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  • Oklahoma tornado damage could top $2 bn

    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 ...

  • Oklahoma tornadoes Moore Superintendent vows schools will reopen in August

    Moore Superintendent Susan Pierce said graduation plans will proceed as planned, though some families are unsure as to how they will travel to the ceremony. Meanwhile, cleanup efforts continue and a memorial service for the dead is set for 6 p.m. Sunday at First Baptist Church in ...

  • Oklahoma tornadoes Mobile post offices being set up for affected Moore areas

    The Moore post office branch at 601 S Interstate 35 Service Road was heavily damaged. Customers from ZIP codes 73153 and 73160 who cannot receive mail at their homes may pick it up from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Airport Finance Unit, 6500 Air Cargo Road. Customers from ZIP code 73170 can pick up mail from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Santa Fe Station, 201 SW 134. The U.S. Postal Service is working ...

  • Oklahoma tornadoes Sooners bring back some smiles to Sydney Angles teammates

    NORMAN -- Dressed in a purple and black uniform, a 9-year-old with short brown hair and a big smile stood on a mound in North Oklahoma City last ...

  • Scammers cash in on tragedy

    Makenzie Coleman near Plaza Tower MOORE, Okla. – Our In Your Corner team has a warning for all Oklahomans. Scammers are using the natural disaster to try to pad their pockets, preying on our most vulnerable ...

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Sinister

For all of its foreboding, shadowy atmosphere and jump-from-the-dark scare moments, Scott Derricksons Sinister is at its core the story of a Faustian bargainand you know those never turn out well. The Faust in this instance is Ellison Oswalt (Ethan Hawke), a true-crime writer who hit the to ... ...

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  • Big 12 Baseball tournament pushed back a day

    After this week’s tornadoes, baseball is an afterthought in Oklahoma. The Big 12 decided to move the tournament back an entire day due to those effected by the tornadoes. OU opened the tournament today, May 23, facing off against Baylor. Jonathan Gray led the Sooners from the mound to a 2-0 victory. Gray picked up a complete game shutout pitching win and had 12 strikeouts versus the ...

  • Gene and ’57 Chevy weather the storm

    Gene and his ’57 Chevy weathered the storm. Both man and car were a little banged up but they will be OK. Galen Culver has their ...

  • Oklahoma tornadoes Thunder reverses the role takes a turn at cheering on the community

    Oklahoma City Thunder's Hasheem Thabeet and General Manager Sam Presti survey damage near SW 144th and Robinson in Oklahoma City, Wednesday May 22, 2013. Members of the Oklahoma City Thunder and family members took a tour of the area hit by a tornado on Monday afternoon. Photo By Steve Gooch, The ...

  • State leaders start non-profit for storm shelters in schools

    MOORE, Okla. – The deaths of children at Plaza Towers Elementary calls for a change. Right now there is no state law requiring schools to have safe rooms or tornado shelters; only 100 of the our 1,800 schools have them. However, state leaders and a corporation are mobilizing grief into action. A new fund set up with $500,000 seed money from Apache Energy Corporation is going to make ...

  • Helping tornado victims therapeutic for OKC bombing family member

    MOORE, Okla. – A 33-year military man is hard at work right now, helping those whose lives were shattered by Monday’s tornado in Moore. He can relate to their struggles because 18 years ago, his life was shattered at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. Oklahomans love to help others in need. But for Michael Treanor, a 1SG with the Oklahoma Army National Guard, ...

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