Provides the latest RSS feeds for Oklahoma City 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/ade52738bf7d5fc8/ en-us Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:44:03 -0400 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:44:03 -0400 30 Oklahoma City's tap water was recently crowned "Best of the Best" after beating out the competition at the 2013 American Water Works Association's Annual Conference in ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300485/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:16 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300485/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 State Rep. Gus Blackwell, an opponent of the Common Core, will hold a news conference Monday night in downtown Edmond prior to an open forum discussion of the Common Core State Standards that will feature Oklahoma Wesleyan University President Everett ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300486/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:16 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300486/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Police were called to a home after a man allegedly started tearing apart the inside of his house. When police arrived, the man refused to come out, initiating a ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300487/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 12:21:13 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300487/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 NORMAN, Okla. -The News Channel 4 golf ';team,'; comprised of general manager Wes Milbourn, anchor Kent Ogle and sports director Bob Barry, Jr. got in on the fun in the Toby Keith Foundation’s ';OK Kids Korral'; benefit golf tournament. Tuesday at the Belmar Golf Club north of Norman thetrio was joined by Adams Tour pro Blake Trimble from Houston who will take part in ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300488/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:58:09 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300488/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 James Patton left Oklahoma to take a job at Indiana within five days of the 2013 National Signing Day (Photo courtesy of IU Athletics) Give you three words that will make you smile when they actually should make some high school athletes pause and think. 1. National 2. Signing 3. Day. It's a national holiday that comes every year that isn't actually seen in the government's ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300489/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:44:45 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300489/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 A man walked into traffic and was struck by a tractor-trailer and killed Wednesday morning in the eastbound lanes of Interstate 40, said trooper Betsy Randolph, Oklahoma Highway Patrol spokeswoman. Check NewsOK.com for ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300490/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:44:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215300490/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298239/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:11:05 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298239/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The students, all football players, were suspended after the school said they pretended to rob people as an April Fools prank. The students claim in the lawsuit that the school denied their right to an attorney during disciplinary ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298413/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:11:00 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298413/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The Moore animal shelter is asking pet owners to come and retrieve their pets before they are put up for adoption. Hundreds of pets have not been claimed after the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298412/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:11:00 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298412/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 4min The search in a field near Detroit for ex-Teamsters boss Jimmy Hoffa ended Wednesday, and as with so many past attempts to find him, authorities walked away empty-handed, the FBI ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298414/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:10:59 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298414/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 EDMOND, Okla. – Summer officially starts Friday and Arcadia Lake is opening just in time. The parks have been closed since early June because of the heavy rainfall and flooding. Wednesday morning all four public parks were reopened for everyone to enjoy. If you plan to visit the lake, officials ask you to use extreme caution. Lake levels are still about three feet above normal water ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298415/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:47:56 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298415/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Losses from the tornadoes and flooding have now topped $560 million. According to the latest information from the State Insurance Department, nearly 71,000 people have now filed claims. Most of that cost is for homes, cars and businesses. For anyone who still needs help navigating the damage claims process, the insurance dept. is hosting a series of forums. All forums are from 6 p.m. to 7 ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298416/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:47:54 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215298416/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Authorities arrested five people for prostitution as well as five men believed to be clients. The raid followed an Internet investigation of a website called ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215296871/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:08 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215296871/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 U.S. President Barack Obama followed in the footsteps of past U.S. leaders with a speech Wednesday at Berlin's iconic Brandenburg Gate that a senior administration official said would ask Russia to join the United States in slashing its supply of strategic nuclear ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215296693/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:00:02 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215296693/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 deadly hostage situation at a Midwest City Walmart Monday. That afternoon officers were called to a possible kidnapping at the Walmart Neighborhood Market near Reno and Midwest Blvd. When they arrived, they found 37-year-old Sammie Lamont Wallace at the back of the store. Authorities said Wallace grabbed a 2-year-old girl out of a shooting cart and was holding her hostage with a knife. After ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215296872/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:37:38 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215296872/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Four vehicles are in a crash on eastbound Interstate 44 near NW 23, according to Oklahoma City fire radio reports. Two ambulances have been ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215295172/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:36:27 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215295172/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Oklahoma City's tap water has come in first place in a national taste test competition. Officials said Tuesday that the city's water won the "Best of the Best" competition in judging at the 2013 American Water Works Association's Annual Conference in ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215295038/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:28:57 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215295038/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 OKLAHOMA CITY (Reuters) - Oklahoma executed a man on Tuesday convicted of stabbing an elderly couple to death during a robbery in 2000 that netted about $73, some of which he and convicted accomplices used to buy ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215294613/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:28:36 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215294613/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 UNION CITY, Okla. – One man has been arrested after a seven-hour standoff overnight in Union City. It started around 7 p.m. Tuesday near S.W. 59th St. and Wagon Wheel Circle. Officials have 42-year-old Patrick Wimberly in custody. They said the Wimberly’s sister and mother called authorities worried for their safety saying the man was on some kind of drug and acting strange. The ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215295039/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 08:28:19 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215295039/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Police video of Owasso's Vice Mayor being pulled over on suspicion of a DUI is raising some eyebrows. The way the night unfolded has some saying it was "favoritism" that led to the vice mayor being offered a ride home, KTUL.com ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215293498/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 07:08:28 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215293498/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Sunshine is ahead Wednesday in central Oklahoma with temperatures in the mid-80s, the National Weather Service reports. The Oklahoma City forecast is as ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215292222/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:17:10 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215292222/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Skeptics who have long theorized that TWA Flight 800 was brought down by sinister forces will get a fresh surge of energy when a new documentary attempts to disprove that the 1996 crash was ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215291242/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 05:33:23 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215291242/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Afghan President Hamid Karzai speaks during a joint news conference with NATO Secretary General Anders Fogh Rasmussen following a security handover ceremony at a military academy outside Kabul June 18, ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215289925/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 04:07:41 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215289925/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Former OU baseball coach Sunny Golloway said he doesn't hold any grudges over the negative things some former players have said about him. PHOTO BY STEVE SISNEY, THE OKLAHOMAN NORMAN -- Sunny Golloway said he doesn't hold any grudges over the negative things being said about him as he departs Oklahoma for his new job as Auburn's head coach. I spoke Tuesday afternoon by ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288488/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:47 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288488/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 UPS driver Richie Guess is one of nine truck drivers who will represent Oklahoma at the National Truck Driving Championships in August. Guess was named grand champion at this month's Oklahoma Truck Driving ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288489/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:42 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288489/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 With grilling season in full bloom, the Made in Oklahoma Coalition has supplied three ways to keep the propane or charcoal burning on your back ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288491/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:34 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288491/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Six months ago, the ongoing drought conditions were drying up Oklahoma City's primary water supply. Lake Hefner's level was so low that much of the lake bottom was exposed. Boating was replaced by walking out on dry land well into the lake. The lake was in trouble and city officials decided it was time to act, so they exercised a legal right I first learned about when I was working for ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288490/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:34 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288490/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Carol Leibl, with the National Math and Science Initiative, leads an advanced placement biology course during a summer training program for teachers from across the country held at Del City High School. Photo by Paul B. Southerland, The ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288493/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:21 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288493/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Sammie Lamont Wallace, 37, who was shot and killed by police during a standoff at a Midwest City Walmart, has a violent history and lengthy rap sheet, police in Dallas ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288492/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:21 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288492/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 You shared a squash recipe, so I decided to tell you my squash story. Recently, I noticed some good-looking zucchini squash in the store and bought four. I washed, peeled, chopped them and put them in a pan to ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288494/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:20 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288494/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Sunbeam to break ground After 106 years of serving Oklahoma City, Sunbeam Family Services will break ground on its new home at 8:30 a.m. Wednesday at 1100 NW 14. The new location will help Sunbeam in several ways and includes 45,000 square feet of space for Sunbeam's four service areas of counseling, early childhood education, foster care and senior ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288495/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:46:14 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215288495/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The Dirty Dozen Brass Band of New Orleans leads the list of world-class jazz and blues artists set to perform during the 30th annual Jazz in June festival that opens Thursday in Norman. PHOTO ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287799/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:59 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287799/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Rayvon Johnson, 22, of Oklahoma City, is charged with first-degree murder in the 2011 deaths of Lamar Shirley and Marcel Grigsby. A third victim was the intended target, prosecutors ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287798/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:59 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287798/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tornado payments exceed $560M Insurance claims from the May tornadoes have topped 70,000, with insurance payments exceeding $560 million, the Oklahoma Insurance Department said ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287800/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:58 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287800/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Angel and Bill Baker dance during a Teacup Chains square dance in Edmond in January. The Bakers are helping plan the 62nd National Square Dance Convention that gets underway later this month in Oklahoma City. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287801/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:56 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287801/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Angel and Bill Baker dance during a Teacup Chains square dance in Edmond in January. The Bakers are helping plan the 62nd National Square Dance Convention that gets underway later this month in Oklahoma City. Photo by Sarah Phipps, The ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287802/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:55 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287802/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Owners still looking for displaced pets are encouraged to attend Sunday's adoption day at the Cleveland County Fairgrounds. Any pets still without owners will then be dispersed to local and national rescue ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287803/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:55 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287803/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Votes are being taken now in the teen area of the Norman Library, 225 N Webster Ave., for "You Pick It Movie Night," which is set for 7 p.m. Saturday in the library's Lowry Room. Doors open at 6:45 p.m. Popcorn and drinks will be provided. Librarians debate book choices "Battle of the Books," a teen program featuring local librarians who will debate their favorite ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287804/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:54 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287804/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 EDMOND -- Edmond's annual LibertyFest gets underway this weekend with the 45th annual LibertyFest Rodeo. The rodeo begins at 8 p.m. Saturday and Sunday at the Carl Benne Arena, 300 N ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287806/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:53 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287806/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The Robert "Bob" Burton Democratic Scholarship is named in honor of the deceased county vice chairman who encouraged young Democrats to become active in the political party. Burton's widow, Shirley, is scholarship committee chairwoman. "On Nov. 5, 2012, I am proud to say I was able to vote in my very first presidential election with my mother by my side," Moore wrote in ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287805/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:53 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287805/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The Red Earth Masters of Fine Arts program at Oklahoma City University will host two public literary readings in July as part of its summer in residency ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287807/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:52 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287807/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 A benefit concert for tornado victims titled "Community Voices Uniting as One" will be at 7 p.m. Friday at Putnam City Christian Church, 4215 N ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287808/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 01:03:51 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287808/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 OKLAHOMA CITY – Police are working to arrest two thieves who targeted Crown Heights Baptist Church in Oklahoma City. Surveillance video shows a white van sitting across the street from the church’s parking lot for five minutes. Then one man inside the van walks up to a trailer carrying a high dollar lawn mower. Once he is sure no one is around, the van backs up, he hitches the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287649/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:55:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287649/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 This June 17, 2013 image released by NBC shows Muskogee duo Zach Swon, left, and Colton Swon of The Swon Brothers, on stage during the singing competition series "The Voice," in Los Angeles. The Swon Brothers finished third to runner-up Michelle Chamuel and winnner Danielle Bradbery in the finale on Tuesday. (Photo by: Tyler ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287650/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:43:03 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215287650/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 OKLAHOMA CITY, — A McClain county man faces several charges after he sent an email to KFOR threatening to kill Governor Fallin, her family, and several sheriff’s deputies. The threats are all part of a rambling email sent by an account owned by Scott Helling. Much of it is hard to read, and laced with profanity. At one point the email says, ';…enough is enough, time to ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215286758/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:02 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215286758/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Danielle Bradbery won the Season 4 finale on NBC’s ';The Voice.'; Danielle Bradbery, the 16-year-old country-singing beauty, captured the Season 4 crown on ';The Voice'; Tuesday night. Michelle Chamuel finished second and the Swon Brothers took third on NBC’s popular singing competition. Bradbery’s victory came as no surprise. She was considered the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215286759/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:51:01 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215286759/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 A family in the Baer's Westmore subdivision in Moore looked on as neighbors had their power restored after the May 20 tornado. But a combination of utility repairs and city inspection paperwork meant Ken Steiner and his family spent almost a month without electric ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215286760/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:36:27 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215286760/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Good news for all on both sides of Bedlam who despise Mike Holder's ticket policy. He has an exit strategy. Some day in the future, OSU football no longer will designate a singular home game by which admission is granted only through season tickets or the opponents' limited ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215286761/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:36:25 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215286761/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 "You killed friends?" Bulger attorney Hank Brennan shot. "Yes," replied prosecution witness John Martorano. "Families?" "Yes." "Strangers?" "Yes." "Innocent people?" "Yes," said Martorano, who has admitted to 20 murders and who earlier served 12 years in prison on a government deal for his cooperation in the case ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285800/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 23:06:01 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285800/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 McALESTER, Okla. -- Oklahoma executed a 36-year-old man on Tuesday for the October 2000 stabbing deaths of a couple on whose ranch he had worked. James Lewis DeRosa was killed by lethal injection at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. He was the second inmate the state executed this year. Prosecutors say DeRosa and an accomplice, 33-year-old John Eric Castleberry, went to Curtis and ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285907/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:44:45 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285907/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Joseph Moore, 33, was arrested on complaints of shooting with intent to kill and robbery Tuesday after a man was shot in Oklahoma City Tuesday morning, police ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285908/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:43:56 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285908/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 A bank was robbed Tuesday afternoon in southwest Oklahoma City, and FBI agents are searching for the robber. No one was hurt in the robbery and no weapon was ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285909/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:43:55 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285909/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 FILE - This June 29, 2011 file photo provided by the Oklahoma Department of Corrections shows James DeRosa. DeRosa is scheduled to be executed Tuesday, June 18, 2013 for the Oct. 2, 2000 murders of Curtis Plummer, 73, and Gloria Plummer, 70. The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board voted last month against recommending that Gov. Mary Fallin commute DeRosa's death sentence to life in prison ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285910/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:42:15 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285910/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The state fire marshal's office can't account for a missing shotgun and has failed to meet its legal duty to annually inspect all Oklahoma correctional facilities, a state audit has ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285911/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 22:31:45 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285911/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 August Reiger, 18, went missing Sunday while hiking with his family during a vacation in Ecuador. Reiger graduated as a valedictorian from Classen School of Advanced Studies in Oklahoma City last ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285268/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:46:26 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285268/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 WASHINGTON -- Two years before his failing vision likely contributed to a fatal crash in the Oklahoma Panhandle, freight train engineer Dan Hall told one of his eye doctors that he was having trouble distinguishing the color of train ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285140/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:37:39 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285140/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 A search warrant uncovered a ';major'; drug trafficking operationat the home. A can, with traces of meth on it, was found in the child’s room,explaining how the infant was exposed to dangerous drugs. Agents found 140 grams of meth, $3000 in cash, and drug paraphenelia. ';Basically this right here was all found in that ammo can with the packaging material in the ammo ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285141/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:37:15 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285141/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Fredric Hardeman Jr., 38, was charged Tuesday with first-degree murder in connection with the death of his 60-year-old mother, Ocie Hardeman, Oklahoma City police ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285143/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 21:25:09 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215285143/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 TODAY NEW DETAILS ABOUT A MAN, POLICE SAY GAVE THEM NO CHOICE BUT TO SHOOT AND KILL HIM IN A WAL-MART YESTERDAY AFTER TAKING A 2 YEAR OLD GIRL HOSTAGE. THIS IS 37-YEAR-OLD SAMMIE LAMONT WALLACE'. K-O-C-O'S DAN THOMAS IS LIVE AT THAT WAL-MART IN MIDWEST CITY. DAN, FIRST OF ALL .. HOW IS THAT LITTLE GIRL DOING...? SHE'S DOING JUST FINE, POLICE SAY SHE HAD NO CONNECTION TO THAT ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215284135/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:53:17 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215284135/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 An Oklahoma pastor has been given approval by a federal appeals court to sue the state over its license plate depicting the image of an Indian "rain god" made famous by a Native American ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215283738/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:47:59 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215283738/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 EL RENO — We’ve all heard the phrase ';don’t judge a book by its cover.'; One Wisconsin-based company is applying that saying to special houses they build to help victims of natural disasters. They may not look like much on the outside; but once the doors swing open it makes people who have lost everything feel right at home. It looks like a normal 400 square foot ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215283557/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:38:44 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215283557/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Oklahoma City police have released a video of a robber accused of stealing from four people at a northwest Oklahoma City gas station. The four people told police they were robbed at gunpoint Friday at ConocoPhillips, 201 W Britton Road, according to the incident ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215284136/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:44 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215284136/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 DORCHESTER, MA — A car riddled with bullets was towed away in Dorchester, Massachusetts Monday not long after a 20-year-old woman and her boyfriend were shot. ';My niece had just pulled up. Her, her baby’s father and the baby. The guy came out of nowhere, coming at him and just started shooting,'; said Louis Jasey, the victim’s uncle. In the back seat of the car was ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215284139/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:17 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215284139/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 NORMAN, OK — Camp Noah is a camp for elementary-aged children in communities impacted by disaster and they would like to invite parents to register their children to participate in the program June 24th – 28th in Norman. They have space for up to 60 campers for this fully funded camp. Of all the people affected by disaster, children are among the most emotionally vulnerable. ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215284138/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:17 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215284138/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 OKLAHOMA CITY — Just before 4:00 Friday morning two couples, headed on a road trip, stopped at a Conoco in the 200 block of West Britton. They were just grabbing gas and fixing a headlight. They say a black male approached them and asked what was wrong and then quickly showed them a pocket pistol and said, ';Give me all your money.'; ';I immediately turned around and walked ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215284140/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:31:16 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215284140/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 EDMOND -- On March 18, 1938, Rotary official Hal McNutt, of Stillwater, gave the Edmond Rotary Club its charter, which has resulted in 75 years of service to the community and ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215283158/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:34:46 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215283158/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 SEATTLE — It’s a different kind of head shop found just down the stairs from the Pike Place market. It’s the BB Ranch selling something that’s even better than bacon. It’s marijuana fed pork. ';The pig farmer has been feeding them marijuana for the last two and a half months of their life and they’ve been happy as hell,'; said William Von Schneidau, ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215282999/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:20 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215282999/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 OKLAHOMA CITY — A high-profile golf and country club in hot water. A foreclosure lawsuit from a local bank says, despite having a luxurious reputation, Gaillardia is not paying their bills. Newschannel 4 spoke with county officials about Gaillardia’s money troubles. We don’t know why gaillardia is having financial problems because the owner, Phil Herrington, won’t return ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215283000/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 19:26:19 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215283000/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Police say a black male wearing a Houston Astros baseball cap and a New Orleans Saints football jersey robbed the First Fidelity Bank at 700 SW 29th ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215281794/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:04 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215281794/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Scott Neil Helling, 49, is accused of sending emails to media outlets across the country accusing Hewitt of murdering his son. Helling's son is not dead; he's in Texas, according to ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215281795/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:44:02 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215281795/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Mike Gundy relaxed his restrictions on transferring quarterback Wes Lunt but too late to give Lunt any concrete options beyond Louisville and Illinois, Lunt told Illinois sports station WFMB. Lunt is transferring from OSU to Illinois and sat down for an excellent interview on channel1450.com, a Springfield, Ill.-based outlet. You can see that ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215281796/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:10:43 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215281796/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Shooting victim identified Police have identified the man shot to death Thursday in southeast Oklahoma City as Laron McCoy, 30, of Oklahoma City. A second man was shot and wounded at the same apartment complex. McCoy was found shot to death about 2:20 p.m. inside an apartment at Wentwood at Grant Hill, 419 Tinker Diagonal, police Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow reported Friday. Santonio Johnson, 24, of ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215281797/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:10:07 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215281797/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 According to a new national poll, just 16 percent of Americans approve of the way Congress is handling its job, with 83 percent of those questioned in a CNN/ORC International survey saying they disapprove. The poll was released ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280504/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:39:25 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280504/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Kings of Leon Kings of Leon and The Flaming Lips have been confirmed to perform at the Rock for Oklahoma Benefit on July 23 in Oklahoma City, along with a full cast of big name rock ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280138/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:59 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280138/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 GROVE, Okla. – Oklahoma will see a few new jobs soon in the town of Grove. An Australian aerospace company will soon be opening there. Governor Mary Fallin announced Tuesday that Ferra Engineering plans to expand into a new location. Company officials said they plan to employ about 20 highly skilled workers at the new site. Ferra specializes in manufacturing and testing aerospace parts. ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280646/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:18 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280646/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 OKLAHOMA CITY – A fight for student safety at a local school is heading to the Oklahoma City council. Leaders of the Antioch Christian Academy, near S.W. 119th St. and Portland, asked city leaders to install a school zone and traffic light nearby. School leaders hoped to replace a traffic sign with a traffic light. A wood cross sits close to where a mother died teaching her teenage ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280645/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:18 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280645/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 OKLAHOMA CITY – Looking for a new lawnmower? The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality, along with OSU/OKC and Black and Decker are willing to give you $100 towards the purchase of a new electric mower. If you are an Oklahoma City resident, just bring your gas mower, completely drained of all gasoline and oil, to OSU/OKC’s Farmers Market Saturday. They will give you a $100 ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280647/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:17:17 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280647/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Anniversary of the Prix de West Invitational Art Exhibition and Sale during opening weekend June 7-8, 2013. Sales for the weekend sat at $3.1 million with a portion going to fund the Museum's programs and operations. The exhibit and sale features 295 works in sculpture and painting by 101 contemporary Western artists. The works will be on display at the Museum through Aug. 4, ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280648/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 17:04:39 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215280648/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 "Ferra chose to expand to Oklahoma because its central location enables us to easily provide service to our customer base on both coasts and international markets, said Ferra Engineering CEO Mark Sherrer in a statement ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279534/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:41:13 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279534/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Demonstrators protest in the streets of Sao Paulo, Brazil on Monday, June 17, 2013. They are protesting a nine cent hike in transportation costs. SAO PAULO, Brazil — Brazilians angry about high taxes, corruption, lavish spending on the upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and other complaints vowed to hit city streets again Tuesday, a day after the largest protests in the country in at ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279456/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:22 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279456/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 BRADENTON, FL — The world’s oldest known manatee is gearing up for a big celebration. Snooty has been the star attraction at the South Florida Museum since the 1940′s, and in a few weeks he’ll be turning 65 years old. But before the party can begin, Snooty needed a visit from a doctor. Once snooty was led into a small, enclosed pool, he knew what was coming. The large ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279457/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:21 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279457/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 CLAY COUNTY, FL — Five people have been arrested in the largest marijuana grow operation bust Clay County, Florida has seen in years. Their plants were hidden in underground bunkers. All five arrested are Cuban nationals in the country legally, but are not citizens, according to the Clay County Sheriff’s Office. Ashley Crater lives next door to the reported underground marijuana ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279458/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:20 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279458/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 BETHEL ACRES, OK – It’s been a devastating four weeks for those living in the Steelman Estates trailer park in Bethel Acres. Their homes were annihilated in the May 19th tornado. Now, some are expecting a sigh of relief as they learn volunteers are working to build them new homes. In the neighborhood, trailers are torn, ripped and shredded. Others are barely standing. ';This ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279459/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:20 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279459/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 One in three Americans will have high blood pressure sometime in their lifetime. Most people have no symptoms but the complications can be deadly. There’s no question poor diet, lack of exercise and obesity are the biggest contributing factors to hypertension or high blood pressure. 120 over 80 is normal. Anything above 140 over 90 needs attention. There are six simple things you can do ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279460/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:11:19 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279460/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The US Youth Soccer Region III championships open Thursday at the University of Central Oklahoma in Edmond. Organizers say the tournament, with more than 200 teams, could have an economic impact of up to $8 million for Edmond and Oklahoma ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279461/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:58:30 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215279461/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Chrysler Group reversed course and agreed to a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps Tuesday, giving in to the government's request in the final hours before a ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215277511/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:14:46 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215277511/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 NORMAN, Okla. – Three college golfers from Oklahoma are near the lead after one round of stroke play at the U.S. Women’s Amateur Public Links Championship at Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club in Norman. OU junior Anne-Catherine Tanguay is just one shot behind the co-leaders after firing a 3-under par 69. OSU’s Julie Yang is two shots back after a 70, and OU’s Chirapat ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215278204/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:12 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215278204/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 STILLWATER, Okla. – Former OSU quarterback Wes Lunt announced he will transfer to the University of Illinois. Lunt said he’s always dreamed of playing for his state school. He’ll join an Illinios program coached by former OSU defensive coordinator Tim Beckman. Lunt said he has no hard feelings towards OSU head coach Mike Gundy, who limited Lunt’s transfer options after ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215278205/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:11 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215278205/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The Swon Brothers, country singers from Muskogee, Oklahoma, have been a fan favorite on the reality television singing competition since the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215278206/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 15:04:10 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215278206/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Police video of Owasso's Vice Mayor being pulled over on suspicion of a DUI is raising some eyebrows. The way the night unfolded has some saying it was "favoritism" that led to the vice mayor being offered a ride home, KTUL.com ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215276886/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:43:00 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215276886/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Today's featured event: NORMAN - Help your child experience art through the colorful world of Dr. Seuss in today's Art Adventures at 10:30 a.m. at the Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art, 555 Elm Ave. Today's activity will focus on the Dr. Seuss book "My Many Colored Days." For more information, go to www.ou.edu/fjjma. For more events, go to www.wimgo.com. ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215276887/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:42:34 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215276887/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Friday's devastating tornadoes, coming so soon after the heartbreak in Moore, means even more help will be needed in the weeks and months ahead. There are many, many relief organizations already in the area, working with residents. Here are some of them and ways that you can ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275528/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:12:03 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275528/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The robber is described as a black man in his early 20's, about 5 feet 8 inches possibly with gold teeth wearing a white tank top, black baggie jeans and a red bandanna around his ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275529/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:58 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275529/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Officers are looking for a Hispanic male in his ate 20s to early 30s, 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall with a medium build. According to police, the man was seen fleeing the area on foot wearing khaki shorts and a dark-colored ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275530/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:55 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275530/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Bomb plots targeting the New York Stock Exchange and the city's subway were among more than 50 worldwide thwarted by top-secret surveillance programs since the 2011 al Qaeda attacks on the United States, authorities said on ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275412/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 13:10:50 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275412/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 East Central University's undergraduate elementary education program and Northeastern State University's undergraduate special education program were flagged with consumer alerts on the National Council on Teacher Quality's Teacher Prep ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275531/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:48:55 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275531/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Ever asked yourself, ';Where can I get a suit of armor for my pet?'; Well, ask no more. A suit fit for a guinea pig is up for auction. The little guy in the suit of armor goes by the name ';Lucky.'; His luck ran out this month when he died of natural causes. Sean McCoy, Lucky’s owner, said, ';I took a nap, he took a nap. I woke up, he didn’t.'; ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275532/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:48:32 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275532/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The Chrysler group has reached the deadline to respond to the U.S. government’s request to recall 2.7 million Jeeps. The government asked the group to recall certain Jeep Liberty and Grand Cherokee models because of fuel leaks and fires in rear-end crashes. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration said over 50 people have died from fiery crashes. Last week, Chrysler stated it ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275533/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:48:31 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275533/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner John D. Doak has issued a bulletin to all Oklahoma-licensed public adjusters advising them not to charge customers more than 10 percent of the total claim settlement. The Oklahoma Insurance Department (OID) says that since the beginning of the tornado outbreak on May 19, it has received several inquiries regarding the use of public adjusters in negotiating ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274691/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:39:26 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274691/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Oklahoma State sophomore basketball player Marcus Smart has been one of 12 players selected to represent the United States at the 2013 U19 World Championships in Prague, Czech ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275534/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:35:43 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215275534/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Plots to bomb the New York subway system and the New York Stock Exchange were among more than 50 stopped by secret surveillance programs, the director of the National Security Agency and other officials disclosed ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215273840/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:46 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215273840/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Trucks carrying debris from the May 20 tornado in Moore are using Bryant Avenue to travel to and from the local landfill. More than 50,000 tons have been hauled along this road so far, creating huge ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274005/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:39 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274005/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 1min Under pressure from House conservatives opposed to comprehensive immigration reform, House Speaker John Boehner said Tuesday, "I don't see any way of bringing an immigration bill to the floor that doesn't have majority support of ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274006/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:03:38 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274006/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 contaminated with E. coli. The Department of Environmental Quality issues the advisory for the town of Asher. The agency recommends residents bring the water to a full boil for at least one minute before drinking, using in cooking, washing dishes or brushing your teeth. The DEQ said residents will be notified as soon as the water is safe to drink ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274009/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:41:41 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274009/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 POTEAU, Okla. – A man convicted of murdering an elderly couple in Le Flore County is to be executed Tuesday. A Jury found 36-year-old James DeRosa guilty of stabbing to death 73-year-old Curtis Plummer and his 70-year-old wife, Gloria. He was sentenced to death. Last month the Pardon and Parole Board voted to follow through with the execution. Prosecutors said DeRosa and another man ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274008/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:41:41 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274008/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Nationally recognized writers and Red Earth faculty members will give a reading at the Edmond Public Library at 6:30 p.m. July 16. The residency's two visiting writers will give a reading at 7 p.m. July 18 at OCU in the University Center Great ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274010/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:28:48 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274010/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tulsa County prosecutors are not seeking the death penalty for a Tulsan who is accused of raping and murdering an elderly woman. At an arraignment Monday, Assistant District Attorney Steve Kunzweiler said the District Attorney's Office decided not to pursue a death sentence for Tyrone Dale David ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274011/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 11:28:46 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215274011/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 From where Oklahoma City has come the flip-flop from dry to wet is simply unprecedented. The period from May 2012 through December 2012 only recorded 5.21 inches of rain, and was noted to be the driest period on record since 1921. The spring season of March, April and May of 2013 now goes down as the wettest spring ever at 23.18 ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215272441/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:08 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215272441/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 VIOLENT AND UNPREDICTABLE--- THAT'S HOW NEIGHBORS ARE DESCRIBING THE MAN ACCUSED OF KILLING HIS OWN MOTHER. FREDRIC HARDEMAN, JUNIOR' WAS ARRESTED THIS MORNING ON A FIRST-DEGREE MURDER COMPLAINT. K-O-C-O's MICHAEL SEIDEN HAS BEEN DIGGING INTO THE SUSPECT'S PAST. MICHAEL, THERE WERE SIGNS OF ABUSE. FOR SOME PEOPLE LIVING IN THIS APARTMENT COMPLEX, THE MURDER COMES AS NO ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215272442/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:08 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215272442/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The 2.9-magnitude earthquake's epicenter was 4 miles north-northeast of McLoud, 11 miles east of Choctaw, 14 miles north-northwest of Shawnee and 25 miles east of Oklahoma ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215272443/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:57:06 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215272443/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 KANSAS CITY, Kan. – A little girl selling lemonade a dollar at a time raised a lot of money for ';The Rainbow House'; and got more attention that anyone could have guessed. The Equality House got its share of attention when Jon Hemmet and his ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215272444/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:36:01 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215272444/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Richard Cato, 62, and Lucious Goins, 58, are in Marshall County Jail on complaints in connection with drug trafficking while traveling across the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215271053/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:50:48 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215271053/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Although the state has made strides in its efforts to boost the number of residents with college degrees, Oklahoma still has a long way to go, according to a new report. Oklahoma ranks 42nd in the nation in terms of degree completion, according to the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215271168/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:38:02 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215271168/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 A toy and book giveaway for tornado and storm victims will be Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday at New Life United Methodist Church, 1105 NW 27 in ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215271167/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:38:01 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215271167/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The man who was shot called police and said he had been followed from a casino, but the man did not say which one, said police Capt. Dexter Nelson. Detectives have not talked to the victim. Check NewsOk.com for ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215271054/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:30:12 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215271054/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 OKLAHOMA CITY – Authorities are searching for suspects after a passerby found a man shot on the side of the road Tuesday morning. Officials said the man was found near N.E. 63rd St. and Midwest Blvd. just after 6 a.m. An ambulance took the man to the hospital in unknown ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215271055/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 09:29:43 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215271055/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Afghan forces formally took over security responsibilities for their violence-plagued country from NATO-led troops on Tuesday, marking a key transition in the long and costly war. President Hamid Karzai also announced that a government group dedicated to Afghan peace and reconciliation will go to the Gulf state of Qatar and participate in talks with the Taliban militant group -- long the ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269586/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:57 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269586/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Investigators say a propane tank caused the explosion in Mead on Monday. An officer says the house exploded while a worker was trying to fill up a propane ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269727/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:57 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269727/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Ryan Burke's skull was growing lopsided with one of his ears dropping lower than the other. There was an opening in his skull that could have allowed his brain to grow closed too ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269728/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:46:51 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269728/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Chrysler Group will formally respond Tuesday to the government's request for a recall of 2.7 million Jeeps that safety officials say pose too great a risk of fire in a rear-end ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269044/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:35:30 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269044/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 We are off to a calm start with light winds and cloudy skies, unlike Monday morning. Our weather will be quite pleasant this Tuesday with partly cloudy to mostly sunny skies and light winds. A few storms will be possible in extreme western Okla. later Monday, namely the panhandle. We have one more round of storms Wednesday before an upper level heat ridge builds back in. This ridge will bring ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269729/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:25:30 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269729/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 With immigration policy hitting the news again, the nation is focused on ethnic groups and their potential to affect social norms. In Oklahoma one ethnic group is showing especially strong growth. It's Asians, not Hispanics -- although the population of the latter continues to grow faster than the non-Hispanic white ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269732/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:13:05 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269732/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 The 2010 election of Mary Fallin as governor, complemented by Republican victories in every statewide race, completed a remarkable shift to GOP control of Oklahoma state government. Few states can match ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269731/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 08:13:05 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215269731/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 ONGRESS last year declined to cut taxpayer ties to wind energy production. Now, Oklahoma Gas & Electric is cutting the cost of wind power. These two developments aren't directly related. They're sidebars in the ongoing growth of an alternative energy source that will be increasingly important to fossil fuel-rich ... http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215268543/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8 Tue, 18 Jun 2013 07:09:23 -0400 http://www.oklahomastar.com/index.php/sid/215268543/scat/ade52738bf7d5fc8