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Sopranos actor James Gandolfini dead
The 51 year old Emmy winning actor died from a massive heart attack while at a film festival in Italy. A source close to the actor told reporters “everyone here is in tears." The Sopranos was a surprise hit for HBO and helped rocket the Westwood N.J. native to stardom. ...
People wonder why the heck crews are powerwashing Yale Avenue
We couldn't figure out what they were doing, and you might be curious too. So we asked the City of Tulsa why crews are powerwashing the cracks in the concrete on Yale Avenue near 71st street, right outside the KRMG Studios. Terry Ball with the City of Tulsa says it's ...
Classes to resume at TCC in new locations following fire
Tulsa Community College officials tell KRMG that they expect class schedules to resume tomorrow. TCC is trying to relocate about 4,000 students and employees from the school's Metro Campus following Monday evening's fire. TCC is currently in the process of putting up the course relocation on TCC’s webpage and asks ...
Shop owner drops bad guy with single bullet
Mustafa Sheffield picked the wrong guy to try and rob. Sheffield entered the shop that pays cash for gold and threatened to shoot the owners family if he didn’t fill up his backpack with money. After filling the backpack the crook began to run away but the owner pulled out ...
Teen murder suspect to be tried as youthful offender
A judge ruled Wednesday afternoon that a Jenks teenager charged with murder will be tried as a youthful offender. 15-year-old Joshua Mooney is charged with first degree murder in the death of Mary Escue in December 2012 in her parents' Jenks home. Investigators tell KRMG that Escue appears to have ...
Sammy Hagar to join tornado relief concert at OU
Former Van Halen frontman Sammy Hagar is joining a star-studded country music concert planned to benefit victims of last month's deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma. Toby Keith announced Wednesday that Hagar and country music legends Mel Tillis and John Anderson would be joining his Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert July 6 at ...
Chances are, you drive on a deficient bridge every day in Oklahoma
Oklahoma's bridges are bad and are getting worse. That's according to just-released date from the National Transportation Safety Board. Nearly 1 in 4 bridges in the Sooner state is deficient. Only Pennsylvania has a higher percentage Oklahoma has 23,778 bridges. 22.6%, or 5,382 are considered deficient. That's an increase of ...
Rain Thursday could be the last chance for awhile
Tulsa only has a slight chance of rain and storms on Thursday, and if it doesn't happen, News on 6 meteorologist Travis Meyer it might a long wait before we get any more precipitation. "After than, slim pickens as far as rainfall is expected," Trav said. "During the weekend, on ...
RED ALERT TRAFFIC: Highway 75 reopens after an overturned sod truck shut down the southbound lanes
UPDATE: Highway 75 is cleared and all lanes are reopened at noon. _____________________________________________ An overturned sod truck shuts down southbound Highway 75 at the Creek Turnpike. Traffic is being diverted at 91st Street and is being allowed back on at 121th St. As of 11:30 A.M., traffic is backed up ...
Women claim pot makes them better mothers, wives
They call themselves the "Marijuana Moms." The ladies claim they smoke weed on a regular basis to relax and help deal with chronic pain. But here’s the kicker, they also say pot makes them better mothers and wives. Say what? "We've all come up against people who say marijuana is ...
Anti-pervert hairy leg stockings making a splash
The leggings are called “anti-pervert full leg of hair stockings.” That’s a long way to say yuck. The stockings make it look like your legs are not just hairy, but caveman hairy. The product was developed and is being sold in China through a micro-blogging service called Sina Weibo. The ...
Obesity officially declared a disease
Being overweight has long been a problem in the US with over a third of adults and nearly 20% of children listed in the category. Now The American Medical Association has officially declared obesity to be a disease. The AMA report points out obesity rates have "doubled among adults in ...
DA will argue 14-year-old should face murder trial as an adult
Prosecutors go to court Wednesday to argue against putting a murder suspect back into the juvenile system. Investigators say Joshua Mooney murdered Mary Escue in December of last year in her parents' Jenks home. She had interrupted a burglary, according to court documents, and Mooney, who was 14 years old ...
DUI suspect offers cops a beer
The guy was already in trouble and just made it worse. Cops had pulled over Omar Medina for suspected drunk driving. When one of them asked Omar for his license he surprised them by instead offering a brew. "When you ask somebody for a driver's license, you're not expecting a ...
Americans say their financial situation is worse now than a year ago
A new poll by CNN/ORC International shows 44% of Americans say their personal financial situation is worse today than one year ago. Thirty-six percent say they are better off and 1 in 5 say things are about the same. Thirty-five percent say that the nation’s economy is “very” or “somewhat” ...
NASA wants your ideas to save Earth from possible Armageddon
How would you stop an asteroid from hitting the earth? NASA is asking for your ideas. Armageddon isn't currently in the forecast but NASA still wants to hear from you. “We’re looking for ideas and concepts from you about better ways to do this, more efficient ways – things that ...
Children witness shooting near 51st and Lewis
Tulsa police are looking for a man who is accused of shooting another man in front of witnesses Tuesday evening. We're told that 33-year old Christopher Wagoner drove away after the shooting in a car that police hope you can help them find. Tulsa Police Corporal Clay Asbill tells us that police are ...
Oklahoma Drug Card helps people afford prescriptions
There've been a lot of stories about the high cost of drugs and medications, but you might not realize the drug and pharmacy industries have a program to help uninsured and underinsured people fill their prescriptions. It's called the Oklahoma Drug Card, and it doesn't use any tax dollars or ...
Death row inmate executed for brutal murder of elderly couple
Update A state inmate convicted of stabbing a married couple to death in 2000 pays the price at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. 36-year old James Lewis DeRosa was killed by lethal injection yesterday at 6:07 p.m. He was the second inmate executed in Oklahoma this year. DeRosa had worked at the ...
Reports say DA will not ask for death penalty in rape, murder of Nancy Strait
The crime shocked the city. 84-year old Nancy Strait and her 89 year old husband Bob were found badly beaten in their Tulsa home in March of 2012. Nancy had also been raped. Nancy died from her injuries the next day, Bob hung on until May before he died as ...
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