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  • Tornadoes tear through central US

    Tornadoes tore through three central American states of Kansas, Oklahoma and Iowa with baseball-sized hail and wind blasts ripping roofs off homes and turning trees to matchsticks, as severe weather swept the region. A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted Sunday night on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas and a second confirmed one was seen near Edmond, Oklahoma, the ...

  • Child Injured When Truck Crashes Into Tulsa House

    TULSA, Oklahoma - A child was injured and taken to the hospital after a large truck crashed into a Tulsa home Monday morning. It happened at 22nd and Lewis shortly after 8 a.m. Tulsa police say they are questioning two people at this time. It's not known if the child was inside the home or the ...

  • Red Cross Feeds Shelters Oklahomans Devastated By Tornadoes

    SHAWNEE, Oklahoma - The Red Cross has teamed up with the Salvation Army and Southern Baptist group to make sure tornado victims and emergency workers are being fed as they sift through the destruction left by Sunday's tornadoes. The Red Cross has set up a fixed feeding site at the Shawnee Expo Center at Highway 177 and Leo Street. Volunteers will serve breakfast, lunch and dinner. The ...

  • Round Two Of Severe Weather Possible In Green Country Monday

    TULSA, Oklahoma - Green Country again faces the possibility of severe weather with round two expected to develop Monday afternoon and evening. Large hail, damaging winds, and tornadoes will once again be possible. Residents are encouraged to stay weather aware and have safety plans in place. "The most likely scenario is for isolated storms to develop between 1 and 2 p.m. along the I-35 ...

  • Oklahoma City police investigating discovery of body

    Officers say the man's body was found inside a home in the 1400 block of Northeast 15th Street. The man has signs of trauma to his body, but detectives did not call the death a homicide. Police said they are gathering evidence and are questioning a man and a woman, but no arrests have been ...

Movie Review

The Ice Storm [DVD]

The Ice Storm [DVD]

In The Ice Storm we are shown with painful clarity just how cold the human heart can be and how we dont have to look very far to grasp this notion. In fact, we only have to glance in our own backyards, and we might be shocked at what we find. Set to an ethereal, haunting score ... ...

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  • Brad Mondays risk area includes Oklahoma City metro

    Storms will develop around 2 p.m. along the I-44 corridor (HE Bailey Turnpike). These storms will move to the north and east. They will become severe very quickly. The risk for severe weather will rapidly fall off after dark for the Oklahoma City ...

  • Fallin to tour tornado-damaged towns

    CARNEY, Okla. - A day after tornadoes ripped through Oklahoma, battering towns along the way, Governor Mary Fallin is set to tour the damaged area. Fallin declared a state of emergency Sunday for 16 counties that were hit hard by severe weather. The governor's first stop will be Carney in Lincoln County, where multiple homes were damaged or destroyed. Fallin will then visit the Shawnee area ...

  • Truck plows through Tulsa house

    TULSA - Emergency crews responded to an accident Monday morning in midtown Tulsa after a truck plowed into a home. The vehicle is completely inside the home near 22nd and Lewis. A white male driving northbound on Lewis veered left for an unknown reason and drove into the house. The driver was transported to the hospital. The truck took out a load-bearing wall inside the home and crews on the ...

  • Survivor reflects on Shawnee tornado

    SHAWNEE, Okla. - One person was killed Sunday when a twister passed over a mobile home park near Shawnee, Okla. in Pottawattamie County. The once-busy trailer park is now mostly twisted metal and bare foundations. Many residents, like Kimberly Graham, lost nearly everything Sunday The damage is extensive. Most of the homes lay ripped apart, pieces everywhere. "It's just horrible," ...

  • Plains All American building Oklahoma pipeline extension

    Plains All American Pipeline is building an extension to its pipeline in western Oklahoma. Houston-based Plains All American Pipeline LP (NYSE: PAA) is constructing a 95-mile extension of its existing Oklahoma crude oil pipeline system to deliver increasing production from shale formations in western Oklahoma and the Texas Panhandle. The pipeline will move up to 75,000 barrels each day from ...

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