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Police Attribute Morning Wrecks On Highway 412 To Inattentive Driving
Officer Craig Murray, of Tulsa Police, said it's an officer's discretion to write tickets for people not paying attention, but when they do, it's a $150 ...
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Truck Wreck Damages Railroad Bridge Over Highway 169 In Tulsa
TULSA, Oklahoma - A truck wreck on Highway 169 on the north side of Tulsa will affect rush-hour traffic Wednesday evening. The southbound truck was carrying a piece of construction equipment called a track hoe when the hoe's large boom hit the railroad bridge that crosses 169 near Pine. The impact heavily damaged the track hoe, knocking it off its trailer and disconnecting the trailer ...
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Relay For Boston Marathon Bombing Victims Runs Through Tulsa
TULSA, Oklahoma - A 3,300 mile non-stop relay to honor Boston passed through Tulsa Wednesday. One Run For Boston started in Los Angeles and will end in Boston. Proceeds are going to victims of the Boston Marathon bombing. Hundreds of runners across America are signing up to carry the baton for a stage of the relay. But participants say it's not about the run, it's about being apart ...
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Tulsa Police Hit The Streets To Warn Businesses About Mail Fraud
TULSA, Oklahoma - The new Financial Crimes Unit in Tulsa is already hard at work. Wednesday, they hand delivered letters to businesses, outlining ways to protect themselves from mail theft. This comes after a rise in thefts from unsecured business mailboxes. Police say thieves often forge checks stolen from mailboxes. A simple solution for businesses is to buy a more secure mailbox. ...
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Tulsa Man Accused of Raping 14-Year-Old Girl
Two new lawsuits have been filed in June against Tulsa oral surgeon Dr. Scott Harrington. He is accused of exposing thousands of patients to HIV and Hepatitis B and ...
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Fire destroys double-wide mobile home in Newalla
The fire destroyed the structure located at 19700 Newsom Road, fire officials said. About 75 percent of the structure's contents were destroyed or damaged in the mid-afternoon ...
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UPDATE I-40 reopened at Shields after fatal wreck
A fatality has been reported on Interstate 40 in south Oklahoma City. The eastbound lanes of I-40 at Shields Boulevard are open again after being closed for more than an ...
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Texas-based Employee Solutions enters Oklahoma
Plano, Texas-based Employee Solutions has entered Oklahoma with a three-person Tulsa staff working on-site for a 400-worker client. The firm intends to add a three- to four-person stand-alone Tulsa office within 60 to 90 ...
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Senators demand tougher border security as part of any immigration reform
WASHINGTON — Supporters of the Senate’s bipartisan immigration reform bill are getting momentum from a new report saying the plan eventually would greatly reduce the federal budget deficit. The report from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office says immigration reform would boost the economy and cut the deficit by $197-billion dollars over ten years as increased taxes offset ...
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Health officials searching for those exposed to rabid dog at pet sale
Sulphur rabid bluetick hound SULPHUR, OK — State Health officials are looking for individuals who may have been exposed to a rabid puppy sold at the Bivens Dog Trade in Sulphur, Oklahoma. The Oklahoma State Department of Health (OSDH) is looking for the seller of, as well as persons who purchased or had direct contact with, Bluetick/Walker Coonhound mix puppies that were sold at the ...
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Tulsa Police Recover Stolen Recycling Trailer
TULSA, Oklahoma - The Metropolitan Environmental Trust says a trailer stolen from its recycling center has been recovered. The M.e.t. says the trailer was stolen Monday, June 17, 2013 from its center at 3495 S. ...
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City Of Tulsa Surplus Auction Goes Online
TULSA, Oklahoma - The City of Tulsa is trying a new way of getting rid of surplus property. Usually, it holds a regular auction, but this Friday, it will open an online auction to sell vehicles, office equipment and more. You'll be able to see pictures of the items, bid and pay--all electronically. The auction will run through the middle of ...
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Supreme Court Ruling Could Make Preventative Genetic Tests More Affordable
Dr. Chad Johnson is a breast surgeon at St. Francis Hospital. He said, since the ruling, at least five other companies have released their own gene ...
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City Of Owasso Raises Ambulance Rates
OWASSO, Oklahoma - Starting next month, people in Owasso who don't pay the annual ambulance subscription will pay more for a ride to the hospital. The city council approved a plan to raise the advanced life support fee from $625 to $1,100, and increase the mileage rate. The city hasn't raised ambulance rates since ...
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Jenks 14-Year-Old Murder Suspect Will Be Tried As Youthful Offender
TULSA, Oklahoma - A Tulsa County judge ruled Wednesday a 14-year-old accused of murder will be treated as a youthful offender. Joshua Mooney is charged with shooting and killing Mary Escue during a break-in at her parents' Jenks home in December 2012. Prosecutors say, since December 2011, Mooney has had 17 contacts with law enforcement over things like cruelty to animals, burglary and ...
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Semi hits bridge along Turner Turnpike
The eastbound lanes of the Turner Turnpike were shut down Wednesday afternoon because of a semi hitting a bridge east of the Oklahoma City metro ...
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Thousands of tea party activists rip IRS at rally
Thousands of tea party activists gathered Wednesday outside the Capitol in loud protest of the Internal Revenue Service, seeking to keep the beleaguered agency's scandal afloat nearly six weeks after the news first ...
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SB US-169 near Pine narrowed
TULSA - Drivers are being asked to avoid the southbound lanes of US-169 near East Pine Avenue after a truck hauling a backhoe smashed into an overhead train track shortly before 3 p.m. Workers have closed SB US-169 and are diverting traffic onto the inside shoulder between 36th St. N. and Pine. The closure is expected to last through rush hour and into Wednesday evening. No injuries have been ...
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BRIEF 48 Hour Film Project open to Oklahoma filmmakers
June 19--The 48 Hour Film Project, a filmmaking opportunity in which filmmakers must write, shoot, edit and score a short film within 48 hours, is open for registration. On Aug. 9, filmmakers will be given a character, a prop, a line of dialogue and a genre to be included in their films. Completed films will be shown at a local theater, and the winning short film will go on to compete ...
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Okla. man sentenced to 6 months for Wyoming threat
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- An Oklahoma City man has been sentenced to serve six months in federal prison for making a threat to commit violence in Casper, ...
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Okla. health dept. investigating rabies exposure
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The Oklahoma Department of Health is investigating whether anyone who handled a rabid puppy that later died was exposed to the ...
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Edmonton Oilers Dallas Stars to play 2013-14 preseason game in Oklahoma City
Anthony SlaterMike Gundy shot out a mysterious tweet on Tuesday night, proclaiming 'Pistols Firing!' without giving a reason for his excitement.In all likelihood, it was in response to another recruit joining Oklahoma State's 2014 class.Jeremiah Ledbetter, a 6-foot-3, 290-pound JUCO defensive tackle, committed to the Cowboys on Tuesday, as first reported by Scout.com.Ledbetter ...
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Meet the Boy Scout with all 134 merit badges
WINNSBORO, SC — Logan Robinson is going to need a bigger sash. He’s come a long way in 10 years. Back then he was just a 7-year-old Cub Scout who enjoyed carving polar bears out of bars of soap. ';For a 7-year old to have a knife and be carving something, it was awesome,'; said Robinson. ';I was hooked right away.'; Robinson achieved his Eagle Scout rank by the ...
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OU sends emergency alert warning students of armed robbery
an emergency alert to students warning them about an armed robbery near Campus Corner. Authorities said they are searching for two men who were running northbound from the scene at University and Boyd ...
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Crews contain Newalla mobile home fire
NEWALLA, Okla. – Crews have contained a fire at a mobile home in in Newalla Wednesday afternoon. Fire officials said the blaze started at 19700 Newsom Rd. near S.E. 104th St. and Luther Rd. at about 3 p.m. So far, no injuries have been reported. Authorities have not said how the fire started. Refresh this page and watch News Channel 4 for the latest ...
Oklahoma City Focus
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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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