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Crime Stoppers Jacob Ruben Tennell
If you recognize the following suspects and know their whereabouts, please contact Crime Stoppers at 235-7300. You can remain anonymous and earn a cash reward upon the arrest of the wanted person. Jacob Ruben Tennell Sex: Male Race: W/M Age: 29 Height: 5ft 11in Weight: 180lbs Hair: Blonde Eyes: Blue Warrant#CF13002409 - Uttering a Forged ...
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Oklahoma weather Severe storm updates
Follow live severe storm updates, road closings and travel conditions below. The following tweets are from reporters, state officials and ...
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$40M for Indian museum OKd by Oklahoma panel
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A plan to divert $40 million in use taxes over three years to help complete construction of an American Indian Cultural Center and Museum along the banks of the Oklahoma River has cleared a House ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes National Weather Service...
NORMAN -- National Weather Service officials had been watching the potential for severe weather since the middle of last week and they will continue to monitor it Monday, Weather Service meteorologist Rick Smith ...
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Code Enforcement 101 offers basics for keeping neighborhoods looking good
Oklahoma City residents can learn the basics for maintaining and improving their neighborhoods in a workshop Tuesday evening at the Civic Center Music Hall, 201 N Walker ...
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Tornadoes kill 2 more bad weather expected
Tornadoes destroyed homes and tossed trees around like toothpicks as powerful storms ripped through Oklahoma and the Midwest on Sunday and ...
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Tornadoes Possible Monday From Michigan to Texas After Oklahoma Storms Kill 2
Pets were rescued Monday from the rubble of mobile homes destroyed by Sunday's tornado in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, near Shawnee, Okla., May 20, ...
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Gov. Fallin tours storm damage Monday
According to Fallin, around 7,000 homes statewide are still without power, and could be in the dark for several days. She encouraged residents to be cognizant of dangerous weather, and take precautions. "It's hit a lot of families, and our thoughts and prayers are certainly out with all the people that have lost so much, specifically those that have lost loved ones," said ...
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Oklahoma tornadoes Officials assess damage to $88 million Edmond medical complex
Major damage is reported to three Edmond homes. Cathy and Roland Dawson rode out the storm under stairs at 2500 Kingston Terrace as Sunday's tornado hit in Edmond The $88 million Mercy Edmond I-35 medical complex, which was under construction, also was ...
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Texas Oklahoma Battle Opioids With Legislation
Opioid Epidemic Plagues Workers' Comp In the South Central region, Texas and Oklahoma are two states where the battle against opioid abuse among injured workers is being taken up by lawmakers. Both states have seen new bills introduced to curb abuse by raising standards for use of evidence-based medicine, and stricter regulation of drug dispensing doctors and clinics. Oklahoma Oklahoma ...
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2013 Billings Union Cemetery Memorial Day Service
A Memorial Day Service will be held on Monday, May 27, 2013 at the Billings Union Cemetery starting at 11:00 a.m. The speaker will be Reverend Ruth Tipps. Please plan to ...
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Official Second person killed by Oklahoma tornado 39 injured
Austin O'Brien and Trae Bobo, who helped lead Owasso to a 36-0 record and the Class 6A state championship, were among metro-area athletes chosen to the Oklahoma Coaches Association's 2013 All-State baseball ...
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Oklahoma other tornado-hit states brace for more
SHAWNEE, Okla. -; When Lindsay Carter heard on the radio that a violent storm was approaching her rural Oklahoma neighborhood, she gathered her belongings and fled. When she returned, there was little ...
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2 arrested in death of Oklahoma City 7-year-old
Julio Cesar Nevarez, 19, and Paulina Lerese Cruz, 26, were arrested in connection with the death of Adrian Avalos on April 28, according to police. Nevarez and Cruz were taken into custody during a traffic stop at Southwest 22nd Street and South Goff Avenue on Friday, investigators ...
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Tornadoes Tear Through Oklahoma Killing 1
At least one person died after tornadoes ripped through the US state of Oklahoma, US media reported. The death happened late Sunday at a trailer park in Pottawatomie County, Oklahoma, CNN reported. Two people were missing, it added. The National Weather service reported some 26 tornadoes in Oklahoma, Kansas, Illinois and Iowa. CNN also reported that a tornado touched down in Missouri ...
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Oklahoma tornado 21 injured and two dead
tornadoes struck parts of the nation's midsection Sunday, concentrating damage in central Oklahoma and Wichita, Kansas. Two people were killed near Shawnee, Oklahoma, and at least 39 people throughout the state were injured, according to the state's emergency management director, Albert Ashwood.The National Weather Service was forecasting more of the same for the area - including ...
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U.S. Supreme Court rejects final appeal of Oklahoma death row inmate
Anthony Rozelle Banks got away with murder for nearly two decades before Tulsa police connected him to a 1979 killing. His final appeal was rejected Monday by the U.S. Supreme ...
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Season Finale of Celebrity Apprentice re-scheduled
The season finale of Celebrity Apprentice that was supposed to air during Sunday night’s tornado coverage will air early Tuesday morning from 1:05 a.m. to 3:05 a.m. on ...
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Tornadoes Prompt State of Emergency Declaration in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin has declared a state of emergency after tornadoes, severe storms, straight-line winds and flooding wrought devastation throughout her state on May 18 and 19. Beginning on Saturday, numerous Oklahoma counties were hit with tornadoes, straight-line winds, damaging hail and flooding. Initial reports show damage in communities including Bethel Acres, Carney, Edmond, Little ...
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Tornadoes wallop several states 2 killed
The death toll now stands at two after tornadoes swept through Oklahoma on Sunday, the state medical examiner's office said Monday. Both victims were elderly men from ...
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2 killed in Oklahoma Sunday tornadoes IDd
Tornadoes ravaged portions of central Oklahoma on Sunday, reducing portions of a mobile home park to rubble and killing Irish, whose body was found out in the ...
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The Lede Video of the Damage Caused by Tornadoes in Oklahoma and Kansas
Raw footage of a tornado that killed one person and damaged more than 85 homes in Oklahoma, via KOCO-TV. More severe weather is expected on Monday in the central United States after a large storm spawned at least two dozen tornadoes across Oklahoma, Kansas, Iowa and Illinois on Sunday, according ...
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Oklahoma storms 2 Shawnee men victims of deadly tornado
The state medical examiner has released the name of two men killed by the Sunday tornado that hit Pottawatomie County. The victims are Glen Irish, 79, and Billy Hutchinson, 76, both of ...
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Bryan trial could go to jury Monday
Rebecca Bryan's attorney continued calling witnesses in her murder trial Monday. She is accused of killing her husband, Nichols Hills Fire Chief Keith Bryan, at their Mustang ...
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Oklahoma City police investigating discovery of body
Officers say the man's body was found inside a home in the 1400 block of Northeast 15th Street. The man has signs of trauma to his body, but detectives did not call the death a homicide. Police said they are gathering evidence and are questioning a man and a woman, but no arrests have been ...
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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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