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  • Tulsa Police Male Prostitute Advertises As Busty Latina

    TULSA, Oklahoma - Tulsa Police arrested an 18-year-old male prostitute who represented himself as a female in the escort section of a classified ads website. Sonny Prego was arrested late Thursday night on a felony complaint of computer crimes and a misdemeanor complaint of prostitution. The arresting officer said he contacted Prego from his ad on backpage.com. Prego called himself an ...

  • Three Sperry High Graduates Honor Teacher

    SPERRY, Oklahoma - Last weekend was graduation at Sperry High School. They had 2 female Valedictorians and 1 female Salutatorian and in honor of one of their teachers who had battled breast cancer, they asked if their honor sashes could be pink for breast cancer awareness! Alexa Bougher, Ashlee Beats and Sarah Eddings honored their 6th grade teacher, Dana Smart. Mrs. Smart was the honorary ...

  • Tulsa Native to Appear on The Bachelorette

    A Tulsa native will try to win the heart of Bachelorette Desiree Hartsock when the ninth edition of the ABC's The Bachelorette premieres Monday on Tulsa's Channel ...

  • Feed the Children to distribute relief items at Little Axe Schools

    Volunteers will be providing food, essentials and disaster relief boxes to families affected by this week's tornadoes at noon through 7 p.m. at Little Axe Schools at 2000 168th Ave. NE ...

  • Okla. Legislature OKs tax breaks for storm victims

    The Oklahoma Senate has approved a bill to provide various tax breaks to property and vehicle owners who suffered losses in Monday's tornado that tore through Moore and left 24 people ...

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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  • Resident loses home prepares to move

    MOORE, Okla - "I think it's time to get the hell out of Moore." That is how 77-year-old James Attaway felt Wednesday as he sat at the McDonald's inside the Walmart off SW 4th Street in Moore, just waiting. His daughter and granddaughter had driven up from Fort Worth, Texas and were waiting with him. Waiting for the word they could go back into Attaway's neighborhood, ...

  • Woman fatally shot in Grove

    GROVE, Okla. - GROVE, Okla. -- A woman was found with a gunshot wound inside a Grove home Thursday night, authorities said. Grove Police Chief Mark Morris said police responded to reports of a shooting in the 1300 block of Wood Street around 7 p.m. When police arrived, they found a man and a woman both with gunshot wounds, Morris said. Dena Davenport, 49, and Doyle Handle, 52, were transported ...

  • Tulsa worker finds dog in Moore rubble

    MOORE, OK -- After Monday's tornado, recovery is a long ways away -- but there are signs of progress. Friday morning, many of the streets were clear of ...

  • Fortunate ones feel effect of storms

    MOORE, Okla. - William and Lisa Franco have only been in their home a month. They have only been in Moore since November. The San Antonio transplants have never had experienced a tornado warning before this week, let alone an actual tornado. Now the couple is cleaning up what Monday's tornado left behind. "It was devastatingHeartbreaking," Lisa said. Both were at work when the ...

  • Oklahoma tornadoes Builders called to ministry of hope

    Robert Crout, president of the Central Oklahoma Home Builders Association, encourages members to "provide hope even in a time like this," in preparation for rebuilding after destruction in Moore, Shawnee, Oklahoma City and elsewhere across the ...

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