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Tulsa traffic re-routed during acid vapor leak from rail car
Traffic control was set up after acid vapors were discovered to be leaking from a rail car in a Tulsa industrial area. The leak was reported at 11:41 p.m. Thursday at 1200 North Peoria Avenue near Pine Street. The Tulsa Fire Department Hazmat Unit responded to the scene to monitor air quality. ...
Heartbreaking story of how tornado only compounded one family's recent losses
In the last few years, Phil Tinnin has lost 13 aunts and uncles; both his parents died within a month of one another and his sister has terminal cancer. Losing everything to the massive EF5 tornado that ripped through Moore Oklahoma on Monday only compounded his woes. He threw his ...
Blake Shelton, Carrie Underwood coming to aid of tornado victims
Blake Shelton has a date and location for his benefit and fellow Oklahoman Carrie Underwood is writing a large check to help benefit those affected by this week's storms in their home state. Organizers say Shelton's "Healing in the Heartland" benefit concert will be held May 29 at Chesapeake Energy ...
Group opposes Boy Scouts allowing openly gay members
Following the vote today John Stemberger, Founder of OnMyHonor.Net who opposes the plan released the following statement: “It is with great sadness and deep disappointment that we recognize on this day that the most influential youth program in America has turned a tragic corner. The vote today to allow open ...
Boy Scouts vote to allow openly gay members
The vote came from the national Boy Scouts of America council in Grapevine, Texas and it is groundbreaking. The vote was clear with 60% in support of the change. This doesn't have any effect on the scout rule of not allowing openly gay adults into the organization. After the vote ...
OU facility clears 100,000 square feet for donations brought in by truck
It's a problem one would imagine is a good one to have -- so many donated items coming in to help tornado ravaged Moore and Oklahoma City they don't have any place to put it all. But actually, it's been a logistical nightmare, according to officials with the Red Cross ...
Tornado creates housing crisis for OKC area
Thousands upon thousands of people were made homeless by the Moore tornado, in literally just a few seconds. Oklahoma State University disaster expert Brenda Phillips says that's not something you can fix overnight. "So it's going to be a far-flung event to try to find housing for people," Phillips says. ...
Insurance 'ripple effect' from Moore tornado will affect everyone
Insurance experts say it's simple math: Take a bunch of recent severe weather events and pile on an estimated $2 billion disaster in Moore, and everyone's insurance rates are going to be going up. "We've had three years of consecutive hailstorms in Oklahoma City of some of the most affluent ...
OU, OSU, TU teams joining forces to aid tornado victims
The University of Tulsa along with the University of Oklahoma and Oklahoma State University have joined forces to utilize logos from all three institutions to develop the 2013 Oklahoma Disaster Relief Shirt. Net proceeds from the sale of the shirts will be donated directly to the United Way to aid disaster ...
Cell phone pocket dial leads to murder arrest
Scott Simon will have a long time to think about his gaffe. Simon was furious over a disagreement he had at a Waffle House restaurant when he jostled the phone in his pocket and called 911 without knowing. A recording was made as Simon went on an anger fueled rant ...
Okla. House gives final approval to tornado relief
The Oklahoma House has given final approval to legislation that dips into the state's constitutional reserve fund to help central Oklahoma communities impacted by devastating tornadoes. Without debate, the House voted 95-0 Thursday for the measure that appropriates $45 million from the state's Rainy Day Fund for tornado relief. The ...
Alcohol, speed in Grand Lake boat crash fatal to students
A preliminary report on a northeast Oklahoma boat crash that killed two University of Arkansas students says excessive speed, driver inattention and alcohol use contributed to the accident. Grand River Dam Authority police said in a report Wednesday that the driver of a 21-foot boat, John Deselms of Tulsa, was ...
Aerial crisis view map of scar left by the Moore tornado
The map of the devastation speaks for itself. You can see the spot where the monster first touched down on bare ground and follow the path where homes and buldings were turned into piles of rubble. Click here to see the interactive crisis map from Google. The death toll still stands at 24 with ...
Rams quarterback leading Oklahoma aid effort
St. Louis Rams quarterback Sam Bradford, an Oklahoma native, is raising money for disaster relief in his home state. Bradford on Wednesday announced a fundraising effort that seeks money but also goods such as cleaning supplies, baby items, pet items and blankets for victims of this week's tornadoes in Oklahoma. ...
Lawsuit set to challenge nation’s most strict gun law
The measure came about after the mass shooting that killed 20 children and six adults at Sandy Hook elementary in Newtown, Connecticut in December of 2012. The law bans nearly all military style weapons and ammunition magazines that hold more than 10 rounds. The suit is fronted by the NRA ...
Record breaking solar plane lands in Dallas
The plane is called the Solar Impulse and it runs on nothing but sunshine. The Impulse smashed the previous record for the longest solar-powered flight with a 958 mile, 18 hour tour of the great southwest that began in Phoenix. If you do the math you may begin to scratch ...
Surgeons remove basketball-sized hairball from tiger
It's not unusual for a cat to get a hairball, but a 400-pound tiger needed help from veterinary surgeons in Florida when he couldn't hack up a basketball-size hairball by himself. The 17-year-old tiger named Ty underwent the procedure Wednesday at a veterinary center in the Tampa Bay area community ...
White House says four Americans have been killed in drone attacks
The admission came as Attorney General Eric Holder sent a letter to a senator that included the names of the dead. The AG never called the incidents drone attacks, instead they were termed counterterrorism operations. Only one American, Anwar al-Awlaki was the main target of the drones. Of the others, ...
Vote on allowing gay Boy Scouts expected today
The Boy Scouts of America's national leadership will vote Thursday whether to allow openly gay Scouts in its ranks, a critical and emotionally charged moment for one of the nation's oldest youth organizations and its millions of members. About 1,400 voting members of BSA's national council are to cast ballots ...
Teen birth rates decline in most US states
The U.S. teen birth rate fell 25 percent over five years to a record low of 31 births per 1,000 teens ages 15 to 19, according to a report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The teen birth rate per 1,000 by state in 2011, and percentage decline ...
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