A defense contractor employee went on a shooting rampage Monday inside a building at the heavily secured Washington Navy Yard, spraying bullets in the hallways and firing from a balcony onto office workers in an atrium below, authorities and witnesses said. Thirteen people were killed, including the gunman.
Citing a strong appetite for its "Dirty Game" series on Oklahoma State football, Sports Illustrated released the fifth and final chapter a day earlier than originally announced.
BNSF Railway Co. announced Monday it is spending $125 million to expand and improve its system in Oklahoma. Projects will include a new bypass connection at the Cherokee rail yard in west Tulsa and extending a siding area on the carrier's tracks near Mannford.
As summer fades, so do the songs and sounds of summer. But that gives way to a fall music bonanza.
By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
If Luis Delarosa didn’t know he was missed at Thoreau Demonstration Academy before, he knows it now. The 12-year-old is hospitalized because of a recurrence of leukemia.
Seventh-graders spell out their support to classmate fighting cancer
By MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff Writer
Matt and Melanie Capobianco raised Veronica for the first two years of her life, but she has lived with her Cherokee family in Oklahoma since late 2011. Continuing coverage: Read more on the Baby Veronica custody battle here.
Baby Veronica update: Both sides spend several hours in court
By JARREL WADE World Staff Writer
The Cherokee Nation’s total economic impact on Oklahoma grew since 2010 by about 25 percent, bringing it to $1.3 billion during 2012. Principal Chief Bill John Baker attributed the tribe’s growth to a diversified Cherokee Nation Businesses portfolio that, in addition to gaming and entertainment, is involved in manufacturing, health care, information technology and several other fields.
Cherokee, Oklahoma leaders tout tribe's billion-dollar economic impact on state
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We covered 30 schools and had more than 900 photos to choose from when we created this gallery. See what we liked or see all the galleries from Week 2. If you like a photo, you can buy it.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PHOTOS: Our favorites from Week 2 games
By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
In a order filed Tuesday, Presiding District Judge William C. Kellough denied the petition, finding it sufficient in part and insufficient in part.
Judge denies grand jury petition in toddler's death
By ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
City voters on Nov. 12 will consider separate ballot propositions to extend 1.1 percent in sales taxes up to seven years for $563.7 million in roadwork and other capital improvements projects and to issue $355 million in general obligation bonds mainly for nonarterial roadwork.
Improve Our Tulsa campaign for capital improvement projects launches
The curtain had just gone down on the Tulsa Ballet's special Monday afternoon performance, and fifth-graders from several Tulsa schools buzzed with excitement over what they had just seen.
Any Given Child program brings arts to school kids
By KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer
A man's body was found in a car early Monday in what Tulsa police say is the city's 43rd homicide of the year.
Latest Tulsa homicide likely related to drugs
Three giants hit the skids.
The Picker: Dynasties to Dinosaurs
Deadspin.com hosted a chat with SI managing editor Chris Stone and executive editor Jon Wertheim on Tuesday.
OSU Sports: Highlights of Deadspin Q&A with SI editors
Budweiser has on its sales sheet to sell Lime-A-Rita and Strawberita
What the Ale: Budweiser OK+ coming to liquor stores?
All but $140,000, which was privately donated through the Tulsa Community Foundation for raises for 23 ranking administrators, will come straight out of the district's annual budget.
Tulsa school board OKs nearly $6 million in raises for teachers, staff
By MICHAEL SMITH World Scene Writer
This is the first work of Grisham's to be adapted for the stage. Previews are set for September on Broadway, with the official opening in October for this production adapted by Rupert Holmes.
Tulsa group to produce Grisham best-seller on Broadway
Police said a male grabbed cash from the hands of a 71-year-old woman as she was standing in line before fleeing the business on foot.
Police: Search continues for man who robbed elderly woman
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He had been treated since August by Veterans Affairs, the officials said.
Gunman in Navy Yard rampage was hearing voices
By SHEILA STOGSDILL World Correspondent
The bureau's Human Trafficking Unit concluded a four-day operation Friday that focused on organized sex trafficking in Tulsa, Rogers, Ottawa and Delaware counties.
4-day prostitution sting in Tulsa, Rogers, Ottawa and Delaware counties leads to 42 arrests
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The Cherokee Nation and the descendants of slaves who have been suing the tribe for more than a decade have taken an extraordinary step to get a decision from a federal judge.
Cherokee Nation, freedmen descendants and U.S. government ask judge to rule on citizenship issue in lawsuit
With the explosion of questionable material surrounding college football, the following meeting could be taking place in various offices of coaches throughout the country.
College football coaches are having their own huddles
By JERRY WOFFORD World Scene Writer
Albums of autumn: 22 new and upcoming music releases to get excited about
See how they came to that conclusion
Taste: Study says Tulsa ranks as one of the top ten of meatiest cities
Cable's AMC takes a page out of "Breaking Bad' book and will end "Mad Men" with a split final season.
tvtype: 'Mad Men' will serve up seven and seven for seventh and final season
Stream "Mechanical Bull" on iTunes before its due date on Sept. 24.
Offbeat: Listen to Kings of Leon's latest a week before its release
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Thomas Lanners first became acquainted with the music he will play Saturday night in Tulsa via a TV show.
Pianist to use only one hand for recital Saturday in Tulsa with Signature Symphony
If I had kids, I'm afraid I'd be more than a helicopter parent. I'd be an AH-1W Super Cobra. Obviously, I had to Google that.
Parenting style comes out when pet cat acts sickly
By KELLY HINES World Sports Writer
OSU will investigate claims made in Sports Illustrated series
How can one not have sympathy for Artrell Woods?
Artrell Woods' story is heartbreaking, but all stemmed from choices he made
Two days after being victimized by college football's targeting crackdown, the Oklahoma defensive coordinator had plenty to say
OU Sports: Mike Stoops' rant on Gabe Lynn's targeting penalty
Like Artrell Woods, Andrew McGee sustained a spinal injury while at OSU. McGee is now a graduate assistant coach at West Virginia.
Games People Play: OSU alum who once broke neck hopes Artrell Woods and other ex-Cowboys find peace
Mitchell Wilbekin visited the University of Tulsa campus during the weekend of Sept. 6-8.
TU Sports: Three-star Florida point guard confirms commitment to TU
By ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer
Jaz Reynolds afforded himself a quick glance at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium’s scoreboard while registering a record-setting 82-yard catch against Tulsa.
Reynolds finds way back on OU team
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The Dallas Cowboys followed a big win over the New York Giants in the opener with a worrisome loss on the road - just like last year.
Cowboys' loss in KC brings up talk of 2012 woes
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BNSF to invest $125 million in state projects
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The museum at the Tulsa Port of Catoosa is being packed up and shipped to Arkansas as port officials prep a new educational facility.
Tulsa Port of Catoosa plans maritime educational center
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Forbes' latest annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans includes several billionaires with Oklahoma ties and omits an oilman who did not go off the list quietly.
Forbes 400 wealth list contains several Oklahomans
Incredible Pizza Co. will jump into the indoor trampoline park business later this year.
Incredible Pizza joins forces with trampoline park
By SUSAN HYLTON World Business Writer
A gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has cost more than $3 on average nationally for 1,000 days.
Gasoline over $3 a gallon on average in U.S. hits milestone of 1,000 days
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By HARVEY BLUMENTHAL
The Nov. 28, 2008, Tulsa World published my Readers Forum piece, "Antietam," in which I reported on a visit my then-8-year-old grandson, Stevie, and I made to Antietam battlefield in rural Maryland.
From Antietam to Omaha Beach
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Oklahoma's voters are becoming more politically independent.
Should Oklahoma election laws follow the new independent path of voters?
It's taken some time, but Oklahomans have forgiven Woody Guthrie for any real or imagined transgressions.
Woody Guthrie's childhood home to be restored
They're in fast-growing, urban areas, and you can find them in the same places where Republicans vote.
Wayne's World: Where the new Oklahoma independent voters are
When over 80,000 people descend on Norman, contact is inevitable.
View: University of Oklahoma football is a contact sport for the players and fans
The celebration will be Saturday night at VFW 577.
Table Talk: Kifer family plans party for former Grapevine staffers, fans
City refunding QuikTrip's unsold green-waste stickers The convenience store chain was the sole distributor of the 50-cent stickers residents were required to place on bags of extra yard waste.
ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
Pushups for Tulsa police officer didn't violate man's civil rights, jury says The plaintiff alleged in a lawsuit that he was made to perform pushups to avoid a ticket or jail.
JARREL WADE World Staff Writer
Owasso moves toward widening Garnett in heavily traveled area The upgrade from 96th to 106th streets north is a candidate for federal funding assistance.
RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
Navy Yard gunman told police he was hearing voices Washington Navy Yard gunman Aaron Alexis complained to police in Rhode Island last month that people last month that people were talking to him through the walls and ceilings of his hotel rooms.
ERIC TUCKER, JACK GILLUM AND LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press
Federal gun laws didn’t block Navy Yard shooter The gunman in the mass shootings at the Washington Navy Yard had a history of violent outbursts.
ALICIA A. CALDWELL Associated Press
OSU police issue warning after second attack near student housing The most recent assault occurred about 4 a.m. Sept. 7 in the area of the Morrison Apartments.
DYLAN GOFORTH World Staff Writer
Russia opposes use of force in resolution on Syria Russia insisted Tuesday that a U.N. resolution governing Syria’s chemical weapons not allow the use of force.
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Colorado flood attention turns to damage tallies as airlifts wane The emergency airlifts of flood victims waned Tuesday, leaving transportation officials to gauge what it will take to rebuild the wasted landscape.
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New trial ordered in post-Katrina bridge killings A federal judge on Tuesday ordered a new trial for five former New Orleans police officers convicted civil rights violations.
MICHAEL KUNZELMAN Associated Press
Change in state lottery split again suggested The Oklahoma Lottery Commission has a plan for bigger prizes and more education dollars.
BARBARA HOBEROCKWorld Capitol Bureau
Broken Arrow man arrested after alleged DUI-crash injures son Kevin Martin, 24, was arrested just after 6 p.m. Sunday after the crash in east Broken Arrow.
Seventh-graders spell out their support to classmate fighting cancer If Luis Delarosa didn’t know he was missed at Thoreau Demonstration Academy before, he knows it ...
ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
Out-of-state prisoner charged in Tulsa double murder brought back to face prosecution Hilliard Andrew Fulgham is accused of killing Linda Wright, 45, and Dorothy Lindley, 60, in 2006.
Baby Veronica update: Both sides spend several hours in court Matt and Melanie Capobianco raised Veronica for the first two years of her life, but she has lived with ...
MICHAEL OVERALL World Staff Writer
Cherokee, Oklahoma leaders tout tribe's billion-dollar economic impact on state The tribe pumps millions of dollars into northeastern Oklahoma counties each year.
Get your team's football game photos in the Tulsa World The Tulsa World is looking for photographers to shoot all the action surrounding high school footbal
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Startup Cup narrows field to six new companies The TCC Startup Cup’s search for entrepreneurial excellence narrowed its scope to six finalists Tues ...
ROD WALTON World Business Editor
The Picker: Dynasties to Dinosaurs Three giants hit the skids.
The Picker Sports Columnist
Chesapeake CEO says Tuesday that company's “restructuring” should be complete by Nov. 1 Chesapeake Energy Corp. CEO Doug Lawler on Tuesday acknowledged what many employees have feared.
ADAM WILMOTH NewsOK.com
Taste: Study says Tulsa ranks as one of the top ten of meatiest cities See how they came to that conclusion
Nicole Marshall Middleton Food Writer
Senate, House ensnared in health care controversy Implacable Republican opposition to Obamacare has Congress once more veering closer to gridlock.
DAVID ESPO AP Special Correspondent
CFO leaving Magellan Midstream The company said it will immediately start the process to find a replacement to ensure a smooth tran ...
SUSAN HYLTON World Business Writer
Stocks: Market edges higher as Fed kicks off 2-day meeting Two stocks rose for every one that fell on the New York Stock Exchange.
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Oil: Price slips ahead of Fed policy decision Developments in Syria and Libya also put downward pressure on oil prices.
PABLO GORONDI Associated Press
Oklahoma National Guard reverses stance on same-sex couple benefits Oklahoma now joins Texas, Mississippi and Louisiana as the only states that have publicly said they will ...
PHILLIP O'CONNOR NewsOK.com
Edmond teacher named Oklahoma Teacher of the Year He will represent Oklahoma in the national Teacher of the Year competition in the spring of 2014.
Offbeat: Listen to Kings of Leon's latest a week before its release Stream 'Mechanical Bull' on iTunes before its due date on Sept. 24.
Jerry Wofford Scene Writer
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PHOTOS: Our favorites from Week 2 games We covered 30 schools and had more than 900 photos to choose from when we created this gallery. See what ...
OSU Sports: Highlights of Deadspin Q&A with SI editors Deadspin.com hosted a chat with SI managing editor Chris Stone and executive editor Jon Wertheim on ...
KELLY HINES Sports Writer
View: University of Oklahoma football is a contact sport for the players and fans When over 80,000 people descend on Norman, contact is inevitable.
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tvtype: 'Mad Men' will serve up seven and seven for seventh and final season Cable's AMC takes a page out of 'Breaking Bad' book and will end 'Mad Men' with a split final season ...
RITA SHERROW World Scene Writer
Navy Yard shooting victims had long careers there One of the victim's sons is in Army basic training in Oklahoma.
Oklahoma Supreme Court rules on sex offender lawsuit The justices ruled that the many amendments made to the law can't be applied retroactively.
White House criticizes lawmakers opposing gun bill Although some Democrats voted in April against a measure that would have required background checks for ...
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Improve Our Tulsa campaign for capital improvement projects launches City voters on Nov. 12 will consider separate ballot propositions to extend 1.1 percent in sales taxes ...
Weather World: Colorado flooding photos and videos More than 2,300 people and 850 pets have been airlifted to safety by Tuesday, according to the Colorado ...
Althea Peterson Staff Writer
Oklahoma sports governing board OSSAA faces criticism Legislators who requested a formal study of the association said they have received numerous complaints ...
Judge denies grand jury petition in toddler's death In a order filed Tuesday, Presiding District Judge William C. Kellough denied the petition, finding it ...
Colorado evacuees return to find more heartbreak As many as eight people were believed to be dead, according to state officials, and hundreds were still ...
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Gunman in Navy Yard rampage was hearing voices He had been treated since August by Veterans Affairs, the officials said.
BRETT ZONGKER, ERIC TUCKER AND LOLITA C. BALDORAssociated Press
Police: Search continues for man who robbed elderly woman Police said a male grabbed cash from the hands of a 71-year-old woman as she was standing in line before ...
Public gives input on Enbridge pipeline into Cushing The 600-mile Flanagan South pipeline built by Enbridge Energy Co. does not cross an international bo ...
New athletic conference formed in Oklahoma City area Ten western and Oklahoma City-area high schools have formed a new athletic conference.
Games People Play: OSU alum who once broke neck hopes Artrell Woods and other ex-Cowboys find peace Like Artrell Woods, Andrew McGee sustained a spinal injury while at OSU. McGee is now a graduate assistant ...
JIMMIE TRAMEL Sports Writer
Table Talk: Kifer family plans party for former Grapevine staffers, fans The celebration will be Saturday night at VFW 577.
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Chesapeake cuts natural gas vehicle team Chesapeake has declined to address specifics of its restructuring, but natural gas vehicle advocates ...
JAY F. MARKS NewsOK.com
Rain possible again in Tulsa area today During the past two days, an Oklahoma Mesonet site on the northeast Tulsa Community College campus has ...
Tulsa group to produce Grisham best-seller on Broadway This is the first work of Grisham's to be adapted for the stage. Previews are set for September on Broadway, ...
MICHAEL SMITH World Scene Writer
New study warns of U.S. long-term debt problems The Congressional Budget Office report said government spending on health care and Social Security would ...
ANDREW TAYLOR Associated Press
Court orders resentencing for man accused in deaths of Edmond residents The Denver-based appeals court agreed with his defense team, which argued that it was unconstitutional ...
Reba McEntire, Blake Shelton, Miranda Lambert, George Strait, Alabama and Eric Church join George Jones tribute concert “I am thrilled and honored that so many of George’s friends are coming to what would have been his last ...
BRANDY MCDONNELL NewsOK.com
Miranda Lambert to open second Pink Pistol store in her Texas hometown While performing in her home state of Texas over the weekend, the Grammy winner confirmed on Facebook ...
Wayne's World: Where the new Oklahoma independent voters are They're in fast-growing, urban areas, and you can find them in the same places where Republicans vot ...
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Marcus Smart named Blue Ribbon player of the year Smart was the Big 12's player of the year last season as well as the U.S. Basketball Writers Associa
KELLY HINES World Sports Writer
Altus man electrocuted while working on house He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Police are investigating but said it appears to be an accident ...
Three sentenced in 2011 death of Fort Gibson teen Authorities accused six people of entering a house and robbing the teen and three others.
Missing Kansas City girl found in Edmond; mother arrested on abduction complaints The 13-year-old girl was recovered unharmed and is waiting to be reunited with her father, Deputy U.S. ...
BRYAN DEAN NewsOK.com
Flood damage to Oklahoma City office building exceeds $2 million Repairing the May 31 flood damage to the seven-story building at 100 N Walker Ave. Oklahoma City is expected ...
WILLIAM CRUM NewsOK.com
OU Sports: Mike Stoops' rant on Gabe Lynn's targeting penalty Two days after being victimized by college football's targeting crackdown, the Oklahoma defensive coordinator ...
GUERIN EMIG Sports Writer
Kansas woman dies in Payne County wreck Grant was driving a 1992 Toyota Corolla south on Interstate 35, just 13 miles west of Stillwater about ...
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Baby Veronica's parents meet in Tulsa court In the longest hearing yet since the custody battle moved to Oklahoma, Baby Veronica's two sets of parents ...
John E. Hoover: Artrell Woods' story is heartbreaking, but all stemmed from choices he made How can one not have sympathy for Artrell Woods?
JOHN E. HOOVER World Sports Columnist
Death notices for September 17 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.
Former OSU player in SI story explains what he wants: money Said Woods about wanting money, "Bottom line. That’s all. For pain and suffering. For me taking a whole ...
JIMMIE TRAMEL World Sports Writer
Latest Tulsa homicide likely related to drugs A man's body was found in a car early Monday in what Tulsa police say is the city's 43rd homicide of ...
KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer
4-day prostitution sting in Tulsa, Rogers, Ottawa and Delaware counties leads to 42 arrests The bureau's Human Trafficking Unit concluded a four-day operation Friday that focused on organized sex ...
SHEILA STOGSDILL World Correspondent
OSU will investigate claims made in Sports Illustrated series Citing a strong appetite for its "Dirty Game" series on Oklahoma State football, Sports Illustrated released ...
Forbes 400 wealth list contains several Oklahomans Forbes' latest annual ranking of the 400 richest Americans includes several billionaires with Oklahoma ...
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Ex-players Nethon, McGee say Cowboy football does care In the final chapter of "The Dirty Game," Sports Illustrated said so many players have been jettisoned ...
Former OSU player Artrell Woods says he wants to get paid Former Oklahoma State receiver Artrell Woods was a central figure in Sports Illustrated's final chapter ...
OU Notebook: Rest and recovery The Sooners return to practice this week, but they'll take Saturday off to rest for their Sept. 28 trip ...
GUERIN EMIG World Sports Writer
Tom Gilbert: Budweiser OK+ (some say 6 point) coming to liquor stores? Budweiser has on its sales sheet to sell Lime-A-Rita and Strawberita
Guerin Emig: Mike Stoops' rant on Gabe Lynn's targeting penalty Two days after being victimized by college football's targeting crackdown, the Oklahoma defensive coordinator ...
Reynolds finds way back on OU team Jaz Reynolds afforded himself a quick glance at Oklahoma Memorial Stadium’s scoreboard while registering ...
ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer
13 killed in Washington shooting rampage A defense contractor employee went on a shooting rampage Monday inside a building at the heavily secured ...
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Jimmie Tramel: OSU alum who once broke neck hopes Artrell Woods and other ex-Cowboys find peace Like Artrell Woods, Andrew McGee sustained a spinal injury while at OSU. McGee is now a graduate assistant ...
Tulsa school board OKs nearly $6 million in raises for teachers, staff The Tulsa school board approved nearly $6 million in additional funding for employee salary increases ...
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