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Reporter/ Columnist - OKC National Memorial, Weather, General Assignment

Bryan Painter, a columnist and staff writer, has 29 years experience in journalism, including 20 years with the state's largest newspaper, The Oklahoman. In that time he has covered such events as the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building and the May 3, 1999 tornado outbreak resulting in more than 40 deaths. He has extensive experience in human interest stories and coverage of victims, striving to stress the importance of the individual behind the numbers.

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More than F5 and an EF5 connect two friends Published: Sun, May 20, 2012 Always there for one another Read More
Oklahoma veteran grateful to the corpsmen who saved his life in 1969 Published: Sat, May 19, 2012 Saturday is Armed Forces Day, and Jerry Compton, of Tulsa, is still most grateful to the U.S. Navy corpsmen who saved his life during a 1969 battle in Vietnam. Read More
Wetter year in Oklahoma has contributed to an increase in fleas Published: Tue, May 15, 2012 Generally the peak of flea activity is late summer and early fall. That's because there is active flea reproduction through the summer months. But this time, there was apparently reproduction through the winter months. Read More
Oklahoma City RedHawks head groundskeeper in his 16th professional season Published: Sun, May 13, 2012 Oklahoma weather guarantees no two seasons are alike for groundskeeper Read More
Oklahoma letter carriers to collect food donations Saturday Updated: Thu, May 10, 2012 Letter carriers across Oklahoma will collect food donations on their mail routes Saturday. Read More
Journalist Anthony Shadid to be honored posthumously at luncheon Updated: Wed, May 9, 2012 Journalist Anthony Shadid will be honored posthumously Thursday with the 2012 Reflections of Hope Award. Read More
Early wheat harvest is on the way in Oklahoma Published: Sun, May 6, 2012 Oklahoma wheat producers are cautiously hopeful that this year's crop will be a winner. Read More
Wheat trivia Published: Sun, May 6, 2012 Wheat trivia Read More
Journalist Anthony Shadid to be honored posthumously at luncheon Published: Sun, May 6, 2012 The Oklahoma City National Memorial & Museum announced the 2012 Reflections of Hope Award will be bestowed posthumously on two-time Pulitzer Prize journalist Anthony Shadid. Shadid's widow, Nada Bakri, and children will accept the award at a luncheon at noon Thursday at the National Cowboy & Western Heritage Museum. Read More
Drought affects cattle market Published: Sun, May 6, 2012 Oklahoma State University Extension Livestock Market Economist Derrell Peel talks about the drought's effects specifically on beef production and prices. Read More
Wheat crop answers require some specifics Published: Sun, May 6, 2012 It is never safe to throw a blanket statement over the Oklahoma wheat crop. The question “What's the wheat looking like” may not only be met with a reply of “Where?” but “What part of the field are you talking about?” Mark Gregory, based in Duncan, and Roger Gribble, based in Enid, are longtime area... Read More
This year's wheat crop had it challenges in Oklahoma, but looks like it will survive them Published: Sun, May 6, 2012 Mark Hodges is the executive director of Plains Grains Inc./Oklahoma Genetics Inc., focusing on the wheat industry. But Hodges and other wheat industry experts have experienced way too many harvests to call this one early. Read More
Wheat — Did you know? Published: Sun, May 6, 2012 Wheat — Did you know? Read More
Mustang sailor earns Sea Scouting's Quartermaster award Published: Sun, Apr 29, 2012 Matt Lebo, 21, of Mustang, OK, earned the Quartermaster Award in the 100th year of Sea Scouting in the United States. Read More
Triple-digit temperatures return to Oklahoma Published: Thu, Apr 26, 2012 Several Oklahoma communities hit triple-digit temperatures Wednesday. Read More
World War II veterans go to Washington, D.C., to see the World War II Memorial Published: Sun, Apr 22, 2012 U.S. Air Force Master Sgt. Lowell Armstrong accompanies grandfather, who is a World War II veteran Read More
17 years later, Oklahoma City bombing story is still alive Updated: Thu, Apr 19, 2012 The 17th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony on Thursday in Oklahoma City honored the 168 victims of the 1995 bombing. Morgan Merrell, daughter of victim Frankie Ann Merrell, talked about her mother to an estimated crowd of 2,200 people. Read More
Oklahoma City's 17th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony will begin at 8:55 a.m. Thursday on the Outdoor Symbolic Memorial Updated: Wed, Apr 18, 2012 17th Anniversary of the April 19, 1995, bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building is set for Thursday. Read More
If you go: 17th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony for Oklahoma City bombing Updated: Wed, Apr 18, 2012 If you go: 17th Anniversary Remembrance Ceremony for Oklahoma City bombing Read More
Where are the children who survived the bombing at the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building? Published: Sun, Apr 15, 2012 A look at the children who survived from America's Kids day-care center in the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building. Read More
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