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Voter registration deadline is Friday

From Jan. 15 to May 29, the Oklahoma State Election Board received 45,191 new registrations, or about twice as many as for the same period in 2014, the last gubernatorial election year.

 

Duo arrested in midtown purse snatching robbery case

Police arrested two people — a getaway driver and a strongman — Tuesday night on allegations they acted in concert to snatch purses from two women and grab money from a cashier.

 

DHS questions oversight panel's wisdom, wants extra 60 days to relocate vulnerable children at Laura Dester center

In federal court documents filed late Wednesday, DHS said it is "sincerely desires to comply" with the June 30th deadline but must adhere to its "deeply embedded obligation to act in the best interests" of the children in its care.

 

'Bonspiel' propels Jenks third-grader to final day of Scripps National Spelling Bee

Lakkimsetti, 9, survived the first day of the tournament by correctly spelling "pulque," a Mexican alcoholic drink made from the fermented sap of the agave plant.

 

Storms expected again overnight into Thursday

A storm complex will move across northeast Oklahoma and northwest Arkansas overnight into late Thursday morning, the National Weather Service in Tulsa said.

 

Philbrook Museum had a Chinese vase in storage for a decade. It just sold for $14.5 million.

The income would have a "transformative" effect on Philbrook's ability to expand its collections. "This one piece will potentially allow us to purchase hundreds of other works of art," the museum director says.

 

Tulsa Race Riot survivor, 103, to help kick off new NPR podcast series

"Last Witness," a new series from NPR and Radio Diaries, debuts this week with an interview with 103-year-old Olivia Hooker, who at age 6 saw the 1921 Tulsa Race Riot firsthand.

 

Broken Arrow community cuts ribbon at site of former Bever home to become memorial park

The old Bever property, where two teenage brothers killed their parents and three young siblings in 2015, will become a memorial park, where flower gardens and a simple gazebo will mark what a city councilor described as “a place no…

 

Duo accused of beating, robbing man just before he was struck, killed on highway

County prosecutors charged two people Tuesday on allegations they beat a man and robbed him prior to the man walking into highway traffic, where he was struck and killed by a passing motorist.

 

Former Vinita elementary teacher convicted sexually abusing 8-year-old student

The jury, following a week-long trial, convicted Ronald "Ronnie" Manners, 49, of one count of child sexual abuse.

 

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