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  • Downtown TCC Building Evacuated For Electrical Fire Classes Canceled

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A small fire prompted an evacuation of the downtown Tulsa Community College building Monday afternoon. It happened just before 6 p.m. and all evening classes were canceled. TCC campus police say the power went out and the emergency alarms in the building went off, prompting the evacuation. Campus police found smoke coming from a utility closet on the first floor. They said ...

  • 2 Tahlequah Teens Riding In Truck Bed Killed In Crash

    TAHLEQUAH, Oklahoma - Two Tahlequah teens are dead after a truck they were riding in crashed early Saturday morning. Five passengers were thrown from the vehicle. Four of those passengers were riding in the truck bed. It's not uncommon to see people in the back of a pickup, and in Oklahoma it's perfectly legal for adults to do so. It's a different story, though, for kids. A ...

  • Coweta Man Sentenced For Fatal Hit-And-Run In Broken Arrow

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A Coweta man who pleaded no contest in a deadly hit-and-run case was sentenced Monday to six years in prison. Christopher Lange was convicted of hitting and killing Robert Pitcher with his car on 91st Street in Broken Arrow in November. He pleaded no contest to leaving the scene of a fatality accident, a felony, and misdemeanor negligent homicide in April. Monday he was ...

  • US releases names of Guantanamo indefinite detainees

    The names of dozens of detainees held at the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, were released for the first time on Monday after a newspaper sued the federal government for the ...

  • Police investigating midtown Tulsa death

    TULSA - Police are investigating a death in midtown Tulsa. The victim was found decapitated in a home near E.46th and South Sheridan Road shortly before 7:30 p.m. Monday. Suicide has not been ruled ...

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Kung Fu Panda [Blu-Ray]

Kung Fu Panda [Blu-Ray]

Ive never been particularly impressed with celebrity actors lending their voices to animated films. It just seems so unnecessary. After all, the art of animation survived for decades relying on mostly unknown actors whose forte was their vocal abilities, and their lack of star p ... ...

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  • Man drowns in Red River Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports

    A man drowned Monday in the Red River below the spillway of the Denison Dam in Bryan County. Enrique Amador, 29, was swimming with friends about 3 p.m. Monday and was last seen sitting on rocks in the river, according to Oklahoma Highway Patrol ...

  • Former Oklahoma St QB Lunt joining Illinois

    FILE - In this Sept. 1, 2012 file photo, Oklahoma State quarterback Wes Lunt throws against Savannah State during an NCAA college football game in Stillwater, Okla. Lunt will return to his home state and transfer to Illinois, a person familiar with the decision told The Associated Press on Monday, June 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki, ...

  • Tulsa’s Plaza shopping center sold

    Partnered companies in Phoenix and Atlanta paid $8.1 million for The Plaza shopping center, planning a possible $2 million reinvestment to enliven this once-iconic south Tulsa shopping ...

  • Three-year-old Oklahoma boy dies in hot car

    SHAWNEE, OK — Family members say Kashen Oaks was a curious, adventure seeker.Like most three-year-old’s, he loved to explore. Detective Mike Carnell said ';He plays in cars on the grounds where they live. Hegets in and out, playing.You shouldn’t be allowed to do that.'; His curiosity and the sweltering Oklahoma heat proved deadly last last week. According to ...

  • Former El Reno Police Chief accused of raping student

    EL RENO, OK — A former El Reno police chief turned himself in to law enforcement last month, accused of having a relationship with a high school student that resulted in charges of second degree rape. ';I can’t even believe it,'; Haylie Ritchie, an instructor at Francis Tuttle Technology Center, said. ';I can’t imagine it, especially being a former police chief ...

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