More than 12,000 residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the tornado have a break in the weather Friday morning to continue removing debris from their propertiers. Tulsa World Editorial Cartoonist Bruce Plante: "The Modern Oklahoma School Teacher" Plan to give $1,200 debit cards to tornado victims rejected Citizens are in "state of healing," Gov. Mary Fallin says as Moore continues tornado recovery Plan to give $1,200 debit cards to tornado victims rejected How to help those affected by the Moore tornado: OK Strong SLIDESHOW: Moore Tornado coverage - day 4 Moore Tornado 2013: Find all the coverage from the Moore tornado, including photo slideshows and a video from the World's award winning photographers.
Oklahoma baseball coach Sunny Golloway recently received the request from a police officer directing traffic around a tornado-ravaged neighborhood.
It's just an empty field now, but community and industry leaders hope a new rail line and road will help make a section of Claremore an industrial hub for northeast Oklahoma.
School is more than learning your ABCs and how to solve quadratic equations. We know that learning how to think critically, work cooperatively, and solve problems creatively are among the most important skills children need to be good citizens, contributing members of society, and productive workers in a competitive global economy.
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Tulsa man told dogs to attack officers, police say After he was handcuffed, he allegedly told his pit bull to “Get ’em! Get ’em!” — referring to officers ...
AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer
UK arrests 2 men over incident with Pakistan plane A jet was launched to divert the Pakistan International Airlines plane carrying nearly 300 passengers ...
Associated Press
American Legion giving $1M to Oklahoma tornado victim veterans The Legion also provided relief funds after Hurricane Sandy, Hurricane Katrina and other natural dis ...
Washington state I-5 bridge collapse caused by oversize load It happened about 7 p.m. Thursday on the four-lane Interstate 5 bridge near Mount Vernon, about 60 miles ...
MANUEL VALDES AND MIKE BAKERAssociated Press
TCU ninth-inning rally tops OSU at Big 12 baseball tournament Horned Frogs score six runs in the top of the ninth inning to upend Cowboys 8-4 late Thursday.
ERIC BAILEY World Sports Writer
Interstate 5 bridge collapses north of Seattle There was no immediate estimate of how many people were in the water or whether anyone was killed.
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
Delaware County couple shot The man and woman were taken to Integris Grove General Hospital around 7 p.m.
SHEILA STOGSDILL World Correspondent
Task force to consider renaming of Tulsa's Brady Street The street is named after Tate Brady, a controversial early-Tulsa businessman who died in 1925.
KEVIN CANFIELD World Staff Writer
Councilors would shift money in mayor's budget to fund more officers The plan, outlined Thursday by councilors G.T. Bynum and Karen Gilbert, would fund 45 police cadets and ...
ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
Watchdog group member accuses Bartlett of ethics code violation Steven Roemerman, a member of the city's Sales Tax Overview Committee, is accusing the mayor of using ...
Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys Gay adults will remain barred from serving as Scout leaders.
DAVID CRARY AND NOMAAN MERCHANTAssociated Press
Hearing begins for brothers accused in Fairmont Terrace killings The Poores are accused of murdering Julie Jackson, 55; Misty Nunley, 33; Rebeika Powell, 23; and Kayetie ...
BILL BRAUN AND JARREL WADEWorld Staff Writers
Obama sees narrower terror threat, defends drones President Barack Obama defended his administration's use of drones against terror threats.
JULIE PACE AND LARA JAKESAssociated Press
Owasso considering city manager probe An agenda released this afternoon calls for an executive session discussing personnel matters related ...
Staff Reports
Cambage on Tulsa: 'I wanted to come back so bad last year' Liz Cambage said she really wanted to join the Tulsa Shock last August for the second half of the WNBA ...
MIKE BROWN World Sports Writer
Oil: Price tracks gains in stocks, erases early losses An afternoon recovery in U.S. stock markets helped oil reverse early losses Thursday.
Stocks: Market ends lower as investors reassess Fed worries Declining stocks outnumbered advancers on the New York Stock Exchange.
Dewey man charged after allegedly killing 2 puppies with shotgun He remained jailed Thursday on $10,000 bond.
LAURA SUMMERS World Correspondent
Houston Texans give $100,000 to tornado relief efforts Team owner Bob McNair and his wife Janice made the donation on behalf of their foundation and the team ...
OU defeats Baylor 2-0 in Big 12 Baseball Tournament OU is scheduled to play Texas Tech in a 9 a.m. pool play contest on Friday.
Hugs and tears: Plaza Towers students come back to school Moore Public Schools sites that were spared by the storm reopened for a few hours Thursday morning so ...
ANDREA EGER World Staff Writer
Oklahoma City Thunder's Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook voted to All-NBA teams The third team had former Thunder and current Houston Rockets star, James Harden.
BILL HAISTEN World Sports Writer
OU, OSU, Tulsa band together for T-shirt, will provide proceeds to disaster relief and recovery The shirts include all three logos of the schools. Proceeds will be donated directly to the United W ...
Caballo starts up Carmen gas plant The project will help the company connect to the growing natural gas production in the Mississippi Lime ...
KYLE ARNOLD World Staff Writer
Magellan Midstream Partners considering pipeline to Little Rock The new line, if built, would transport gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, the company reported.
ROD WALTON World Business Editor
Motorists asked to avoid I-35 through Moore All I-35 off-ramps in Moore are now open except the southbound I-35 off-ramp to South 19th Street, the ...
Browns, former OSU quarterback Weeden to help with Oklahoma tornado Weeden said his wife, Melanie, has family in Moore, where the tornado killed 24 people and destroyed ...
TOM WITHERS AP Sports Writer
Man charged in rape of 14-year-old He is scheduled for an initial appearance on May 28.
Thunder honored as team of the year at Sports Business Awards Presented by Street & Smith’s SportsBusiness Journal and SportsBusiness Daily, the Sports Business Awards ...
Oklahoma reopens emergency operations command center The department had previously announced that the command center would be shut down at Wednesday at m ...
UK attack suspects part of previous investigations Prime Minister David Cameron vowed that Britain would not be cowed by the horrific violence.
GREGORY KATZ AND PAISLEY DODDSAssociated Press
Kathy McConnell-Miller leaving Shock coaching staff Tulsa won five of its final 11 games to finish 9-25 in 2012 after setting a WNBA record with 31 losses ...
State House passes emergency aid bill for tornado response The bill passed 95-0.
RANDY KREHBIEL World Staff Writer
Storms in Tulsa area possible today; Thunderstorms hit Oklahoma City area The Weather Service said more severe storms are forecast for late afternoon and at night. It said tornados ...
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Man sentenced in lewd molestation of relative He pleaded no contest Monday to an amended charge of lewd molestation.
Rams, former OU quarterback Sam Bradford leading Oklahoma aid effort Bradford's family is from the north side of Oklahoma City. His relatives were not hurt in the tornad ...
BP donates $500K to Moore tornado relief effort BP workers in eastern Oklahoma on Thursday delivered a trailer stocked with relief items.
Man who took stolen truck to convenience store sought He was wearing a T-shirt reading “OSUCKS” in black and orange lettering and a blue baseball cap.
Birth control coverage up for federal appeal The Oklahoma City-based Hobby Lobby argues that businesses — not just the currently exempted religious ...
KRISTEN WYATT Associated Press
Weekend TV: 'Smash' ends season 2, HBO's Liberace film premieres Two new series debut, an old comedy favorite returns online and viewers are invited to pay tribute in ...
RITA SHERROW World Television Writer
Howe teen killed in Latimer County crash The 15-year-old was thrown from a car that struck a tree due to unsafe speed, troopers said.
Two years later, Joplin residents send encouragement to Moore As recovery efforts continue in Moore, residents of Joplin, Mo., watch with a sense of deja vu.
SAMANTHA VICENT World Correspondent
Tulsa man charged with molesting 7-year-old Dwight Rake, 63, was arrested Friday and remains in the Tulsa Jail.
KENDRICK MARSHALL World Staff Writer
Obama to visit Oklahoma on Sunday; tornado damage could top $1 billion Secretary of Homeland Defense Janet Napolitano toured the tornado-ravaged areas on Wednesday.
MICHAEL OVERALL AND AMANDA BLANDWorld Staff Writers
Shock's Cambage lands in Tulsa Cambage flew into Tulsa International Airport around 6:15 p.m. after traveling nearly 9,000 miles from ...
Six located after being deemed 'missing' Four were two couples staying in hotels who hadn't contacted family members.
MICHAEL OVERALL AND SAMANTHA VICENTWorld Staff Writers
Four arrested in Holdenville killing Agents arrested Eugenia Wakolee, 27, Kyle Morris, 22, Tara Humphries, 31 and Robert West, 30, on first-degree ...
Big 12 donates $200,000 to tornado relief The Big 12 Conference has announced a $200,000 donation to the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fu ...
Report: Boat operator drinking before fatal Grand Lake crash Rachel Nicole Swetnam, 21 and William Lewis "Trey" Varner III, 21, died
Woman charged with murder in man's fatal stabbing She remains in the Tulsa Jail held without bond.
UK officials: Radical Islam drives London attack Two men apparently attacked another man near a London barracks Wednesday. Police said he died and the ...
CASSANDRA VINOGRAD AND PAISLEY DODDSAssociated Press
Before and after: Images of what the tornado did to Moore We have aerial photos of Moore that show what it looked like before and after the storm.
Sex offender arrested on rape complaint He remains held in lieu of $100,000 bond.
Commissioner to urge new Rogers County tax vote after voter challenge “We won the election,” DeLozier said after the meeting. “There were some problems, so we’re taking care ...
RHETT MORGAN World Staff Writer
Tulsa Shock patners with BOK in storm relief effort The Tulsa Shock and BOK Center have partnered with the American Red Cross to assist in the Moore, OK ...
Oklahoma Senate votes to tap fund for tornado relief Gov. Mary Fallin urged lawmakers to consider the bill, which is expected to be given final legislative ...
Man with unusual facial tattoo jailed in Tulsa on public intoxication complaint His mugshot features the satanic numerical '666' tattoo across his forehead and large occult pentagram ...
NJ Gov. Chris Christie: Oklahoma tornado victims deserve aid 'Two wrongs don't make a right,' Christie told reporters, dignitaries and schoolchildren gathered at ...
ANGELA DELLI SANTI Associated Press
Kenny Wayne Shepherd to headline 'We Can Help Moore' benefit show June 7 in OKC The concert is one night only, June 7 at the Diamond Ballroom in Oklahoma City.
JENNIFER CHANCELLORWorld Scene Writer
Oswalt to join Drillers on Friday The three-time All-Star will be activated prior to Friday night's game at ONEOK Field. He will throw ...
Oklahoma City mayor: Up to 13K homes hit by tornado An aerial view of the site shows whole neighborhoods obliterated, with gouged earth littered with splintered ...
Former OSU assistant Whitaker begins new role as Texas Tech coach Whitaker was an assistant at Oklahoma State last season. She held the same position at Valparaiso and ...
BETSY BLANEY Associated Press
ORU baseball defeated SFA 4-2 The hot, humid weather of southeast Texas reared its ugly head at the Oral Roberts baseball team on
COREY ROEPKEN World Correspondent
Obama to visit tornado-ravaged Oklahoma town White House spokesman Jay Carney says the president will view the tornado damage first-hand. He also ...
JULIE PACEAP White House Correspondent
Koch Industries gives $1M to tornado recovery Several companies that Koch owns have operations in Oklahoma.
Man sentenced to 8 years in fatal crash Owasso police arrested him after a witness who’d been drinking with him at the Jack of Clubs bar saw ...
AMANDA BLAND World Staff Writer
OSSAA offers to replace playoff memorabilia lost in storms “Everybody’s trying to do their part, and if we can help by replacing some type of memorabilia, then ...
Tulsa to conduct routine storm sirens test at noon The Tulsa Area Emergency Management Agency periodically tests the system to ensure the sirens are operating ...
Man sought in Walgreens robbery He told the attendant that he would not shoot her if she gave him all of the money from the register ...
Mother, newborn died seeking refuge from the storm Relatives of Megan Billingsley Futrell and her 3-month-old son, Case, grieved Tuesday outside a crumbled ...
ZEKE CAMPFIELD NewsOK.com
Moore mayor wants to require tornado shelters Underground safe rooms are typically built below garages and can cost around $4,000.
CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN AND RAMIT PLUSHNICK-MASTIAssociated Press
St. John to make cuts following Fallin's decision not to expand Medicaid The Affordable Care Act -- also known as 'Obamacare' -- led to reductions in Medicare payments to help ...
WAYNE GREENE AND SHANNON MUCHMOREWorld Staff Writers
Wife found guilty of murdering Nichols Hills fire chief She shed no tears Tuesday when jurors found her guilty of murdering her husband, just as friends testified ...
BRYAN DEAN NewsOK.com
ESPN cutting workforce, 'smartly managing costs' Earlier this month, it revealed that it was forming a network with the Southeastern Conference. The new ...
RACHEL COHEN AP Sports Writer
Victims tell their stories: Second-grader at Plaza Towers Elementary “I could see the third-graders all cover up in the hallway,” recalled Courtney from her room at Children’s ...
DIANA BALDWIN NewsOK.com
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Death notices for May 23 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.
GRDA report: Boat driver drank alcohol, took pills before fatal Grand Lake crash A preliminary investigative report released Wednesday states that the driver of a boat that crashed into ...
Family tries to find peace with death of two of their children in the Moore tornado As the tornado began shaking their house Monday, Laurinda Vargyas huddled with her mother in a bathtub ...
NOLAN CLAY & ANDREW KNITTLE NewsOK.com
Grove woman killed; man also shot Dena Davenport, 49, and Doyle Handle, 52, were both shot in the head.
St. John plans layoffs, cites rejection of Medicaid expansion by Gov. Mary Fallin Tulsa's St. John Health System is "restructuring its workforce" because of changes in medical financing, ...
WAYNE GREENE World Senior Writer & SHANNON MUCHMORE World Staff Writer
Moore tornado tally: More than 12,000 homes damaged or destroyed Firefighters have completed their search for survivors and are now responding to injury calls, the Moore ...
ZIVA BRANSTETTER World Enterprise Editor
Survivors' Stories: Looters sifting through rubble add to family grief Genni Satterlee didn't want her first-grade daughter at Plaza Towers Elementary School when the tornado ...
GINNIE GRAHAM & CARY ASPINWALL World Staff Writers
Death notices for May 24 Including Tulsa and northeastern Oklahoma.
Sapulpa native's photo of Moore tornado on Time magazine cover When freelance photographer Alonzo Adams headed out Monday to shoot what turned out to be one of the ...
Blake Shelton, Kenny Wayne Shepherd among musicians helping tornado relief efforts A growing roster of Oklahoma-tied musicians and others are planning benefit concerts, television broadcasts ...
JENNIFER CHANCELLOR World Scene Writer
Fallin's Medicaid decision leads to job losses here The negative fallout resulting from Gov. Mary Fallin's decision to reject the Medicaid expansion element ...
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DAVID CRARY and NOMAAN MERCHANT Associated Press
Tulsa native among bachelors on this season's 'The Bachelorette' When host Chris Harrison introduces the bachelors to Desiree Hartsock on Monday's season premiere of ...
RITA SHERROW World Scene Writer
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Sen. Jim Inhofe goes 'unvarnished' for speech in Tulsa The potential Republican U.S. Senate candidates waiting in a long line for incumbent Sen. Jim Inhofe ...
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Tulsa city councilors asked to move forward on use of Tate Brady's name in Tulsa Arts District "I come not to praise Tate Brady but to help bury him," Workman said. "Action needs to be taken. I think ...
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Tulsa tea party groups protest at local IRS office About 20 people picketed in the rain outside an east Tulsa federal building Tuesday as part of a national ...
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Letter to the Editor: Complicit It was with sadness and disbelief that I read your Benghazi editorial on May 15.
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Boy Scouts approve plan to accept openly gay boys The Boy Scouts of America threw open its ranks Thursday to gay Scouts but not gay Scout leaders - a ...
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Boy Scouts' leaders to vote on lifting gay-youth ban With its ranks deeply divided, the Boy Scouts of America is asking its local leaders from across the ...
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Tulsa library system budget takes hit from property tax cut The Tulsa City-County Library has cut more than $800,000 from its proposed operating budget for fiscal ...
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Letter to the Editor: Giving voice I implore the Tulsa World to cover the multiple investigations going on around the country. This is how ...
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Will congressmen help their fellow Oklahomans? What will Jim Bridenstine do? It was only a matter of time until he faced the question.
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