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Shoppes On Peoria Bring Much-Needed Commerce To North Tulsa

The Shoppes on Peoria add 12 new businesses to the area just north of Pine Street and range from smoothies to shoes to soul food. Organizers hope the shopping center will become a hub of activity, and they have installed green space with benches in the middle of the parking lot. Many of the shops have been open for a few months, like cellular provider Cricket. Owner Tim Orr says he's seen ...
Tulsa Police Officer a Part of 3 Gun Nation Pro Series

For the past three years, the 3 Gun Nation Pro Series shooting competition has only been for men. This year, they are opening it up to an elite group of women, and a Tulsa Police officer is one of those women. Ten ladies have earned their spot on this pro series. Each pro has to use a riffle, shotgun, and pistol, and it's not easy to be a master of all ...
Season Ends For Tulsa Softball

The Tulsa softball team fell to Northern Iowa 2-1 Saturday afternoon in the NCAA Lincoln Regional at Bowlin Stadium. The Golden Hurricane closes the 2013 season with a 42-16-1 record. Senior Lacey Middlebrooks (14-4) pitched a complete-game, while junior third baseman Jill Barrett singled twice and scored a run for TU. Middlebrooks and Barrett are part of a group of 10 seniors and juniors that ...
Oklahoma weather Get inside — storms reach Oklahoma City metro area

Storms developed in western Oklahoma late Saturday afternoon. The storms are expected to hit central Oklahoma and the Oklahoma City metro area by about 8:30 or 9 p.m., National Weather Service, Norman meteorologist Ken Gallant ...
Man killed in Rogers County car crash

ROGERS COUNTY, Okla. - A Claremore man is dead after a collision at an intersection in Rogers County Saturday morning. The accident occurred around 7:15 a.m. when a truck headed west on EW/590 crashed into car traveling south on NS4250. The car, driven William Cooper, 33, failed to stop at the stop sign and was hit by the truck on the driver's side. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, ...

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Dances With Wolves [Blu-Ray]

Kevin Costners revisionist epic Dances With Wolves was an unexpected triumph when it was released in October of 1990, both critically and commercially. Still the highest grossing western on record and winner of seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, Best Directo ... ...

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PHOTOS Your severe weather pictures – May 18

PHOTOS: Okla. pets seeking loving families Have severe weather pictures? Upload them here and you could see them on air. Add your pictures by clicking the ';Submit Your Photo'; button ...
Powerball mania Jackpot hits $600 million

That's all it took for Mammie Hicks to plunk down money at a Riverside, Mo., convenience store for a chance at Saturday's record $600 million multistate Powerball ...
Mourners Remember Cascia Hall Grad Killed In Grand Lake Boat Crash

She graduated from Cascia Hall in 2010, then she went on to study fashion design and Chinese at the University of Arkansas, in the fall she would have started her senior ...
OVCA celebrates first graduating class

TULSA - The first graduating class of the Oklahoma Virtual Charter Academy accepted their diplomas in Tulsa Saturday. Thirty-one of the senior class' 50 graduates turned their tassels and tossed their caps in front of hundreds of friends and family members at the Tulsa Event Center. The charter, established in 2011, is the virtual home to 2,100 students in grades kindergarten through 12th ...
Time Waning For Oklahoma Lawmakers To Tackle Credits

OKLAHOMA CITY - Despite calls by several Oklahoma legislators to address hundreds of millions of dollars in state tax credits and exemptions for businesses and industries, little has been done as another session approaches its end. At the same time, other legislators are still trying to write even more tax giveaways into state law for things like tickets and hospitality suites to ...

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This deluxe hotel is reputedly the finest in New Caledonia. The drive from Tontouta international airport is 45 minutes and ...

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Knicks, Pacers, Grizzlies, Thunder in semis

New York, Oklahoma City, Indiana and Memphis all won their first-round NBA playoff series with Game 6 victories, reaching the Conference semifinals.

The New York Knicks got the staggers Friday and almost gave up a 26-point lead but steadied to beat the Boston Celtics 88-80 while Oklahoma City Thunder booked its spot in the last eight for the third straight season by downing the Houston Rockets 103-94, reports Xinhua.

The Indiana Pacers withstood a big final-quarter comeback from Atlanta and beat the Hawks 81-73, and the Memphis Grizzlies completed a comeback from a 0-2 series deficit by beating the Los Angeles Clippers 118-105. With Miami, San Antonio and Golden State already into the next stage, the last spot will be decided when Brooklyn host Chicago in their Game 7.

Boston cut a 49-75 deficit to four points but Carmelo Anthony made a jumper to give New York an 81-75 lead and then sank a 3-pointer. Then J.R. Smith converted a three-point play to restore the double-digit lead the Knicks had nursed most of the game.

Anthony finished with 21 points for the Knicks, who won a playoff series for the first time since the Patrick Ewing era in 2000. They will host the Pacers in Sunday's opening game of their Conference semifinal series. ...