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• Oklahoma City Zoo, Dr. Pepper team up to host statewide student art contest

  27-02-2017 20:12 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY – The Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden and Dr Pepper are uniting forces to help global giraffe conservation in the 13th annual Dr. Pepper Vending Machine Art Contest.
  For the past 12 years, zoo officials say both the zoo and Dr. Pepper have leveraged the unlimited creativity of Oklahoma’s students to visually inform and inspire serious conservation messages ranging from Asian elephant conservation to recycling.
  This year’s contest theme, “Heads Up for
  
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• 'The fire didn't pass through': Bethany church spared in strip mall fire

  16-04-2024 02:42 via kfor.com
  
  BETHANY, Okla. (KFOR) — Attendees of a Bethany church inside a strip mall told News 4 Monday they're thankful a fire won't have much of an impact on their services.Firefighters responded to a fire at the strip mall near NW 23rd Street and N Rockwell Avenue in Bethany on Monday afternoon."We were at a medical call down the street about 27th and Rockwell. So are response was two to three minutes down here," said Battalion Chief Billy Greenwood with the Bethany Fire Department.McIntyre Law Ch
  
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• "It's tent, tent, trash pile," Son furious about homeless camp after dogs attack mother

  16-04-2024 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A son is furious after his mother was attacked by a pack of dogs from a homeless camp. He told News 4 the dogs have been a problem for months and he now wants to take matters into his own hands, but they're tied."It's tent, tent, trash pile, trash pile," said Steve Fritz.A large homeless camp lies in wooded area near SW 9th St. and May Ave. It's a stone's throw away from the North Canadian Riverwalk and Fritz's home. ‘It’s very traumatizing’: 65-year-old
  
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• Court records reveal what led to arrests in disappearance of two missing moms

  16-04-2024 01:23 via kfor.com
  
  TEXAS COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - Court records have detailed what happened to two Kansas mothers who vanished in rural Texas County. Veronica Butler and Jilian Kelley went missing March 30, 2024. The car they were riding in was found abandoned in the Oklahoma panhandle. Four people were arrested Saturday in the case, including Tifany Adams who is the grandmother of Butler’s two children.Court documents confirmed a “problematic custody battle” as the focus behind the murder case."Yo
  
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• Books in Grayscale: An OKC couple has produced 250 for the world of 'colorists'

  16-04-2024 00:56 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – There's something about coloring a picture that's oddly gratifying, says retired counselor Teresa Davis."It's really kind of relaxing," she insists.She used them in her sessions for years, as well as taking them up herself, admitting, "For a while, that's all I did."But there's coloring with crayons, and then what she caught on to.It's called 'grayscale' coloring, which is much more challenging—more paint by numbers but without the numbers.Teresa affirms, "It i
  
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• John Smith Says Goodbye to OSU Wrestling

  16-04-2024 00:38 via kfor.com
  
  (Stillwater, OK) - John Smith's reign as Oklahoma State's wrestling coach officially came to an end as he had his goodbye press conference.Smith. who coached the Cowboys for 33 years, retired. The Del City native admitting he had a pretty good idea this was his last season no matter how it turned out.Smith helped Oklahoma State to five national championships, more than 30 individual NCAA champions and more than 150 All-Americans during his tenure as OSU's head man.Smith spoke for over an hour ab
  
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• OSDE rules go before Senate committee, lots of unanswered questions

  16-04-2024 00:25 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR)- 20 Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) proposed rules went before a Senate Administrative Rules Committee on Monday afternoon, but some lawmakers were left uneasy as the department's Government Affairs Liaison was unable to answer quite a few.Senator Michael Brooks (D-OKC) asked that the Senate Administrative Rules Committee review several proposed rules from the OSDE.
  The committee was only allotted two hours to review the rules with only one question and one fol
  
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• Thunder's Mark Daigneault Wins NBCA Coach of the Year

  16-04-2024 00:20 via kfor.com
  
  Mark Daigneault earned what could be the first of many honors headed the Thunder's way for their incredible season.The 39 year old Daigneault was named National Basketball Coaches Association coach of the year. Daigneault led the Thunder to a 57-25 record en route to the top seed in the Western Conference. His Thunder are the youngest one seed in NBA history.The award is voted on by his coaching peers across the NBA.Daigneault has been OKC's head coach since 2020 and improved on their win total
  
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• Metro young man loses some limbs after infection; Limbs for Life to pay for his prosthetics

  16-04-2024 00:09 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - An infection took his ability to walk, but he’s fortunate that it didn’t take his life. Thanks to a generation donation, a metro young man learning to live without some of his limbs is going to be able to walk down the path of recovery."At 30 years old, I never would have thought that I would die and been brought back twice,” Dylan Riley said. Woman turns in man who allegedly stomped puppyRiley is living a life of gratitude, happiness and humor despite hi
  
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• Dems roast Trump for appearing to sleep in court

  15-04-2024 23:53 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – Democratic strategists are roasting former President Trump on Monday for appearing to fall asleep in a New York courtroom during the first day of his hush money trial.Trump at times during the day closed his eyes, appearing to nod off. He also would lean back in his chair motionless with his arms crossed for considerable periods, but opinions differed among the press corps about whether the former president was actually asleep.Maggie Haberman, senior political correspondent at
  
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• NY judge says Trump can't attend Supreme Court arguments on presidential immunity

  15-04-2024 23:52 via kfor.com
  
  The New York judge overseeing former President Trump’s hush money trial said Monday that Trump cannot attend arguments at the Supreme Court next week over presidential immunity.It came after the judge earlier delayed a decision on allowing Trump to attend his son Barron's high school graduation in May.The attempts by Trump to take off certain days of his hush money trial that is expected to last weeks, if not months, came as the first day of trial was officially underway in Manhattan.
  
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• Court documents detail alleged plot targeting 2 Kansas women

  15-04-2024 23:42 via kfor.com
  
  WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — The four people arrested in connection to the disappearance of two Kansas women are allegedly members of an anti-government group who plotted the killings, even going as far as buying burner phones, according to court documents released Monday.
  Veronica Butler, 27, and Jilian Kelley, 39, both of Hugoton, Kansas, were reported missing in March. The Texas County Sheriff’s Department in Oklahoma said the women were traveling to pick up children but never arrived a
  
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• House Republicans want to sanction Iran

  15-04-2024 23:41 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) - House Republicans are racing to slap Iran with additional sanctions following its unprecedented attack against Israel.Michigan Congressman Bill Huizenga says he wants to cut off all money flowing from the U.S. and the World Bank into Iran."Frankly I think they've demonstrated that they're using to for nefarious purposes,” says Huizenga.His “No U.S. Financing to Iran Act” is among a series of bills being rushed to the House floor for a vote this
  
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• Tesla plans to lay off 10% of workforce after dismal quarterly sales, reports say

  15-04-2024 23:27 via kfor.com
  
  DETROIT (AP) — After reporting dismal first-quarter sales, Tesla is planning to lay off about a tenth of its workforce as it tries to cut costs, multiple media outlets reported Monday.CEO Elon Musk detailed the plans in a memo sent to employees. The layoffs could affect about 14,000 of the 140,473 workers employed by the Austin, Texas, company at the end of last year.Musk's memo said that as Tesla prepares for its next phase of growth, “it is extremely important to look at every
  
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• It's the last day to claim a piece of the $100 million Verizon class-action settlement

  15-04-2024 23:23 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Eligible Verizon customers — current and former — have just a couple hours left to claim a piece of the $100 million class action settlement fund.
  Affected users to get up to $100 each if they file a valid claim by April 15.
  The lawsuit alleges Verizon customers were hit with an administrative charge as part of a "deceptive scheme." Verizon denies any wrongdoing, but has agreed to the payout.‘Highway Baby’ prepares to graduate high schoolAll Verizon cust
  
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• Kingfisher honors late tennis player, brings awareness to suicide

  15-04-2024 23:18 via kfor.com
  
  KINGFISHER, Okla. (KFOR) - Growing up, Bausten Jech basically lived at the Shaw Park tennis courts in Kingfisher. “These are the courts that he practiced on for years,” said Tracey Jech Owens, Jech’s mom. “He just loved tennis so much." LOCAL NEWS: Mom seeks answers after speeding car strikes her son riding his bike
  Now, the courts are where his memory will live on. At 25 years old, in February of 2019, Jech took his own life. "We had no idea that he w
  
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• Crews battle strip mall fire in NW Oklahoma City

  15-04-2024 23:04 via kfor.com
  
  BETHANY, Okla. (KFOR) — Firefighters responded to a fire at a strip mall near NW 23rd Street and N Rockwell Avenue in Bethany on Monday afternoon.Strip mall fire near NW 23rd Street and N Rockwell Avenue. Photo courtesy KFOR.
  Video from McIntyre Law Chopper 4 over the scene shows heavy smoke coming from the building as crews work to extinguish the flames.It's currently unclear if any people were inside the building at the time of the fire.No other information is available at this time.This
  
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• Crews battle strip mall fire in Bethany

  15-04-2024 23:04 via kfor.com
  
  BETHANY, Okla. (KFOR) — Firefighters responded to a fire at a strip mall near NW 23rd Street and N Rockwell Avenue in Bethany on Monday afternoon.Strip mall fire near NW 23rd Street and N Rockwell Avenue. Photo courtesy KFOR.
  Video from McIntyre Law Chopper 4 over the scene shows heavy smoke coming from the building as crews work to extinguish the flames.It's currently unclear if any people were inside the building at the time of the fire.All lanes of NW 23rd St. near the scene three bloc
  
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• Metro shooting leaves one person arrested and officers on routine leave

  15-04-2024 22:50 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) says six officers are on routine administrative leave pending the outcome of a shooting investigation.Authorities report on April 12, OKCPD officers responded to the 200 block of SE 54th St. in reference to a man outside shooting a gun. When officers arrived, it was determined the suspect was inside a home at that location.
  Officers say they asked the suspect Juan Castorenna-Guerrero to come outside.
  Police say he did came outsid
  
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• Arrest made in deadly fentanyl overdose

  15-04-2024 22:32 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma City Police Department says inOctober of last year officers were called to a Southeast home in response to a fentanyl overdose death.According to police, officers located Ean Quinn Boyd, 42, and arrested him in connection to the death of Arissa Faith Coody.
  Boyd was arrested on a First-Degree Murder warrant.
  Ean Quinn Boyd, Image courtesy Oklahoma Detention CenterAnyone with any information should contact the Homicide Tip Line 405-297-1200.
  
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• Some H&R Block users report filing issues on tax deadline day

  15-04-2024 22:22 via kfor.com
  
  PORTSMOUTH, Va. (WAVY) -- Popular tax preparer H&R Block experienced issues with the company's electronic filing software Monday as many tried to submit their taxes by the end of day on April 15.
  Many users said they got "bad gateway" or "502" errors when filing online.
  The issue started Sunday night and extended into Monday, the deadline day for individual income tax returns, according to user reports and DownDetector. Many users commenting on DownDetector also claimed to have repeated H&am
  
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• OKCPD arrests Waters Corrections Center escapee

  15-04-2024 21:46 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma City Police have arrested an inmate who escaped from Clara Waters Community Corrections Center on Monday afternoon.According to the Oklahoma Department of Corrections, Michael Dorociak, 36, unlawfully walked away from the facility at around 1:40 p.m. on Monday.Michael Dorociak, 36. Photo courtesy Oklahoma Department of Corrections.
  Dorociak is currently serving an eight-year sentence for aggravated assault out of Pontotoc County.
  OKCPD confirmed with News 4
  
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• Owners of CO funeral home arrested in OK facing fraud charges

  15-04-2024 20:53 via kfor.com
  
  MUSKOGEE COUNTY, Okla. (AP) - The owners of a Colorado funeral home arrested in Oklahoma after decaying bodies were found are now facing fraud charges.Jon and Carie Hallford were arrested in Wagoner, Oklahoma, on suspicion of three felonies: abuse of a corpse, money laundering and forgery, authorities said in an email to aggrieved families. (L-R) Jon and Carie Hallford. Images courtesy Muskogee County Detention Center. RELATED STORY: Couple arrested in Oklahoma after nearly 200 decaying bod
  
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• ‘Rust’ weapons supervisor gets 18 months in prison for fatal on-set shooting

  15-04-2024 20:32 via kfor.com
  
  *Video of previous coverage.SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) — A movie weapons supervisor was sentenced to 18 months in prison in the fatal shooting of a cinematographer by Alec Baldwin on the set of the Western film “Rust,” at a sentencing hearing Monday in a New Mexico state court.Movie armorer Hannah Gutierrez-Reed was convicted in March by a jury on a charge of involuntary manslaughter in the death of cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and has been held for more than a month at a
  
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• Chad Daybell Trial Liveblog Day 3: Detectives testify about Daybell's behavior when bodies were found

  15-04-2024 20:31 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE: 12 p.m.: BOISE, Idaho (ABC4) — The first full week of the Chad Daybell murder trial kicked off with patrol car and body cam footage of the day two bodies were found on the Daybell property.Prosecutors brought more detectives to the stand in the morning portion of the trial as they attempted to paint a picture of Chad Daybell's behavior while law enforcement officers investigated his property on June 9, 2020. On that day, investigators discovered the bodies of Joshua “JJ&rdquo
  
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• Langston University announces 17th president, Dr. Ruth Jackson

  15-04-2024 19:33 via kfor.com
  
  LANGSTON, Okla. (KFOR) - Langston University (LU) has announced Dr. Ruth Ray Jackson as the university's 17th president.According to LU, Dr. Jackson's selection follows an extensive eight-month national search that attracted several qualified candidates. Here’s the latest severe storm timelinePresident Dr. Ruth Ray Jackson, Image courtesy Langston University
  "Dr. Jackson's appointment underscores her exceptional leadership and vision for our institution. During her tenure as Interim Presid
  
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• Our Blood Institute opens new donor center in Broken Arrow

  15-04-2024 18:54 via kfor.com
  
  BROKEN ARROW, Okla. (KFOR) - Our Blood Institute announced on Monday that its newest donor center is now open.According to OBI, the donor center is located at 850 West Mission St. in Broken Arrow. The center will offer a convenient place for residents to donate blood. OBI is also focused on the current demand for blood products and reserves for emergencies and treatment.LOCAL NEWS: Ready-to-build affordable housing coming to Guthrie
  Our Blood Institute opens new donor center in Broken Arrow. Ima
  
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• Woman turns in man who allegedly stomped puppy  

  15-04-2024 18:51 via kfor.com
  
  WARNING: The contents of this story are disturbingOKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Oklahomans who watched the disturbing video after animal advocates and law enforcement asked for the public's help finding a man caught on camera beating a dog were relieved when the suspect was arrested on last Tuesday.Oklahoma City Animal Welfare told News 4 on Tuesday it got a call last month after a local business owner in the 3700 block of S. Missouri Ave., near SE Grand Blvd. and I-35, found a dog dead. ‘It
  
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• Pilot, dog swim to shore after ocean landing off Southern California coast

  15-04-2024 18:17 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) – A pilot and their dog are lucky to be alive after a plane landed in ocean waters just off the coast of Southern California, forcing them to swim to shore Sunday afternoon, authorities confirmed to Nexstar's KTLA.  Calls about the plane landing in the Pacific Ocean in the Rancho Palos Verdes area came in at around 5:20 p.m., according to the Los Angeles County Fire Department. Details were limited, and it’s unclear what type of aircraft was involved and what exactly
  
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• OSBI discusses details in case of missing Texas County women

  15-04-2024 17:04 via kfor.com
  
  TEXAS COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigating is holding a news conference on Monday regarding two women who were reported missing in March.According to the OSBI, the Texas County Sheriff’s Department requested the bureau’s help on March 30 to investigate the suspicious disappearance of 27-year-old Veronica Butler and 39-year-old Jilian Kelley.Officials say the two were traveling together to pick up children, but never made it to their destination. Their car
  
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