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.
Currently
Mostly Cloudy
Wind SSE 7 MPH
13% chance of precip.
Tonight
Partly Cloudy
Wind S 11 MPH
2% chance of precip.
Tomorrow
Thunderstorms
Wind S 12 MPH
20% chance of precip.
Friday
Chance Thunderstorms
Wind N 9 MPH
40% chance of precip.
Saturday
Mostly Clear
Wind NE 6 MPH
4% chance of precip.
Sunday
Wind SE 5 MPH
13 % chance of precip.
2 % chance of precip.
20 % chance of precip.
40 % chance of precip.
4 % chance of precip.
More than 2,300 people and 850 pets have been airlifted to safety by Tuesday, according to the Colorado National Guard.
Tulsa's temperatures so far this month are also 5.4 degrees above normal.
For the first time since the week of April 2, all of Oklahoma is under a drought classification.
During the past two days, an Oklahoma Mesonet site on the northeast Tulsa Community College campus has recorded 0.1 of an inch, as of 9:20 a.m. today.
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