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3 hrs ago | Fox 23

Mayfest organizers prepared for weather

The chance of severe weather could cause problems in downtown Tulsa while Mayfest and the Blue Dome Arts Festival are both going on.

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Related Topix: Weather, Tornado, Hurricane, Natural Disasters

7 hrs ago | NewsOn6 Tulsa

Drastic Gas Price Hike Leaves Oklahomans With Empty Pockets

"It's frustrating and it hurts, you know, because you've got stuff you've got to do," Ella James said.

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8 hrs ago | Fox 23

Fallin urges Okla. Legislature for health care fix

Gov. Mary Fallin is proposing a last-minute legislative change to the state's Insure Oklahoma program that would direct $50 million in state tobacco taxes to pay for more than 9,000 Oklahomans who are expected to lose their health insurance under the program.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Representative Mary Fallin, Republican, US House of Representatives, Healthcare Law, Law, Mary Fallin, US Governors, Oklahoma Government, Health Insurance

12 hrs ago | NewsOn6 Tulsa

Woman Arrested In OKC, Accused Of Stealing OHP Trooper's Scout Car

A Seminole woman was arrested after police say she stole an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper's scout car in Oklahoma City, on Sunday, May 12.

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Related Topix: Seminole, OK, Oklahoma City, OK

13 hrs ago | Fox 23

Plans to fund Okla. pop culture museum still alive

Backers of a museum devoted to Oklahoma popular culture say they're still hopeful state lawmakers will approve $40 million to help build it.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma Government

15 hrs ago | USA Today

Refinery woes cause nationwide gas price spike

Troubles at several oil refineries are driving gasoline prices sharply higher in the Midwest, and the regional shortages are expected to boost the cost of gasoline higher nationwide.

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19 hrs ago | World Magazine

David and Goliath

Four chairs and a couch surround a glass-top coffee table in Rep. James Lankford's Capitol Hill office.

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Related Topix: US Politics, Representative James Lankford, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, Representative Mary Fallin

Yesterday | NNDB

Anita Bryant

Anita Bryant was a singer, beauty queen, and celebrity spokesperson who became best known for her work in favor of bigotry against gays and lesbians.

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Related Topix: Gay/Lesbian, Activism

Thu May 16, 2013

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Mexican Drug Cartels Bring More Crime, Violence To Oklahoma

Unlike the small, clandestine labs we see in Oklahoma, Mexican meth is made in super labs, where they don't produce grams or pounds, but tons of meth.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma Government, Drugs, Tulsa, OK

NewsOK.com

7 untruths about Oklahoma people accept as fact

Oklahoma is known for many things, from inventions to historical footnotes. But how many of them are legit, and how many are complete falsehoods? Here are seven widely accepted "facts" about Oklahoma that range from "OK, this has some truth to it, kind of" to complete lies.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Inventions, Maysville, OK

NewsOn6 Tulsa

Oklahoma's Own Gary England To Be Inducted Into OK Hall Of Fame

Gary England has been protecting the people of Oklahoma since joining the News 9 team as Director of Meteorology in October 1972.

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Related Topix: Meteorology, Science, Pickens, OK, Granite, OK

NewsOn6 Tulsa

African-American Oklahoma Judges Honored By Senate

The Senate on Wednesday unanimously approved a resolution honoring U.S. District Judge Vicki Miles-LaGrange, Oklahoma Supreme Court Justice Tom Colbert, Court of Criminal Appeals Judge David Lewis and Tulsa County District Court Judge Carlos Chappelle.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma Government, Tulsa County, OK, US Governors, Brad Henry

KXII-TV Sherman

Town hall meeting addresses A.D.A concerns

"We suggest you be as transparent as possible," said Oklahoma's state auditor and inspector Gary Jones in addressing citizens' concerns about the Ardmore Development Authority.

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News9 Oklahoma City

Oklahomans Battle Prescription Addiction

"It was just for the fun of it," this young mother said. "I liked the effect of it and then I couldn't stop." Then Morgan started working at a doctor's office where she said she stole a prescription pad and forging her own prescriptions.

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Related Topix: Oklahoma Government

Fox 23

New breast milk bank set to open in OKC in two weeks

Many experts say that breast milk is the gold standard in nutrition for infants.

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Wed May 15, 2013

NWAonline

2 killed in Oklahoma boat crash were UA students

Authorities say two people were killed after a ski boat crashed into a parked houseboat on a northeast Oklahoma lake.

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Related Topix: Arkansas, Arkansas Government, University of Arkansas

KOCO-TV Oklahoma City

Live Wire: Severe storm watch issued for southern Oklahoma

The National Weather Service has issued a tornado watch for portions of south-central Oklahoma until 1 a.m. Thursday.

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Related Topix: Weather, Ardmore, OK, Atoka, OK, Coalgate, OK, Madill, OK

News9 Oklahoma City

Study: OKPOP Museum would have near $18M impact

A new study estimates that the proposed Oklahoma Museum of Popular Culture in downtown Tulsa would have a nearly $18 million impact in its first year of operation.

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NewsOn6 Tulsa

Health Care Law Changes Could Affect Oklahoma Tribes

Some Native Americans could be forced to pay a fine or buy their own health insurance under changes enacted in the federal health care overhaul.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Republican, US House of Representatives, Tom Cole, Health Insurance, Health

BroadwayWorld.com

Author Carmen L. Lewis Releases Called to Serve

Compelling and inspirational, Called to Serve shares a biographical account of Gerald Austin Beasley and Clara Pauline Smith, two people who united as one, parented six children and propagated generations of Christian service.

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