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  • Obama to Console Oklahoma Tornado Victims

    U.S. President Barack Obama makes a poignant visit Sunday to the city of Moore, Oklahoma which is just starting to recover from last week's deadly tornado. President Obama will meet with and console residents of the midwestern town where 24 people were killed and more than 200 others hurt. Some people lost everything they owned when the twister obliterated entire neighborhoods. The ...

  • Volunteers Drillers Set Unofficial World Record To Strike Out Alzheimers

    TULSA, Oklahoma - The local Alzheimer's Association spent the day out at ONEOK Field, trying to break a world record. As part of "Strike Out Alzheimer's," volunteers spent several hours throwing as many pitches as they could, before the Driller's game started. The current record is 11,600 pitches. Hornsby, the Drillers mascot, threw in the 12,000th pitch Saturday. ...

  • Jenks Teen Killed In Motorcycle Wreck Outside Jay

    DELAWARE COUNTY, Oklahoma - A Jenks teenager lost his life in a Memorial Day weekend motorcycle crash a few miles outside Jay Friday night. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol investigated the Delaware County fatality collision. Troopers say Victor Allyn Sharp, 19, was eastbound on County Road East 400 northwest of Jay at about 10:30 p.m. when he passed another vehicle at a high rate of speed. He ...

  • Tulsa Man Jailed For Shooting With Intent To Kill

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A Tulsa man was arrested late Friday and is being held on a $95,000 bond in a west Tulsa shooting. Joshua Allen Abbett, 23, was booked on complaints of shooting with intent to kill, pointing a deadly weapon and transporting an open firearm. Police were called to the 400 block of South 56th West Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. They learned that a man had been shot and taken by ...

  • Hundreds Of Volunteers Turn Out For Carney Cleanup

    CARNEY, Oklahoma - Several Oklahoma communities are cleaning up from tornadoes. And an army of volunteers showed up in the Carney community to help out on Saturday. Some 500 people spent their Saturday cleaning debris and helping people get back on their feet. A total of 34 homes in Carney, Meeker and Prague were destroyed by a tornado last ...

Movie Review

Baxter

Baxter

If the question is, "What do animals think?," then the answer supplied by "Baxter" is, "You don't want to know." The titular canine, whose thoughts provide the voice-over narration to this twisted tale, is a sort of anti-Lassie. While the majority of movie dogs have been sentimental, lovable heroes àla Lassie or Old Yeller, Baxter stands as their complete antithesis, both emotionally and ph ... ...

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  • Prayer Service To Take Place In Moore For Victims Of Massive Tornado

    MOORE, Oklahoma - A memorial service for everyone impacted by Monday's storm is set to take place Sunday night in Moore. The "Oklahoma Strong, Coming Together in Faith" prayer service will take place at 6 p.m. Sunday, at the First Baptist Church, located at 301 N.E. 27th Street in Moore. An EF-5 tornado touched down near Newcastle just before 3 p.m. Monday, and tore across the ...

  • Moore Seniors Mark Graduation 5 Days After Deadly Tornado Hit

    The usually vibrant ceremony was clouded by Monday's tornado but students said it was a time to get together, celebrate their hard work and escape the reality of the devastating tornado for a ...

  • Highland East boy a hero for saving classmate

    For the first time, Dylan Ellis and Diane Lee are getting a firsthand look at all the destruction. The flattened building and twisted metal takes them back to the terror of Monday afternoon. The seventh-grade students were in chorus. They heard the sirens and took shelter in the back of the locker room. "We could hear it go 'boom!,'" said Ellis. "The lights go off and ...

  • Families find hope among leveled homes

    MOORE, Okla. - Searching for prized possessions can be a back-breaking process among the thousands of pounds of debris in Moore, but finding those possessions can offer new hope to both the families and volunteers searching for them. Memories are often associated with objects and when they're found, they can change our outlook for just a moment. Volunteers outside Charlotte Mullins' ...

  • Moore survivor chooses not to rebuild

    MOORE, Okla. - Doyle Becknel says it was a blessing he wasn't at home during Monday's tornado. "It's probably a good thing because I'm stubborn and I would have tried to ride it out," he said. Becknellived near down the streetwhen the last devastating tornado hit. "We were on SW19thStreet pretty much and it's too much of a coincidence," he said ...

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