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  • On His 16th Birthday Teen Killed In Tulsa Crash

    An early-morning car crash at 11th Street and Memorial Road in Tulsa has claimed the life of a teenager. Tulsa police have confirmed it was the victim's 16th birthday. About 5 a.m. Thursday, a silver car, driven by the boy's mother, and a black truck approached the intersection. The mother told police her car stalled near the intersection and the truck ran a red light and T-boned ...

  • Teen on bike hit by passing vehicle

    TAHLEQUAH - A Green Country teenager was hospitalized after being hit by a car. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 13-year-old Oscar Duran was hit while riding his bike on State Highway 82 just outside of Tahlequah around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday. Duran was hit by a van that was trying to pass another vehicle. Troopers say the teen is in stable condition with a head injury. He was not wearing ...

  • Driver slams car into power pole

    TULSA - A woman is recovering after slamming her car into a power pole late Wednesday night. It happened around 11 p.m. near 41st and Memorial. Police say the driver lost control of the vehicle when she reached to adjust her seat belt. She suffered some facial injuries though an adult passenger and a 3-year-old child in the car were not hurt. The impact severely damaged the power pole, which PSO ...

  • Official Gandolfini likely had heart attack

    The body of the actor was transferred to the morgue at the Policlinico Umberto I hospital in Rome early Thursday, where it awaited an autopsy. By law, medical examiners in Italy are required to carry out the postmortem 24 hours after the body's arrival in the morgue, a hospital spokesman said. Professor Claudio Modini, head of the emergency department where the actor was taken, said he ...

  • TODAY Cherokee Nation job fair

    TULSA - Cherokee Nation is hiring and they're holding a job fair Thursday to fill a wide range of positions. It runs from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino. There are opportunities at Cherokee Nation Businesses, including the casinos, Cherokee Springs Golf Course and Mobility Plus. Organizers encourage applicants to come ready to interview and bring plenty of resumes. ...

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Poseidon

Poseidon

The disaster genre, specifically as formulated and perfected by producer/director Irwin Allen in the early 1970s, has to be one of the most masochistic of film genres. After all, its primary goal is to get the audience to sympathize with a group of ordinary people trying to survive extraordina ... ...

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  • Police Vehicle stolen in burglary at Stoops home

    Norman police Lt. Eric Lehenbauer says a vehicle and other items were stolen early Wednesday from Stoops' home. Lehenbauer says several members of the Stoops family were home at the time of the burglary, but no one was ...

  • Hot Springs lands GAC volleyball championships

    HOT SPRINGS, Ark. (AP) -- Hot Springs has landed a new conference championship after losing the Sun Belt Conference basketball tournament to New Orleans earlier this ...

  • James Gandolfini dies of possible heart attack at 51

    body of the actor was transferred to a hospital morgue in Rome early Thursday, where it awaited an autopsy. By law, medical examiners in Italy are required to carry out the postmortem exam 24 hours after the body’s arrival in the morgue, a hospital spokesman said. Before Italian authorities can release his remains for transport back to the United States, the U.S. Embassy in Rome must ...

  • Alice police department dispatchers bring supplies to Oklahoma tornado victims

    CORPUS CHRISTI -- As an Alice police department dispatcher, Tracey Gonzalez said she doesn't often get the opportunity to help people like officers do when they're out on patrol. That's why she and her co-worker Leonor Ochoa, 32, decided to collect toiletries, baby food and pet food for the residents in Moore, Okla., who were affected by a tornado that hit the city last ...

  • 1 dead in 11th and Memorial 2-car crash

    TULSA - Tulsa police are investigating a deadly accident Thursday morning at a busy intersection. One person was killed when a truck collided with a car near 11th and Memorial just before 5 a.m. Police say the truck was traveling westbound on 11th Street when it T-boned the center section of a car traveling northbound on Memorial. The car's passenger was pronounced dead on the scene. Both ...

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