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Plaza Towers teacher shoved students into bathroom as wall collapsed
As Monday's tornado bore down on Plaza Towers Elementary, first-grade teacher Becky Evans herded her students into a hallway and told them to crouch down in front of a wall and cover their heads and necks. The Moore, Oklahoma, school didn't have a safe room, so the school's safety procedures required teachers to take students into the hallway during a tornado, she said.
Scouts get Oklahoma City cemetery ready for Memorial Day
Boy and Girl Scouts placed nearly 5,000 flags on the graves of veterans at Memorial Park in Oklahoma City.
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Members of the metro Sikh faith community leave their new gurdwara after a special celebration and service held for the building's grand opening on May 19 at 4525 NW 16. Photo by Carla Hinton
Sikhs open new Oklahoma City house of worship
The Sikh faith community recently celebrated the grand opening of their new Oklahoma City house of worship with a special ceremony and community dinner.
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Tickets on sale Saturday morning for Blake Shelton's televised tornado benefit
“Healing in the Heartland: Relief Benefit Concert,” featuring Shelton, Miranda Lambert, Reba McEntire and Vince Gill, is set for Wednesday night at Chesapeake Energy Arena and will be broadcast live on NBC.
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Cost, custom keep basements scarce
Oklahoma's lack of home basements made national news this week after tornadoes left another wide swath of destruction. Oklahoma City builders explain the ins and outs of basements as an option in new houses.
Oklahoma City resident shoots harrowing tornado video
When tornado sirens went off Monday, many Oklahomans headed for their cellars. South Oklahoma City resident Joshua Stacey went up to his roof instead.
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Oklahoma entered the Big 12 Tournament with plenty of uncertainty. The Sooners were uncertain about their postseason fate, having faltered down...
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stevelackmeyer This is the story on what city staff attempted to do to address scalping: LINK
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stevelackmeyer Interestingly enough, city staff proposed cracking down on scaping. The city council had other ideas: LINK
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stevelackmeyer So, all of you upset over odd quick sell-out of relief concert tickets, suspicions of scalping want to know: what is OKC doing about it?
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stevelackmeyer Ticketmaster Scalping Its Own Tickets on Secondary Web Sites LINK via @Switched
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stevelackmeyer Kid Rock, Rolling Stones, Ticketmaster's Jared Smith on Scalping, Summer Tours LINK via @billboardbiz
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stevelackmeyer Scalping Suit Filed Against Ticketmaster In Canada LINK via @billboardbiz
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_davemorris RT @rcrissinger: “@plazadistrict: Check out Plaza District video by @JamesHarber LINK” love this // Nice work James!
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ryaber Anthony Hermelyn puts the #Sooners up 1-0 in the 2nd vs. Kansas State w/ a sac fly
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NewsOKSports OU softball team going to the WCWS. OU baseball team trying to get to the Big 12 tourney title game against K-State in Bricktown right now.
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stephkuzy Oklahoma softball is headed to the Women's College World Series. OU beats Texas A&M 8-0 in Game 2 and wins Super Regionals. #Sooners
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jaclyncosgrove Re: Last tweet -- we are in New Orleans. Lots of folks have seen the Oklahoma tornado coverage and are asking about how we are recovering.
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stephkuzy Four run top of the 4th for #Sooners and they lead 8-0. Ricketts aides in hitting 2-RBI double
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ryaber Kansas State will start Jordan Witcig on the mound vs. #Sooners. Witcig, has pitched just 8 innings this season
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