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Report N Korea fires short-range missiles
North Korea launched three short-range guided missiles into the sea off the Korean Peninsula's east coast Saturday, South Korea's semi-official news agency Yonhap cited the South Korean Defense Ministry as ...
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Oklahoma World War II veteran gets diploma 68...
Billy Joe Dill skipped out of high school shortly before graduation so he could join the Marines in 1944. He was stationed in the Pacific until the war ended, when he returned home and started his life in Frederick. The school district surprised the 85-year-old with a diploma Thursday ...
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Feds to probe Connecticut train crash
Federal transportation investigators will work to determine what caused two passenger trains to collide during rush hour in Connecticut, sending dozens to the ...
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Mother and baby attacked by man posing as UPS driver saved by dog
A man was arrested Friday at the Cannes Film Festival after firing a gun loaded with blanks during a live television interview, sending an Oscar-winning actor running for ...
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Birthday girl from Edmond asks for shoes for children in Africa
Bree Johnson, 7, daughter of Pam and Damon Johnson, of Edmond, decided that for her birthday on April 7 she would do something different this year. She asked for shoes for children in Africa. Bree and her family listen to KLOVE radio and had heard that kids all over the world cannot go to school unless they have shoes to fit their feet. Shoes for Orphan Souls is a national organization that ...
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Edmond school psychologist honored
EDMOND -- John Ross Elementary School psychologist, Nicole Marler, has been named school psychologist of the year by the Oklahoma School Psychological Association. "I was shocked and humbled," Marler said. "It is quite an honor to be nominated by your peers." Marler has been at John Ross Elementary in the Edmond school district for three years. She served in the same capacity ...
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Oklahoma governor urges state lawmakers to address health insurance issue
Gov. Mary Fallin says lawmakers must act before adjourning next week to approve legislation for about 9,000 low-income Oklahomans who stand to lose their health insurance coverage at the end of this ...
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Oklahoma leads pack in campaign reporting
Oklahoma is among 15 states to receive an 'A' grade in a 50-state analysis of disclosure requirements for political action committees, nonprofits and outside spending ...
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Oklahoma candidates who dont follow rules find politics costly
The Oklahoma Ethics Commission said it will begin assessing penalties this summer to almost two years worth of political candidates and committees that have failed to comply with campaign contribution and expenditure reporting ...
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Oklahoma Attorney General asks to delay hearing into PSO plan for regional haze
Oklahoma Attorney General Scott Pruitt said more information is needed about future electricity demand at Public Service Co. of Oklahoma before a compliance plan to deal with regional haze is decided by state environmental officials. A public hearing into the plan will go ahead ...
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Young people of Oklahoma are faces of arthritis
But they share a disease that afflicts one in 1,000 children. They both have arthritis. There are 3,500 Oklahoma children living with juvenile arthritis, said Sherri O'Neil, regional vice president of the Arthritis Foundation/South Central Region. That is one reason the organization is featuring children as special honorees for this year's fundraising walk. "Arthritis is a ...
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25th annual Oklahoma Preservation Conference is June 5-7 in Perry OK
"Home and Hometowns," "Technologies and Techniques," "Landmarks and Landscapes" and other sessions are planned, as well as "The Coffee Shop and the Corner Store" and "Genealogical Tourism: Connecting Family History to the Oklahoma ...
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Final weekend for Symphony Show House in Oklahoma City
The 40th Symphony Show House continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday, featuring the work of 34 interior and landscape designers in almost 70 separate rooms and space at "The Trio in The Abbey," three new homes for sale in "The Abbey," a subdivision of the Fairview Farms neighborhood at NW 150 and Western ...
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Central Oklahoma Habitat for Humanitys approach seen in Bible stories
And so my two main worlds -- journalist by day, seminarian by night and weekend -- so coolly colliding since January, come back apart with the end of the semester and the end of my time of supervised ministry with Central Oklahoma Habitat through Phillips Theological Seminary in ...
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St. Anthony cancer institute in Oklahoma City offers art experience
The St. Anthony Frank C. Love Cancer Institute will host a guided painting event open to cancer patients, survivors, families and the general ...
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Oklahoma State football Todd Monken thinks Wes Lunt shouldve stayed in...
Todd Monken never envisioned Wes Lunt transferring to Southern Miss. And that was well before Friday's news that Monken's new school is one of many -- along with all schools from the Big 12, Pac-12, SEC and Central Michigan -- that Oklahoma State is blocking as potential destinations for the for the former Cowboys ...
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Oklahoma City area real estate transactions May 18 2013
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At a glance Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice
More about center's efforts For more information about efforts to form an Oklahoma City arm of the Oklahoma Center for Community and Justice or to learn details about the OCCJ-Oklahoma City task force's next meeting planned at Oklahoma City University, call Russ Florence at ...
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Edmond begins at $231 million budget process
City council members have begun looking at the proposed budget for the coming fiscal year. Residents will have to go back four years to find a larger ...
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Centennial Elementary School kindergarten students get their diplomas in Edmond
Kindergarten students at Centennial Elementary School in Edmond celebrated their graduation with a ceremony on Thursday. Edmond high school students graduate on ...
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Bicyclists rally at Norman park for Bike to Work Day
Bikers celebrated national Bike to Work Day with group rides in Norman and other Oklahoma City-area cities as part of a campaign to promote bicycling as a healthy and efficient means of ...
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Oral Roberts University launches program for high schoolers
The program will allow high school juniors and seniors to enroll in fully accredited college courses, which are offered in a 15-week online format. Tuition for the program is offered at a promotional rate based on class size. Christian schools may choose to offer the concurrent classes as a part of their high school curriculum. Course offerings include: American government, American history, ...
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Yukon private school kindergartners graduate
Kimberly Corr-Van Aken's kindergarten class at Yukon Kids First graduated this week during a ceremony complete with white gowns and caps inscribed with letters of the ...
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Two Bethany OK police officers cleared to return to work
The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation investigated Bethany police officers regarding allegations of missing evidence. Two were cleared to return to work; one officer remains on paid administrative ...
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Norman mission program offers youths chance to volunteer
Known as CAMps, the volunteer mission opportunities are for students who have completed the sixth grade or higher. This is Community Action Missions' 14th year to offer CAMps, which provide young people "life-changing, community-impacting experiences," Executive Director Donna Hooper said. Participants aid community nonprofit organizations "and learn how to put their faith ...
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Oklahoma City's ambitious overhaul of downtown
Oklahoma City with her 550,000 residents in the city core and a further 700,000 in the wider metropolitan area is the largest urban area in the state and Oklahoma’s largest city. We are therefore the economic hub of the state, so Project 180 was always going to cause a significant amount of disruption.
When construction on the Devon Tower was first reported by Oklahoma City news media in October, 2009 many residents of the city waited in anticipation to see what the finished product would look like. The 50-story building, will be the new headquarters of Devon Energy, will be the tallest building in the city and will contain 1.8 million square feet of office space. It is a true substantiation of the city’s status as a commercial power hub. Read more
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