Daily Oklahoman: Local
- Trump's travel ban raises concerns in Oklahoma's immigrant communities
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 07:50 PMBy Ben Felder Staff Writer bfelder@oklahoman.comAn Iranian couple in Norman expecting their first child has told the future grandmother she cannot travel to the United States after the delivery.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Enes Kanter visits children's hospital
Friday - 01/27/2017 - 03:41 PMFROM STAFF REPORTSBETHANY — Enes Kanter, Oklahoma City Thunder center, recently visited patients at The Children's Center Rehabilitation Hospital.
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Kanter delivered gifts to patients in the Hospital's Complex Care Unit and Pediatric Medical Rehabilitation Unit, according to a news release. - More than 100 attend public hearing in Moore
Saturday - 01/28/2017 - 10:42 PMBy Thomas Maupin For The OklahomanMOORE — The city of Moore wants to build a SE 4 underpass so traffic can flow beneath the BNSF Railway tracks.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Boys & Girls Club officials and youth celebrate remodeling
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 11:16 AMBy Steve Gust For The OklahomanThe Oklahoma County's Boys & Girls Club at Memorial Park threw open its doors last week to showcase $50,000 in building renovations.
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The 35,000-square-foot center continues its goal of providing hope and encouragement to the 400 youths, ages 6 to 18, who go there for after-school programs. - State briefs
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 06:28 PMFrom Staff ReportsOHP seeks help in fatal wreck
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The Oklahoma Highway Patrol is asking for help investigating a crash that killed a motorcyclist.Read more on NewsOK.com - Possible motive revealed in Del City laundromat killings
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 08:24 PMBy Kyle Schwab Staff Writer kschwab@oklahoman.comDel City police say a cage fighter fatally shot a well-liked laundromat manager because he was upset she had fired an employee.
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Roshaun Bernard Jones, 33, is being held without bail in the Oklahoma County jail in the Jan.Read more on NewsOK.com - MAPS: Number of 3.0, higher earthquakes in January down from a year ago
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 03:34 PMTiffany GibsonFewer 3.0 and higher magnitude earthquakes rattled Oklahoma in January than the previous time period last year.
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Within the last 30 days, only 18 quakes with a magnitude of 3.0 or higher were recorded.Read more on NewsOK.com - Oklahoma police release name of man fatally shot by stepfather
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 02:35 PMAPTULSA (AP) — Police have released the name of a 54-year-old man who investigators say was fatally shot by his stepfather.
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Sgt.Read more on NewsOK.com - Truck driver charged in crash that killed 4 college softball players dies by suicide
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 09:41 AMClaire Z. Cardona The Dallas Morning News (TNS)The driver of an 18-wheeler that crashed into a bus in September 2014, killing four North Central Texas College softball players, killed himself weeks before the case was set to go to trial.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- OHP Trooper Brian Costanza recounts details about end of Vance manhunt
Sunday - 01/29/2017 - 03:47 PMBy Graham Lee Brewer Staff Writer gbrewer@oklahoman.comThere's a look of calm on Oklahoma Highway Patrol Trooper Brian Costanza's face as he reaches into his backseat and grabs his AR-15 rifle and presses on the accelerator.Read more on NewsOK.com
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- Classen music teacher still motivating after 40 years
Friday - 01/27/2017 - 03:39 PMBy Jessica Foy For The OklahomanPublic school educators often are overworked, underpaid and underappreciated.
Reginald Irons, however, has spent his teaching career focusing on two things that push the negatives aside: his love for music and his students.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - An Oklahoma City briefs package
Friday - 01/27/2017 - 04:45 PMFROM STAFF REPORTSNorman road projects go on
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NORMAN — The intersection of Lindsey Street and Wylie Road has been reopened to traffic, but the north and south sides of the Lindsey Street and McGee Drive intersection have been closed for installation of a sanitary sewer line under Lindsey and north on McGee to Lancaster Circle.Read more on NewsOK.com - Adopt-A-Pet
Sunday - 01/29/2017 - 02:45 AMFROM STAFF REPORTSNORMAN — Adelaide is a 2-year-old, blue heeler mix available for adoption at Second Chance Animal Sanctuary in Norman.Read more on NewsOK.com
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Monday - 01/30/2017 - 12:55 PMFROM STAFF REPORTSNORMAN — Adelaide is a 2-year-old, blue heeler mix available for adoption at Second Chance Animal Sanctuary in Norman.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Tinker Air Force Base launches 75th anniversary celebration
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 07:40 PMBy Jack Money Business Writer jmoney@oklahoman.comTinker Air Force Base's beginnings and its history since provide it a firm foundation for the future as it continues to support U.S. war fighters and its allies across the globe into the 21st century, one of its top leaders said Monday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Congressman wants exemptions, plans ‘Warriors’ Caucus’
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 05:23 PMBy Ben Felder Staff Writer bfelder@oklahoman.comU.S. Rep. Steve Russell said he plans to ask President Donald Trump to include two exemptions in his executive orders suspending entry of citizens from seven nations and other refugees.
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - LIVE: Refugee travel ban rally at OU
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 12:43 PMFROM LOCAL REPORTSStudents and other activists are planning a rally against President Donald Trump's refugee ban Monday afternoon at the University of Oklahoma.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Demonstrators to gather Monday at OU to protest Trump refugee ban
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 10:56 AMSilas AllenStudents and other activists are planning a rally against President Donald Trump's refugee ban Monday afternoon at the University of Oklahoma.
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Demonstrators will meet at noon Monday on OU's South Oval.Read more on NewsOK.com - Poll shows police, firefighters enjoy strong public support
Sunday - 01/29/2017 - 03:44 PMBy William Crum Staff Writer wcrum@oklahoman.comA new poll shows firefighters and police are viewed favorably by large majorities of Oklahoma City voters who indicated significant interest in municipal affairs.
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Firefighters Local 157 commissioned the survey by SoonerPoll.com after the city council scheduled an election on the firefighters' 2016-17 contract. - Interviews continue in search for new Edmond police chief
Sunday - 01/29/2017 - 03:50 PMBy Diana Baldwin Staff Writer dbaldwin@oklahoman.comEDMOND — Interviews for Edmond's new police chief are continuing.
The national search has brought about 100 applicants wanting the top Edmond law enforcement job.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Science Museum Oklahoma holds Storytime Science
Friday - 01/27/2017 - 03:33 PMFrom Staff ReportsStorytime Science happens every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. at Science Museum Oklahoma, 2020 Remington Place.
Kids 6 and under read a story and follow it up with a scientific activity.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Three vie for Norman's Ward 1 seat
Saturday - 01/28/2017 - 10:26 PMBY JANE GLENN CANNON Staff Writer jcannon@oklahoman.comNORMAN — Three candidates are seeking the Ward 1 seat on the Norman City Council.
Campaigning for the two-year post are incumbent Greg Heiple and challengers Kate Bierman and Victor Reyes.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Grant-funded technology demonstrated at Edmond school
Saturday - 01/28/2017 - 10:46 PMFrom Staff ReportsEDMOND — Representatives from the Oklahoma Educational Technology Trust visited Will Rogers Elementary School on Thursday to participate in a site visit and see their OETT grant in action.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Former Norman used car dealer sentenced in bank fraud
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 06:09 PMFrom staff reportsThe owner and finance manager of a Norman used car lot were sentenced in federal court in Oklahoma City for bank fraud after failing to repay loans when they sold cars that were used as collateral on the loans.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Oklahoma's congressional delegation reacts
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 07:10 PMBy Ben Felder Staff Writer bfelder@oklahoman.comRep. Steve Russell said he plans to ask President Donald Trump to include two exemptions in his executive orders suspending entry of citizens from seven nations and other refugees.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
- Five die in Oklahoma traffic accidents
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 06:34 PMFROM STAFF REPORTSFive people have died as a result of wrecks on state roads, authorities said.
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Catherine Washington, 52, Moore
About 5:30 a.m.Read more on NewsOK.com - Oklahomans react to President Donald Trump's immigration order
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 03:51 PMFROM STAFF REPORTSPresident Donald Trump signed an executive order last week barring admittance into the United States of citizens from Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen.Read more on NewsOK.com
More | Talk | Read It Later | Share - Woman on bicycle killed in Moore accident Monday morning
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 09:36 AMFROM STAFF REPORTSMOORE -- A woman riding a bicycle was struck by a sport utility vehicle and killed early Monday.
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About 5:30 a.m.Read more on NewsOK.com - Man shot and killed, another man arrested in Oklahoma City homicide case
Monday - 01/30/2017 - 09:51 AMFROM STAFF REPORTSPolice have released the name of a man shot to death in Oklahoma City Friday night at NW 18 and N Youngs Boulevard, police report.
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Jason Lee Banks, 37, of Oklahoma City, was found dead about 6:10 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com - Feds: Irish mob received drug money behind prison walls
Sunday - 01/29/2017 - 03:51 PMBy Brianna Bailey Staff Writer bbailey@oklahoman.com The incarcerated ringleaders of the Irish Mob gang used prepaid debit cards and online money transfers to launder drug money and receive tens of thousands of dollars in payments behind prison walls, according to new federal charges filed in the case.
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