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Mayfest Blue Dome Festivals Close Down Early
News On 6 Meteorologist Travis Meyer said organizers decided to shut down early to give vendors, volunteers and visitors plenty of time to pack up and get home ...
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Storms Move Into Tulsa Metro Area
After multiple tornadoes touched down in the OKC metro area on Sunday, the storm system began moving into Green Country about 6 p.m. Creek County is under a tornado warning until 7:30 p.m. Most counties in the News On 6 viewing area are in either a severe thunderstorm warning or a tornado watch. A tornado warning for Pawnee County expired at 6:30 p.m. Residents in the southwest part of the ...
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Tornadoes tear through Kansas Oklahoma Iowa
A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...
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Forecasters Okla. tornado threat to continue
Severe thunderstorms coursing over Oklahoma spurred numerous tornado warnings Sunday and a number of areas experienced property damage and electric ...
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PHOTOS Tornadoes tear through Okla – May 19
PHOTOS: Post your storm and hail pictures Tornadoes damaged many areas across the state Sunday and are still forming. Edmond was hit first then Harrah, Luther and the Wellston area. Homes have been blown apart and off their foundations with the worst damage so far just outside of Wellston. Officials have not confirmed injuries at this ...
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Tornadoes hit Kansas Oklahoma no injuries reported
TOPEKA, KAN. — Authorities say tornadoes have touched down in Wichita, Kan., and a suburb of Oklahoma City but there are no immediate reports of injuries or significant damage.Sedgwick County, Kan., emergency management director Randy Duncan says officials ...
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Tornado touches down in Edmond
EDMOND, Okla. (AP) -- A tornado kicked up debris in an Oklahoma City suburb and threatened a number of tourist attractions on historic Route 66 but there were no immediate reports of injuries or major ...
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Where is the storm Whats it doing
5:19 p.m. Second Tornado Warning issued for the Oklahoma City area. 4:52 p.m. Large tornado moves through Luther. 4:48 p.m. Tornado touches down near Harrah power plant. 4:39 p.m. Storm chasers report structural damage on 1-35 in Edmond. 4:22 p.m. KFOR confirms tornado on the ground in southeast Edmond. 3:51 p.m. First Tornado Warning issued for Oklahoma City area. Storms move through eastern ...
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Tornado touches down in Kansas
A large "violent and extremely dangerous" tornado was spotted on the southwest side of Wichita, Kansas, on Sunday, moving northeast at about 30 miles per hour, the National Weather Service ...
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Oklahoma weatherTornado warning in Oklahoma Canadian and Logan counties
More than 2,200 Oklahoma Gas and Electric customers are without power Sunday afternoon after severe thunderstorms swept through Oklahoma City Saturday night. "We have about a mile of downed power lines in the north Penn area. We are out there now making progress," OG&E spokeswoman Karen Kurtz said. As of 12:40 p.m. Sunday, 2,294 customers are without power in north Oklahoma City, ...
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Storms cause damage to Blue Dome art
TULSA - Artists are tearing down their tents in downtown Tulsa as the Blue Dome Arts Festival is coming to an end. But for some artists the festival was cut short. Sunday morning, the streets are paved with bent metal and canvas from vendors' booths strewn about. It was what remained of several tents that belong to artist at the art festival, and this was the aftermath from a storm rolling ...
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Trial of Okla. fire chiefs goes over to defense
EL RENO, Okla. (AP) -- A woman accused in the fatal shooting of her husband in their Mustang home is trying to show she's a caring person who wouldn't take a ...
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Obama to give promised speech on terrorism drones
President Barack Obama will deliver long-promised remarks Thursday explaining the legal framework behind the decisions he makes to use drones against terrorist threats and further detail the administration's counterterrorism policy, according to a White House ...
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Tulsa County Cleaning Up From High Winds
Power has been restored in Tulsa County Sunday morning after thunderstorms with high winds made it to Green Country overnight. WARN Teams meteorologist Alan Crone said the scattered storms with winds of up to 50 mph were a "gust front," or small line moving ahead of severe ...
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Enbridge Energy planning pipeline into Oklahoma
CUSHING, Okla. (AP) -- Enbridge Energy Co. is preparing to construct a 600-mile pipeline that will carry crude oil from Illinois to Cushing, and the project promises to bring several hundred ...
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AAA Gas Prices Reach All-Time High In Oklahoma City
AAA Oklahoma's gas price tracking website , on Sunday, the average price in Oklahoma City for a gallon of self-serve regular gasoline is at its highest point ever, $3.963, breaking Saturday's price of $3.952, which was also a record high. The previous all-time high was set on July 16, 2008 when Oklahoma City's price average hit $3.909. "The good news for the Oklahoma City ...
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Oklahoma grocery store wine proposal being renewed
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Supporters of a plan to permit some grocery stores in Oklahoma's most populous counties sell wine plan to launch a new petition drive to put the proposal to a statewide ...
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Oklahoma braces for severe storms
OKLAHOMA CITY – More severe storms are in the forecast for Oklahoma a day after large hail fell in the state's southwest and electricity was knocked out to thousands. The Storm Prediction Center said Sunday there was a moderate risk of severe thunderstorms forming Sunday afternoon and evening. The center says the greatest risk for storms in Oklahoma is in the far north, around the ...
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Kansas Oklahoma Iowa Missouri are in bulls-eye
>Are you experiencing severe weather in your area? Send photos and videos to CNN iReport. But please remember to stay safe. (CNN) -- Baseball-sized hail, wind gusts and tornadoes are threatening to pummel parts of the central Plains and Midwest on Sunday and Monday. A mix of ingredients could combine to spawn a severe weather outbreak sweeping through parts of Kansas, Oklahoma, Iowa and ...
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9 still hospitalized after trains crash
Two passenger trains heading in opposite directions collided during rush hour Friday evening in southwestern Connecticut, damaging both trains and leaving dozens injured, some of them critically, authorities ...
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Dodge Pickup Takes Out Tulsa Power Pole Fence
A man was injured after his pickup crashed and did quite a bit of damage near an east Tulsa neighborhood. Tulsa Police responded to the single-vehicle wreck just after 3 a.m. Sunday at East 21st Street and 121st East ...
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Severe Storms Heavy Rainfall Expected In Green Country
Residents are advised to stay weather aware over the next two days as a threat of severe weather bears down on Green Country. Northeastern Oklahoma is expected to be at risk starting in the late afternoon and evening hours Sunday and again on Monday, according to News On 6 WARN Team meteorologist Dick ...
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3 Big Nights Watch and Win Monday to Wednesday
There are only THREE BIG NIGHTS left to watch KFOR NewsChannel 4 and have a chance to win $1,000 for your rent or mortgage. Want to see all the past winners?To view all the "We'll Pay Your Mortgage or Rent" ...
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Hall of famers team uo to lead Oxbow to Preakness win
Hall of fame jockey Gary Stevens rode ';Oxbow'; to a convincing win in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday in Baltimore, giving fellow Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas his 6th Preakness win as a trainer. Kentucky Derby winner ';Orb'; was the odds-on 3-to-5 favorite, but got caught up in traffic on the back stretch, and couldn’t catch ';Oxbow,'; who became the first ...
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Sooners hold off hogs advance to regional final
Oklahoma’s top-ranked softball team had an answer for every Arkansas attack, and the Sooners downed the Razorbacks 10-5 on Saturday at the NCAA regional at Marita Hynes Field in Norman to advance to the final on Sunday at 1:00. Lauren Chamberlain drove in five runs for the second game in a row, including a 3-run double in the bottom of the 6th inning to put the game away. The Sooners will ...
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Tulsa city hall due for make over
The moving of city hall in 2008 was contentious, but was framed as beneficial to the city. In 2010 this may be coming true as new development plans for the old building take shape, alongside wider plans to recreate the downtown experience.
It was first reported in 2007 that the city council would be moved to a new City Hall and that the old City Hall building would be sold. Tulsa news media were told the move would benefit the city economically as the new building would be cheaper to operate and maintain, while the sale of the old building would partially fund the purchase of the new one. Read more
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