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As the tornado began shaking their house Monday, Laurinda Vargyas huddled with her mother in a bathtub and held her baby girl and 4-year-old daughter tight.

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School reinforcement could be key to saving lives, engineer says

By ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer

Storm shelters in schools may be as rare as they are in any other public buildings, but experts in emergency preparedness and construction engineering say more can be done to protect vulnerable schoolchildren.

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Moore devastation all too familiar to victims of 2011 Joplin disaster

By SAMANTHA VICENT World Staff Writer

As recovery efforts continue following Monday's EF5 tornado in Moore, residents of Joplin, Mo., watch with a sense of deja vu.

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Survivors' Stories: Looters sifting through rubble add to family grief

By GINNIE GRAHAM & CARY ASPINWALL World Staff Writers

Genni Satterlee didn't want her first-grade daughter at Plaza Towers Elementary School when the tornado hit.

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Ginnie Graham
News Columnist

Fog lifts over tornado victims and now the work begins

Amber Kriesel took a big sigh looking around the rubble that was her home before diving in to find dishes.

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Southern suburb thriving

By CURTIS KILLMAN World Staff Writer

The city of Bixby’s population grew by 4.9 percent to 22,580 residents from 2011 to 2012, making it one of the fastest growing cities in the state during the one-year period ending last July 1, a U.S. Census Bureau report shows.

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Rogers County commissioner recommends nullifying sales-tax vote

By RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer

Following a 41-minute executive session at a special meeting, County Commission Chairman Kirt Thacker said he will move that commissioners take that action at a regular meeting Tuesday.

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St. John plans layoffs, cites rejection of Medicaid expansion by Gov. Mary Fallin

By WAYNE GREENE WORLD SENIOR WRITER & SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer

Tulsa's St. John Health System is "restructuring its workforce" because of changes in medical financing, including Gov. Mary Fallin's decision not to allow Medicaid expansion in the state, according to a statement from the medical center Wednesday.

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GRDA report: Boat driver drank alcohol, took pills before fatal Grand Lake crash

By SHEILA STOGSDILL World Correspondent

A preliminary investigative report released Wednesday states that the driver of a boat that crashed into a docked houseboat on Grand Lake, killing two people, had consumed 10 beers and a shot of tequila and had taken a nonprescription antidepressant before the crash.

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MOVIE REVIEW

Review: 'The Hangover, Part III'

By MICHAEL SMITH World Scene Writer

It is a sobering realization to exit "The Hangover, Part III" and know that I have come to despise the Wolf Pack and these movies.

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WEEKEND

Rocklahoma 2013: Crowds come for the music, stay for the party

By JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer

Bush frontman Gavin Rossdale says festivals like Rocklahoma hold a completely different energy than any arena or stadium gig.

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Tulsa native among bachelors on this season's 'The Bachelorette'

By RITA SHERROW World Scene Writer

When host Chris Harrison introduces the bachelors to Desiree Hartsock on Monday's season premiere of "The Bachelorette," one face might look familiar to Tulsans.

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Owasso brothers compete for $100,000 in 'American Bible Challenge' finals

By RITA SHERROW World Scene Writer

For the Wagner brothers, Jesse, 21, Josh, 23, and Daniel, 19, making it all the way to the finals of "The American Bible Challenge" was "intense."

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OSU BASEBALL

Josh Holliday brings postseason pedigree to OSU baseball

By ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer

Josh Holliday spent summer vacations following the Oklahoma State baseball team's postseason runs.

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TU - ORU BASKETBALL

TU to open basketball season against ORU

By BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer

For only the second time in the 39-year history of the Mayor's Cup series, the University of Tulsa basketball team will open a season against rival Oral Roberts.

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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL

Wagoner football team may rely more on defense this season

By BARRY LEWIS World Sports Writer

After two consecutive appearances in the Class 4A state championship game, Wagoner ended the 2012 football season with a loss to Anadarko in the semifinals.

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ORU BASEBALL

ORU holds off Stephen F. Austin in Southland Conference baseball tournament opener

By COREY ROEPKEN World Correspondent

The hot, humid weather of southeast Texas reared its ugly head for the Oral Roberts baseball team Wednesday morning.

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TRANSPORTATION

Memorial Day weekend travel expected to rise, AAA-Oklahoma says

By JOHN STANCAVAGE World Business Columnist

The recent surge in gasoline prices in Oklahoma could curb Memorial Day travel somewhat, but many state residents still are expected to plan trips for the holiday, a new report says.

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Robert Evatt
Tech Columnist

Tech review: Samsung Galaxy S4

Within the S Health app on the Samsung Galaxy S4, there's a feature that can measure the temperature and humidity around you and tell you whether conditions are comfortable.

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ENERGY

CVR refinery in Coffeyville, Kan., to pay $300,000 penalty to EPA

By ROD WALTON World Business Editor

An oil refinery in Coffevyille, Kan., will pay a $300,000 penalty in what federal regulators called the facility's third environmental settlement in 13 months, the EPA announced Wednesday.

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ENERGY

ONEOK Inc. shareholders reject added methane precautions

By KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer

ONEOK Inc. shareholders shot down a proposal Wednesday from a social advocacy investment group to increase methane monitoring and reporting.

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POLITICAL CARTOON

Anthony Weiner's Recognition

By BRUCE PLANTE World Editorial Cartoonist

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EDITORIAL

Teachers' valor in the Moore tornado recounted

By World's Editorials Writers

police, firefighters, ambulance techs, emergency relief personnel and National Guard members - performed in Monday's horrifying tornado in Moore as we in Oklahoma have come to expect. They displayed professionalism, discipline, compassion and a willingness to go the extra mile.

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EDITORIAL

Fallin's Medicaid decision leads to job losses here

By World's Editorials Writers

The negative fallout resulting from Gov. Mary Fallin's decision to reject the Medicaid expansion element of Obamacare continues to mount. Thanks to her refusal to participate in the expansion, St. John Health System says it is being forced to eliminate about 2 to 3 percent of its workforce by the end of June.

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