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OklahomaCitySun.com Thursday 23rd February 2012 Issue 0805/2012
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High School State Championships: Oklahoma Boys and Girls
OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, February 22. FORT Gibson, Bixby, Edmond North and Union claimed team titles during the Oklahoma High School Swimming Championships Feb. 17-18 in Oklahoma City. Division...


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Tulsa Postal Facility To Close; More Than 500 Jobs Affected
TULSA, Oklahoma - It was announced Wednesday that the Tulsa mail processing center will be shuttered and consolidated with the Oklahoma City facility. More than 500 jobs will be affected. The...
Police Seek Answers In Deadly East Tulsa Crash
TULSA COUNTY, Oklahoma - Police need your help to figure out what caused a crash in east Tulsa around 2:00 Tuesday morning. The driver was just moved out of ICU and the passenger was killed. Some...
Tulsa School Consolidation Plan Goes Into Phase 2
The now empty Wilson Middle School will be the new home of Mayo - giving it room to more than double in size, over the next five...
Drumright Oil Well Nears Its Centennial
DRUMRIGHT, Oklahoma - Every time the pump on the Wheeler No. 1 in Drumright goes up and down, it's like a heartbeat of the area's history. The well is unique. On March 17th it will have...
Owasso Hit-And-Run Driver Abandons Child In Stranger's Yard
TULSA, Oklahoma - A man involved in a hit and run in Owasso abandoned a 5-year-old boy in a stranger's yard, then ran from the scene. It happened Wednesday afternoon at 86th Street North and...
Bill Aiming To Prevent Painkiller 'Doctor Shopping' Advances
OKLAHOMA CITY - A House subcommittee approved a bill Wednesday afternoon that would require all Oklahoma doctors to use an electronic database that tracks which painkillers a patient may have...
Oklahoma Soldier From Noble Dies In Afghanistan
OKLAHOMA CITY - Another Oklahoma soldier is killed in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense confirmed Wednesday the death of Sgt. Allen R. McKenna Jr. of Noble. Sgt. McKenna Jr., 28, was...
Tulsa Businessman Pledges $1 Million Towards LaFortune Park Project
Tulsa businessman and philanthropist Mike Case is pledging $1 million towards the completion of the LaFortune Park tennis center....
24 Units Damaged In Wednesday Morning Tulsa Apartment Complex Fire
TULSA, Oklahoma - Police shut down Riverside Drive early Wednesday morning because of a fire at an apartment complex at the corner of Riverside and Denver. Tulsa Fire got the call shortly before...
More Tulsa Schools Consolidating
The Tulsa School Board votes to relieve overcrowding at several schools.Tuesday night's vote, was a continuation of Project School House.The plan includes moving Mayo Demonstration Academy to...
Tulsa Mail Processing Center Recommended For Closure
Tulsa - Tulsa's mail processing center has been recommended for closure by later this spring. Channel 8's Burt Mummolo reports that at a meeting with the Oklahoma district manager and...
Oklahoma soldier dies in Afghanistan
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Military officials say an Oklahoma soldier has died in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense announced Wednesday that Sgt. Allen R. McKenna Jr. of Noble died Tuesday in...
Documents Detail Midwest City Woman's Slaying
A slain Midwest City woman was stabbed with an axe and multiple knives and struck with several objects, court documents revealed on...
OKC Schools Concerned About Possible Takeover
Top leaders at Oklahoma City Public Schools are worried the state Department of Education may take control of some of the district's struggling schools.OKCPS officials held a press conference...
DOD: Oklahoma Soldier Dies In Afghanistan
Sgt. Allen R. McKenna Jr., 28, of Noble, died Tuesday in Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, military officials said.McKenna had been assigned to the 1st Squadron, 10th Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Combat Team,...
OKC One Of Top 5 Cities For Cheaters
More than 69,000 people here are looking to stray, and the reason why may by a big surprise."We are 10 years old," said AshleyMadison.com CEO Noel Biderman. "We launched in...
Oil Pipeline Planned in Oklahoma
Three energy companies have announced plans to build a 210-mile pipeline to carry crude oil from western and north-central Oklahoma to a storage facility in Cushing.SemGroup Corp., Gavilon Midstream...
Metal Theft Unit Cracking Down On Copper Thieves
It has become a huge problem in the metro.Now police have their own unit to bust copper thieves.OG&E security manager Jason Koon is working hard to stop the thefts.Koon showed KOCO Eyewitness...
Teens Face Charges In Theft Of Go-Cart
William Cossey and Wesley Harris, both 18 years old, were spotted by police on Feb. 20 around 3:45 a.m. pushing a red go-cart near Southeast 104th Street and Oakview Road.An officer stopped them and...
Wildlife Dept. Overseeing Controlled Burn Near Norman
Officials with the department said the controlled burn is at the Lexington Wildlife Management Area, located at 180th Street and Slaughterville Road.The fire sent a thick plume of white smoke into...
Police: CDC Employee Facing Shoplifting Charges
A Centers for Disease Control employee was arrested Monday after Oklahoma City police say she shoplifted clothing and other items from a department...
Tax law changes for 2011 filings
And if you still mail in your tax return be aware the filing locations have changed in several areas so carefully read the Form 1040 Instructions to be sure you mail your return to the correct...
New downtown building to change skyline
For downtown restaurant owner Libby Auld, the metro lunch rush is a welcome midday addition. Auld says she loves that environment because of the city's ability to maintain a small-town...
DA Harris speaks out against lawmakers
TULSA - Tulsa County District Attorney Tim Harris spoke out today against Oklahoma lawmakers that shot down anti-meth proposals. The bills would have required a prescription to purchase...
Right lane north US-169 closed near 56th
TULSA - The right lane northbound US-169 closed for several hours near 56th St. North. The closure is due to emergency bridge deck repairs and is expected to last several hours. Drivers are urged to...
Noble soldier killed in Afghanistan
A Noble, Okla. soldier died yesterday in the Kandahar Province of Afghanistan, according to the Department of Defense. Sgt. Allen McKenna Jr., 28, was a member of the 4th Infantry Division in Fort...
Okla. USPS managers suggest closure
TULSA - UPDATE: 2News reporter Sara Goldenberg is reporting the Oklahoma district manager and plant manager for the USPS are suggesting total closure of the Tulsa mail processing center. Closures of...
BA students make television debut
TULSA - A group of Broken Arrow students made their television debut Wednesday. Second graders from Summit Christian Academy in Broken Arrow stopped by the station Wednesday for a tour. While here,...
One of Tulsa's Most Wanted captured
TULSA - One of Tulsa's most wanted criminals is again in custody after escaping from a halfway house last year. James Miller, 22, was arrested around 8:30 a.m. Tuesday after authorities tracked...
OTC not sending refund checks this year
OTC officials explain the changeover from checks is the result of a new state law requiring disbursements from the State Treasury to be in electronic...
Oklahoma State Softball team tries to get back on track
The Oklahoma State softball team will be looking to get back on track this weekend when they travel to Palm Springs Calif., for the Cathedral City Classic. The tournament starts Thursday, Feb. 23 and...
Read Across America at the Oklahoma City Zoo
For those of you stay at home moms that are always looking for fun things to do once the weather starts getting nicer you will want to add the Oklahoma City Zoo's Read Across America advent to...
Former Moore Christian Schools teacher arrested in rape case
Oklahoma City police arrested Gregory Saul, a former Moore Christian Schools teacher, on Monday on complaints of rape. He is accused of having sex with a 14-year-old female...
Red Cross volunteers assist families affected by Oklahoma City apartment fire
Oklahoma City firefighters extinguished a fire at an apartment complex Tuesday night that caused about $20,000 in damage. A fire official said a security guard who removed five children from the...
Man forces his way into home, rapes woman in southwest Oklahoma City
Sgt. Jennifer Wardlow said. The man pushed his way into her living room, Wardlow said, and forced the woman into the bedroom before raping her. Her son stayed in the living room, the woman told...
Update: Oklahoma City police search for intruders after man says he stabbed one with a harpoon
A man says he stabbed an intruder with a harpoon Wednesday during a home invasion in northwest Oklahoma City. Police are searching for two white...
Oklahoma City school officials fear possible takeover
File photo: School board chairperson Angela Monson, left, speaks with superintendent Karl Springer during an Oklahoma City Public Schools Board of Education meeting at 900 N Klein Avenue in Oklahoma...
Kan. drug charges again dropped against Morrison
WICHITA, Kan. (AP) -- Prosecutors in Sedgwick County have dropped drug charges against former heavyweight boxing champion Tommy Morrison, less than a year after unrelated drug charges were dismissed...
Lawsuit prompts Okla. lawmaker to seek amendment
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- Angered by a lawsuit challenging a scholarship program for children with disabilities, an Oklahoma lawmaker has introduced a bill that would abolish a section of the state...
Okla. City school officials fear possible takeover
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- The superintendent of Oklahoma's largest school district said Wednesday that he's worried the state Department of Education may take over some of the district's...
AP Exclusive: National meth lab busts up in 2011
ST. LOUIS (AP) -- Methamphetamine lab seizures rose nationally again in 2011, further evidence the powerfully addictive and dangerous drug is maintaining a tight grip on the nation's heartland,...
Appeals court rules federal inmate photos private
DENVER (AP) -- A federal appeals court has ruled that mug shots of federal prisoners are private, rejecting an appeal from an Oklahoma newspaper that argued people have a right to know how inmates...
Lawsuit prompts Oklahoma lawmaker to seek amendment
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) -- A lawsuit challenging a scholarship program for children with disabilities is prompting a state lawmaker to seek a constitutional...
Power plant officials deny bribing Oklahoma ex-senator
Officials for Tenaska Inc. testified Wednesday at a political corruption trial for former Senate leader Mike Morgan, longtime lobbyist Andy Skeith and prominent attorney Martin...
Case continued for Oklahoma man charged in Weleetka slayings
Man accused in Weleetka deaths in court 12/14/2011 OKEMAH - Kevin Sweat made his first appearance before a judge Tuesday after being charged last week in the slayings of two Weleetka girls in...
Oklahoma high school homecoming queen dies after falling ill
Whitney Miller died unexpectedly on Friday. He says she became ill last week and was rushed to the hospital Friday morning, where she was diagnosed with...
Santorum Up Big in Oklahoma
Rasmussen survey in Oklahoma finds Rick Santorum with a big lead over Mitt Romney in the GOP presidential race with 43%, followed by Newt Gingrich at 22%, Mitt Romney at 18%, and Ron Paul at 7%.The...