanes will be permitted. ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714370/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 08:23:48 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214714370/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Janet A. Napolitano , were on the scene Wednesday, and President Obama is expected to visit the state Sunday to see the damage, visit with impacted families and thank first responders. More than 400 federal personnel are still on the ground in Oklahoma assisting with tornado recovery ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214712688/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:44:20 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214712688/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 In the affected storm areas of Oklahoma City, from 6 a.m. until further notice, Southwest 164th Street to Southwest 134th Street on Western Avenue will be closed to one-lane, southbound traffic only. Absolutely no northbound traffic will be allowed. Southwest 149th Street will be closed completely to all traffic between Santa Fe and May ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214713027/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:36:05 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214713027/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. -- Two 19-year-old Oklahoma men who took cover in a cellar during a deadly tornado were able to use their cellphones to get video of the twister as it passed over the home. Charles Gafford was at the home of friend Alex Rodriguez as the tornado struck Monday. While in the cellar, they got their phones through an opening in the overhead door. The video shows the tornado approaching ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214713089/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:36:02 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214713089/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 After some harsh online criticism, Christian author and college chancellor John Piper deleted two tweets quoting scripture from the Book of Job in the Bible posted late Monday evening, the same day that a devastating tornado flattened an Oklahoma City suburb, resulting in at least 24 ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214713032/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:30:05 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214713032/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The mayor of Moore, the Oklahoma suburb devastated by a massive tornado earlier this week, has called for a new law to have shelters installed in every new-built home to protect the town's ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214712172/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:23:48 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214712172/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The weather service says there is a slight risk severe of thunderstorms into the afternoon in western Oklahoma. Hail up to the size of tennis balls and winds of up to 70 miles per hour are possible. There is also a risk of tornadoes in the risk ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214713162/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 07:18:53 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214713162/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 For a long time, Susan McCalmont has worried about the marginalization of the arts in schools. As she saw it, music and fine arts were shoved aside as a result of prioritizing science and math. The focus on outcomes as defined by standardized tests only made the problem worse."What happens in the future if our children only become compliant test takers?" she wondered. "What if they ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214711317/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:32:10 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214711317/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 At least 12,000 homes were damaged or demolished from Monday's abysmal tornado, Oklahoma City Mayor Mike Cornett said. The twister killed 24 people, including 10 children, and injured 353 in central ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214711702/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:24:44 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214711702/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 He served in Operation Desert Storm and in Operation Iraqi Freedom. Now, after 20 years in the Army, he will again serve his country in Operation Starting Gun, in Moore, Okla. Cal Verdin, 41, is the Los Angeles resource manager ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214711803/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:04:23 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214711803/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Moore Medical Center crumbled around her on Monday afternoon, Shay-la Taylor was in labor with her second baby boy. The mom-to-be knew about the severe weather watch as she checked into the hospital to be induced at 9 a.m. that morning, but says she wasn't really nervous. "We're used to tornadoes and sirens," the 25-year-old mom told HuffPost in a phone interview. "If ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214711804/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 06:04:17 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214711804/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 May 22, 2013: Marvin Dixon, the grandfather of 8-year-old tornado victim Kyle Davis, glances down at a photo of his grandson while sitting for a portrait in the lobby of a funeral home where his grandson awaits burial, in Oklahoma ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214710833/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:55:45 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214710833/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The giant tornado that struck Oklahoma City suburb of Moore earlier this week has been felt across the United States, and the US President Barack Obama stated that the country will be besides the victims as long as it takes for those people in Moore to ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709719/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:07:47 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709719/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Teachers were also allowed to collect items from their classrooms, as long as the items were in a safe and accessible area of the collapsed ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709832/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:06:54 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709832/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Kohl's Corp. will donate $250,000 to the American Red Cross to help tornado victims in the Moore, Okla. area, the company said Wednesday. Moore was hit Monday by a powerful twister that killed at least 24 people, including several children, and devastated the Oklahoma City suburb of 56,000. Beyond the cash donation, Kohl's is encouraging employees to volunteer in cleanup efforts. The ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709720/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 04:06:02 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709720/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 By The Associated Press The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709839/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:58:55 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709839/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. -- The tornado that struck an Oklahoma City suburb this week may have caused $2 billion or more in damage as it tore through as many as 13,000 homes, multiple schools and a hospital, officials said on Wednesday as they gave the first detailed account of the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709722/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:44:12 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709722/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Legislation filed by state Rep. Curtis McDaniel would increase safety on Oklahoma roads by banning texting while driving, the lawmaker says. House Bill 1503, by McDaniel, would outlaw texting while their vehicle is in motion. The bill exempts texts to emergency response operators, medical providers, firefighters and law enforcement. The penalty would not exceed $500. "It is well-documented ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709149/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:32:40 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709149/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The Oklahoma medical examiner's office says it has positively identified all 24 people killed in the tornado that ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, including 10 ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709833/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 03:29:09 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214709833/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Oklahoma tornado: Rescue effort nears an end as authorities say they are confident there are no bodies or survivors left in the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214708129/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:43:58 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214708129/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Huddled together in a bathtub, Laurinda Vargyas held her baby girl and 4-year-old girl tight as the tornado began shaking apart their south Oklahoma City home ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214708656/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:34:02 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214708656/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Schaumburg Trustee Frank Kozak and his wife, Char, survived a terrifying encounter with the Moore, Okla., tornado when the twister demolished the ranch house where they were staying, their son Steve said Wednesday. The Kozaks were visiting relatives in the Oklahoma City suburb Monday when the enormous funnel cloud formed. Steve Kozak said his parents watched the weather turn savage from the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214708576/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:32:41 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214708576/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Jim Routon hugs Hezekiah Darbon at Briarwood Elementary school after a tornado destroyed the school in south OKC Oklahoma City, OK, Monday, May 20, 2013. Near SW 149th and Hudson. By Paul Hellstern, The ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214708657/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 02:20:54 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214708657/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Residents search through rubble after the powerful tornado that ripped through the area on May 21, 2013 in Moore, Oklahoma. The town reported a tornado of at least EF4 strength and three kilometres wide that touched down killing at least 24 people and levelling everything in its path. United States president Barack Obama promised federal aid to supplement state and local recovery ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707761/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:40:49 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707761/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The raising and salvage of the Costa Concordia, estimated at some $300 million or more, is a fascinating story, which was well documented by 60 Minutes earlier this year. Now comes a cool video from ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707763/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:36:17 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707763/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 New Yorkers who received help from Oklahomans after Hurricane Sandy are sending truckloads of supplies to residents affected by this week's ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707766/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:37 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707766/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Half of funds will go to OK Strong Relief Fund established by Gov. Mary Fallin, with the remainder used to fund a benefit event to honor victims and survivors raise even more ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707767/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:35 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707767/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Items such as bottled water, socks and underwear, toothbrushes and plastic storage bins have been in high demand since Monday's tornado in ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707768/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:32 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707768/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 A tornado Monday ripped apart the old U.S. 62 trestle bridge over the Canadian River near Newcastle. The bridge, which parallels Interstate 44, has been closed to traffic since ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707770/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:29 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707770/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 With the state's attention shifted to Moore, residents of Carney said Wednesday they are ready for the next step. Lynn Hughes said she watched Tuesday as large branches and telephone poles were cleared from around where her house once stood -- one of 37 houses destroyed by Sunday's ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707769/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:27 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707769/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 When bad things happen in Oklahoma, the Oklahoma Standard kicks in within minutes. Everyone who can drops everything and goes to the affected part of the state to help. They buy supplies, food, anything that might help those fellow Oklahomans who were ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707771/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:22 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707771/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE -- Joy Waldroop, 61, rested Wednesday in an Oklahoma City hospital with her heel swollen and shattered and a hole in her right arm. Her daughter is dead and her 8-year-old grandson is across town in another hospital undergoing surgery for injuries suffered in Monday's ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707772/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:21 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707772/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Chisholm Elementary School students in Edmond named a wayward pigeon Lightning because it landed at their school after apparently traveling from Dallas in the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707773/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:27:18 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707773/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. – As residents of Moore returned to their homes Wednesday, they continued to share their incredible stories of survival. As the May 20th tornado was grinding across I-35, Nikki Alexander was racing to get inside a closet with her two dogs and a cat. The word ';scary'; doesn’t come close to describing the next 20 seconds for her. She was holding on to her ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707774/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:26:56 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707774/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 CBS News Jamie was all alone in her house with her two-year-old son, and the tornado was bearing down. "I was terrified, but I didn't want him to be scared," she said. "I just thought, 'I'll hold onto him.'" What Jamie didn't know was that her husband, Matt, was racing home. "I just wanted to get home, you know?" he said. "I ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707195/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:25:51 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707195/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The Moore Public Schools superintendent read the names in the soft,voice of a teacher: Sydney Angle, Antonia Candelaria, Emily Conatzer, Kyle Davis, Ja'Nae Hornsby, Christopher Legg and Nicolas ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707775/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:12:57 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707775/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Sam Kasreman, 17, is surrounded by classmaters during Saturday's graduation ceremony for Edmond Memorial High School. PHOTO BY JIM BECKEL, THE ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707776/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:12:47 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707776/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Officials said numerous lives were saved by people seeking refuge in residential storm shelters. A review of Oklahoma City property permit data shows large spikes after central Oklahoma tornadoes in 1999, 2003 and more ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707777/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:12:35 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707777/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday the U.S. Department of Homeland Security would be in the Oklahoma City area throughout the recovery from Monday's tornado. Napolitano was in Oklahoma on Wednesday to view tornado damage with Oklahoma Gov. Mary ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707788/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 01:12:18 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214707788/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 "Seek shelter in a sturdy location." It's the first thing we urge viewers to do when a tornado threatens. Heeding those warnings means the difference between life and death. For residents of Tushka, Oklahoma that couldn't have been more true than on April 15, 2011. "And all the firemen came in and said 'Shut the doors, no one else comes in here. It's ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706811/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:41:53 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706811/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Jacob Neely and his mother, 38-year-old Jenny Neely (pictured) rode out that massive tornado inside a closet as it barreled toward their ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706812/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:41:52 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706812/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 News 9 learned Abby's owner, Pam Chandler, was awaiting surgery at Integris Southwest Medical Center. So we stopped by with a reunion ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706815/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:41:52 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706815/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 "It was actually the most outer stack of boxes in the garage. All of that was exposed, walls gone - very top of the stack, untouched, still wrapped, nothing broken," Wright ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706814/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:41:52 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706814/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 The "comfort dogs" have been called into service after the Connecticut school shooting, the Boston Marathon Bombing, and the killer tornado in ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706813/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:41:52 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706813/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Shane Keyser Relieved to see her aunt for the first time since the storm and overwhelmed by the devastation, Debbie Davis (left) hugged Linda Woods on Wednesday in Moore, Okla. Woods, her husband, Jerry, and about 20 others crowded in the Woodses’ 12-person storm shelter, seen at right, when a tornado hit ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706739/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:39:22 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706739/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Moore, Oklahoma: Two young men who took cover in a cellar during this week's deadly tornado in Oklahoma used their cellphones to get video as it roared overhead.Charles Gafford was at the home of friend Alex Rodriguez as the tornado struck Monday.Shot through an opening in the overhead door, the video shows debris, including tree limbs and a tire, flying past. The video has attracted more ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706741/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:22:07 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706741/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Susan Kates salvages items from a friend's tornado-ravaged home Wednesday in Moore, Okla., where experts warn of health risks in the cleanup. (AP/Charlie ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706269/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:51 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706269/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 MOORE, Okla. -- Around 10 a.m. Wednesday, two days after the tornado, Darius Joseph and his friend Brandon Dick set out for the disaster zone that used to be their neighborhood to see what they could salvage from the rubble. Their eyes searched for contours of geography they could place, some shape they knew. But all they could see, sprawled in every direction, were piles of bricks, beams, ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706742/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Thu, 23 May 2013 00:17:48 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214706742/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 TALALA, Oklahoma - With a tornado bearing down on his home Monday evening, a Talala man was resigned to losing his home, before heading underground to get out of the way. Monday evening, Terry Butcher stood on the steps of his underground storm shelter, as a tornado bore down on his Rogers County ranch house. He captured it on video with his cell phone. Thinking his house was doomed, he turned ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705715/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:32:34 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705715/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 "You have to put the devastation aside and do your job, but it's pretty hard to look at, especially when you are searching for live victims," said Tulsa task force leader Captain Terry ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705714/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:32:34 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705714/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Lakeview Christian Church 15301 Highway 102 Shawnee *** New Hope Baptist Church 37496 New Hope Road *** Bethel Acres Community Center 18101 Bethel Road *** Dale Public Schools -- Main Office 300 Smith Avenue *** Shawnee Expo Center 1700 W. ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705627/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:30:45 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705627/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Sarah Dick reads a Doctor Seuss book to her three-year-old daughter Jadyn at the driveway of her tornado-destroyed house in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma May 22, 2013. Rescue workers with sniffer dogs picked through the ruins on Wednesday to ensure no survivors remained buried after a deadly tornado left thousands homeless and trying to salvage what was left of their belongings. ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705628/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:24:59 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705628/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Dallas Stars' Eric Nystrom, 24, is stopped by Edmonton Oilers goalie Devan Dubnyk, 40, as Ryan Whitney, 6, defends during first period NHL hockey action in Edmonton on Feb. 6, ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705515/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:17:20 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705515/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 If you live in this part of Oklahoma you are playing tornado roulette. That much was clear from one street we visited. On one side most houses had sustained very little damage; on the other side there was complete devastation. The capricious physics of tornadoes adds cruelty to the misfortunes of those who have lost everything. Like Rob and Jennifer Voss, picking through the remains ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705079/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:16:49 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705079/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 In her new profile picture on Facebook, Kristi Conatzer is standing next to her daughter, Emily, 9, who was among the seven children killed at Plaza Towers Elementary School when a tornado tore through Moore, Okla., on Monday. Writing ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705630/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:11:24 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/214705630/scat/84aeba5e9b6e1230