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  • Noble Energy Donates to Oklahoma Relief Recovery

    Noble Energy, Inc. Friday announced that the company will donate $500,000 to support disaster-relief and recovery efforts for the communities affected by the devastating tornadoes that recently swept through central Oklahoma. The contribution includes a $500,000 cash donation to the American Red Cross Oklahoma Relief Fund and a commitment to match employee donations up to $1,000 per employee. ...

  • News 9 Chief Meteorologist Gary England Featured In LA Times Article

    Popular TV meteorologist Gary England has been reporting weather forecasts in Oklahoma City for 40 years. (Photo Courtesy: Mark Potts For The ...

  • Humane Society Reunites 44 Dogs With Their Families Following Tornado

    OKLAHOMA CITY - Many families in Moore and Oklahoma City lost their beloved furry friends, after a massive EF-5 tornado swept through the area Monday afternoon. As a result, 24 people were killed, and hundreds were injured. Over 12,000 homes in the tornado's path were ...

  • Moore Dog Reunited With Owner Guarded Unknown Tornado Victim

    MOORE, Oklahoma - Susie, a Schipperkee-Border Collie mix who stood guard over a body following the Moore tornado, was reunited with her owner earlier this week. Oklahoma County Sheriff's Office said the dog was actually guarding an unknown victim of the EF-5 tornado. "Susie and Curtis (Collins) live about a half mile from where she was found by our deputy, and Curtis has no idea why ...

  • Sooners get 2nd straight shutout beat Tech 8-0

    After ace Jonathan Gray's three-hit shutout Thursday, the Sooners (38-19) got a combined four-hitter from Dillon Overton (9-2), Ralph Garza Jr. and Kindle Ladd to beat the eighth-seeded Red Raiders ...

Movie Review

That Thing You Do!

"That Thing You Do!" is a movie that remembers with sharp clarity a time in America when cars had fins, pea green and orange were stylish colors, a mop top was the haircut to have, clock radios were the size of small TVs, sunglasses were a new innovation, and kisses still meant something. In his first stint in the director's chair, actor Tom Hanks has made a snappy little ode to a time when Americ ... ...

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  • Trooper tends to scrape spirits of little girl in Moore

    Here depicted in the attached photo, you can see a Trooper assigned to the relief effort, providing medical attention to a little girl who came to him with a scrape on her ...

  • Arias jury foreman Decision gut-wrenching

    A day after a jury deadlocked on whether Jodi Arias should be sentenced to death for the murder of her ex-boyfriend, the jury foreman described the decision process as tense and ...

  • At least 8 tornadoes confirmed from Oklahoma’s recent outbreak

    The string of tornadoes that ripped across the central United States in the past week did between $2 billion and $5 billion in damage, according to an initial estimate from Eqecat, a catastrophe risk ...

  • Making a Difference Your donations

    In addition we took in tax deductible donations to the Tulsa Community Foundation's Moore & Shawnee Tornado Relief Fund. Those donations can still be made securely online ...

  • Oklahoma gets far more than its share of disasters

    WASHINGTON — Many states get hit frequently with tornadoes and other natural catastrophes, but Oklahoma is Disaster Central. The twister that devastated Moore, Okla., was the 74th presidential disaster declared in the Sooner state in the past 60 years. Only much-larger and more-populous California and Texas have had more. The state is No. 1 in tornado disasters and No. 3 for flooding, ...

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