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  • One Killed One Critical In Collision Involving Semi-Truck In OK County

    OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Oklahoma - One person was killed and another one was critically injured following a collision involving a semi-truck on Interstate 44 in Oklahoma County early Saturday morning. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, it happened just after midnight, in the southbound lanes of I-44, about 750 feet north of I-40 in Oklahoma County. A 2006 Freightliner semi-truck driven by ...

  • Woman Lying In Grass Run Over At Rocklahoma

    MAYES COUNTY, Oklahoma - A woman lying in the grass at a three-day outdoor rock concert was run over by a pickup truck, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. It happened at 2:35 a.m. Saturday on private property three miles north of Pryor in Mayes County. Troopers say Mary Jo Woods of Pryor was lying in a field-turned-campground at Rocklahoma when the truck rolled over her. Dewey resident ...

  • Moore High School Seniors Say Theyll Stay In Tornado-Ravaged Town

    The ceremonies for graduates of Westmoore, Southmoore and Moore high schools are each being held at the Cox Convention Center in Oklahoma ...

  • Second state of recovery begins for Moore Oklahoma

    Former State Sen. Andrew Rice, D-Okla., talks about the current state of Moore, Oklahoma, and says people are slowing starting to get into the "second stage of recovery" and are trying to determine where to seek help and how to ...

  • Moore Principals Teachers Share Heart-Wrenching Stories At News Conference

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Principals and teachers at elementary schools hardest hit by Monday's monster storm describe the horrifying events of that day. The EF-5 tornado tore apart Plaza Towers and Briarwood Elementary schools as teachers tried to protect their students. The heroism of those two principals and all the teachers and staff is indescribable. They risked their lives to save children ...

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Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here ... Damn It! [DVD]

Sandra Bernhard: I'm Still Here ... Damn It! [DVD]

There is something refreshingly offensive about Sandra Bernhard. As a sort of anti-Diva with a sneer that could melt even the most hardened stoic, Bernhard has made her career in verbal provocation. In today's politically correct climate, she is a desperately needed antidote to the kind of stuffy liberalism that wishes to repress anything that might offend anyone. Bernhard is a self-stylized, equ ... ...

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  • Tornado upon them quick choices decided fate

    After living nearly 20 years in their one-story brick home, Sherry and Larry Wells finally won the lottery - for a state rebate on a home storm shelter, that is. A contractor finished installing the concrete bunker beneath the slab of their garage in early May. About three weeks later, the shelter saved their lives when a tornado that killed 24 people tore through their ...

  • Facing danger Driving into a tornados path

    It was Sunday, May 19. I started my day forecasting the potential for severe weather, including tornadoes. I warned Oklahomans of the impending danger on KOCO 5 in the morning. I knew I was going to be storm chasing that afternoon too. Never did I imagine I would see three separate tornadoes just hours ...

  • Oklahoma tornado 911 calls offer glimpse into chaos

    The calls from Moore, Oklahoma, offer a glimpse of the experiences of the tornado victims in the minutes after the storm struck. "We've got a daycare full of babies," one caller said. "We got a daycare that just got cremated." NBC's Ron Mott ...

  • Collinsville Man Killed Wife Injured In Motorcycle Crash

    Virgil Hillock III of Collinsville was killed in a motorcycle crash near the intersection of North Elm Place and North Elm Avenue in Broken ...

  • Man Shot To Death At Tulsa Apartment Complex

    TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa police are looking for suspects in an overnight shooting death at the River Glenn Apartments, located at East 63rd Street and Peoria Avenue. Sergeant Tim Lewandowski said police were called to the apartment complex at about 3:30 a.m. after shots were fired. They found the body of a male victim, age unknown. A possible suspect car is a two-door black "Mazda-like ...

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