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• Police identify woman found shot to death in Norman; arrest warrants issued for suspects

  29-08-2017 23:58 via kfor.com
  NORMAN, Okla. – Police are releasing more information related to the murder of a woman found inside a Norman home.
  On Saturday morning, police were called to a home in the 1800 block of Twisted Oaks Drive to check on the welfare of a resident.
  “They found an adult female, multiple gunshot wounds,” said Sarah Jenson, public information officer for the Norman Police Department.
  Authorities have identified the victim as 33-year-old Tiffany Godwin, and they have officially classifi
  
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• Commission to Combat Opioid Abuse In Oklahoma Meets

  29-08-2017 23:58
  
  The state is facing what the attorney general calls an "opioid epidemic." Tuesday, a newly formed commission met to address the statewide issue, and the numbers are staggering.
  
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• Arrest warrants issued in connection with deadly shooting of Norman woman

  29-08-2017 23:51
  
  Police in Norman say officers conducting a welfare check found a woman shot to death inside a home on the city's southeast side.
  
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• OBI, AT&T Partner Up For Harvey Blood Drive

  29-08-2017 23:50
  
  The Oklahoma Blood Institute and AT&T have partnered up to hold a blood drive to help with Harvey recovery. 
  
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• Norman Police Identify Woman Killed Saturday, Arrest Warrants Issued

  29-08-2017 23:50
  
  The woman found dead Saturday morning in a Norman home has been identified by police and two arrest warrants have been issued.
  
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• New Orleans draws on lessons of Katrina to help Houston

  29-08-2017 23:43
  
  Over a decade ago, Hurricane Katrina wreaked havoc along the Gulf coast from central Florida to Texas.
  
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• Local furniture store owner opens doors to victims of Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 23:43
  
  Cheers to you, Mattress Mack!
  
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• Restaurant issues apology after ‘extra fee’ after Hurricane Harvey

  29-08-2017 23:41 via kfor.com
  CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – A restaurant in Texas is issuing refunds and apologizing to customers.
  Several customers who stopped by Wingstop in Corpus Christi after Hurricane Harvey made landfall say they felt taken advantage of when they were charged extra fees.
  One customer told KZTV that she was charged an additional $4.99 for her meal, while another family said they waited two hours to get food and were forced to pay an additional $15.
  On the receipts, the extra charge is listed as a &lsqu
  
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• Police investigate home invasion in southwest OKC

  29-08-2017 23:34 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Police were investigating a possible standoff in southwest Oklahoma City Tuesday afternoon.
  Officials were near the scene of S.W. 104th and Penn. Ave.
  There was a report of a large police presence in the area.@OKCPD on scene of standoff that suspect appears to be in custody on SW side of OKC near 104/Penn. updates @kfor pic.twitter.com/tmrZxymcsu
  — Marc Dillard (@F5Video) August 29, 2017
  
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• Looters arrested across Houston, penalties increased

  29-08-2017 23:29
  
  Burglars could face life in prison, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said in a news release.
  
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• Seasonally Cool Temps In Store Tuesday Night For OKC Metro

  29-08-2017 23:21
  
  We've got a nice and quiet Tuesday night ahead with clear skies and seasonally cool temperatures. 
  
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• Levee that had been breached is fortified​, say officials

  29-08-2017 23:20
  
  An official says that a levee protecting a subdivision of homes in a county south of Houston has been fortified after being breached but warns the threat is far from over.
  
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• Hollywood rallies for Harvey relief effort

  29-08-2017 23:19 via kfor.com
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  As he typically is this time of year, “Supernatural” star and Texas native Jensen Ackles is in Vancouver filming his show. But as the aftermath of Hurricane Harvey and unprecedented flooding continues to plague the Lone Star State, he’s finding it difficult to be away from his wife, children and the state he calls home when not working more than 2,000 miles away.
  “It’s hard to deny the urge to want to help,” Ackles told CNN via phone.
  He’s do
  
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• Mayor: Houston Officer Dies After Being Trapped In Flooded Patrol Car

  29-08-2017 23:02
  
  Houston Mayor Sylvester Turner confirms death of police officer Sunday when he was trapped in flooded patrol car. The Houston Chronicle has reported that 60-year-old Sgt. Steve Perez was heading to work Sunday when he became trapped in high water on Interstate 45 in north Harris County and then couldn't get himself out of his car.
  
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• Judge: Bixby Pipe Bomb Suspect Not Mentally Competent To Stand Trial

  29-08-2017 22:54
  
  A judge ruled Tuesday morning that Bixby pipe bomb suspect Benjamin Roden is not mentally competent to stand trial at this time.
  
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• Oklahoma City takes major steps toward completing American Indian Cultural Center and Museum

  29-08-2017 22:28
  The Oklahoma City Council made major steps toward the completion of the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum on Tuesday, a project years in the making. The museum first began as a state project, but it was eventually abandoned due to the lack of funding.
  
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• Oklahoma City Council takes major step toward opening American Indian Cultural Center and Museum

  29-08-2017 22:28
  The Oklahoma City Council was unanimous Tuesday in its support of agreements to get the American Indian Cultural Center and Museum up and running. The museum's primary focus will be on the cultures and histories of Oklahoma's 39 federally recognized tribes.
  
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• Hinder Sues Former Lead Singer Over Use Of Band's Trademark

  29-08-2017 22:28
  The lawsuit filed Friday in federal court in Oklahoma City alleges Austin John Winkler unlawfully used and the band's trademark to promote his solo career after leaving Hinder in 2013. The lawsuit, first reported by The Oklahoman, says an agreement with his former bandmates allows Winkler to promote himself as "Austin Winkler, formerly of Hinder."
  
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• Daughter charged after mother’s corpse found in bed-and-breakfast

  29-08-2017 22:26 via kfor.com
  HAWLEY, Pa. – A Pennsylvania woman has been charged in connection with the death of her mother, two months after the body was found, according to WNEP.
  Moira Richey, 52, who is charged with abuse of corpse, forgery, and theft, refused to answer questions and covered her face on the way out of district court Tuesday.
  Richey allegedly allowed her 80-year-old mother's body to decompose after the elder Richey died in a Honesdale bed-and-breakfast.
  She's also charged with forgery and thef
  
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• Oklahoma arts district to change name after KKK tie found

  29-08-2017 22:19 via kfor.com
  TULSA, Okla. – Business owners in northeast Oklahoma plan to rename an arts district that currently carries the name of a person who had ties to the Ku Klux Klan.
  The Tulsa World reports the Brady Arts District Business Association voted Friday to rename the district. Leaders say the district will have a new name by November that will be inclusive to everyone.
  The arts district’s name came under scrutiny four years ago after it was discovered that its namesake, businessman Wyatt Tate
  
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• Aldi planning to build another location in northwest Oklahoma City

  29-08-2017 18:19
  According to our partners at OKCTalk , Aldi has filed a $2.76 million building permit to set up shop in the Mayfair Shopping Center, located at N.W. 50th and May. BRISTOL, ENGLAND - NOVEMBER 07: Shoppers enter a branch of the budget supermarket Aldi on November 7, 2013 in Bristol, England. As the German chain opens its 500th store in the affluent Bury St Edmunds, some retail experts are claiming that the low-cost supermarket is trying to attract more affluent shoppers, in particular by offering
  
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• Former downtown Oklahoma City hotel could again house guests

  29-08-2017 14:00
  The closed Character First Institute at 520 W Main is being eyed for redevelopment into a hotel. [Photo By Steve Gooch, The Oklahoman] The former downtown Holiday Inn, most recently used as a training center for the Character First Institute, is being eyed by buyers for redevelopment as a hotel.
  
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• Could one of the most popular weed killers on the planet cause cancer?

  29-08-2017 13:58 via kfor.com
  Could one of the most popular weed killers on the planet cause cancer?
  Roundup revolutionized farming and gardening in America.
  But now, some are concerned that the main active ingredient is a carcinogen.
  In fact, Americans are running to lawyers in droves to join a class action lawsuit against Roundup.
  Tuesday night at 10 p.m. Ali Meyer talks with several plaintiffs about their concerns.
  "When I was diagnosed with cancer I was like, 'Ok. Where did this come from?'" said Francene Lisle.
  "T
  
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• Below normal temps continue for your Tuesday

  29-08-2017 13:51 via kfor.com
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  The below normal temperatures are a result of Harvey to the south giving us a northeasterly wind.
  Southeastern Oklahoma will have isolated showers and persistent cloud cover for the next several days due to proximity to the tropical system.
  Lows tonight will drop 10 degrees below normal in the upper 50s and lower 60s!
  Highs will slowly cli
  
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• Oklahoma Among Presenters At Senate Health Care Hearings, Next Week

  29-08-2017 13:27
  
  Director of the Alaska Division of Insurance Lori Wing-Heier will be one of the presenters before a Senate committee on health care. 
  
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• Dallas Prepares To Take In Harvey Evacuees

  29-08-2017 13:22
  
  Preparations are underway in Dallas to turn the Kay Bailey Hutchison Convention Center into what's being called a mega-shelter for those evacuees from southeastern Texas.
  
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• Still Too Early To Grade Harvey's Impact On Gas Prices

  29-08-2017 11:41
  
  Gas prices around the country shot up a few cents when Harvey made landfall on the Texas Gulf Coast.
  
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• Oklahoma Banking Exec. Albert Kelly Cited For Fed. Banking Violations

  29-08-2017 11:11
  
  A high-ranking political appointee at the Environmental Protection Agency has been cited by federal financial regulators for unspecified violations while serving as the top executive at a community bank in Oklahoma. 
  
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• Oklahoma Charter Company Lending A Hand To Harvey Relief

  29-08-2017 11:00
  
  Red Carpet Charters answered the call last Thursday to head down to Texas to help get people out of Hurricane Harvey's way.
  
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• President Trump To Visit Corpus Christi

  29-08-2017 09:19
  
  President Trump and the first lady will travel to Corpus Christi, Texas, Tuesday to assess the damage caused by Harvey.  
  
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• Town of Colbert plans to retain interim police chief accused of having ties to neo-Nazi websites

  29-08-2017 05:41 via kfor.com
  COLBERT, Okla. - An interim police chief has resigned in the small town of Colbert in southeast Oklahoma. The resignation comes just days after the chief, Bart Alsbrook, was linked to two neo-Nazi websites.
  The Colbert Town Council tells News 4, through a spokesperson, it plans on retaining Alsbrook after reports surfaced alleging ties he had to the websites.
  Alsbrook said he would resign his post as interim police chief and reserve officer, according to the Tulsa World. News 4 reached out
  
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• Oklahoma woman speaks out years after repeatedly being raped by family friend as a teen

  29-08-2017 05:38 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY - A young woman has came forward to her parents and police to report several alleged rapes that occurred at the hands of a family friend.
  Zachariah Scott Petty is charged with two counts of first-degree rape and one count of forcible sodomy.
  It started when he was welcomed into a home back in 2012. According to the police report, just a few weeks after he moved in, the then 14-year-old said he raped her for the first time.
  "The victim alleged, that while the suspect was staying in
  
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• Three Auto-Pedestrian Crashes Reported In Moore In One Week

  29-08-2017 04:25
  
  Moore police are investigating three auto-pedestrian crashes in the last week -- two were deadly.
  
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• Local Nonprofit Sends Help To The Houston Area

  29-08-2017 04:24
  
  A local nonprofit is on its way to the Houston area to help thousands affected by Tropical Storm Harvey. 
  
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• Sooners Name Murray Back Up Quarterback

  29-08-2017 04:11 via kfor.com
  A year after arriving on campus, Texas A&M transfer Kyler Murray's presence will finally be felt. He's been named Oklahoma's back up quarterback.
  Murray beat out incumbent Austin Kendall who is planning on redshirting this fall. Kendall played in two games last season going 16-22, 143 yards for two touchdowns and zero interceptions.
  With Kendall sitting out this season that will allow him to return in 2018 as a redshirt sophomore with a chance to beat out  Murray for starting quarterba
  
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• Some Displaced Children From South Texas Begin School Year In Dallas

  29-08-2017 04:00
  
  Thousands of Texans have been displaced after Tropical Storm Harvey dumped buckets of rain over southeast Texas.
  
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• Thousands Rescued From Flood Waters In Houston Area During Harvey

  29-08-2017 03:53
  
  Thousands of Houston residents were rescued since Tropical Storm Harvey inundated the city, officials said.
  
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• German nurse may have murdered at least 90 patients

  29-08-2017 03:46 via kfor.com
  A German nurse currently serving a life sentence in prison for murdering six patients may have killed 84 more, making him one of the country’s worst ever serial killers, police and prosecutors said Monday.
  Niels Hoegel, 40, was jailed in 2015 after being convicted of killing six people.
  Authorities have subsequently investigated hundreds of deaths, which included exhuming bodies of former patients in the clinics where Hoegel worked in Delmenhorst and Oldenburg in northwest Germany.
  Police
  
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• High-water rescues continue throughout Houston area

  29-08-2017 03:21
  
  Authorities and groups have been rescuing people in the Houston area getting caught in floodwaters caused by Tropical Storm Harvey.
  
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• Fallin not ready to call for special session amid budget crisis

  29-08-2017 03:18
  
  Gov. Mary Fallin still is not ready to call lawmakers back to the Capitol for a special session as she says she’s waiting on two Supreme Court decisions that could affect the state’s budget.
  
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• Mother describes moment she found toddler with 7-inch gash from shark

  29-08-2017 03:09
  
  She said while she was under water, she heard her daughter scream at Bathtub Reef Beach in Florida.
  
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• FBI releases pictures of serial robber hitting metro banks

  29-08-2017 03:08
  
  Police have released new images of a serial bank robber wreaking havoc across the Oklahoma City metro.
  
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• Family wants answers after loved one was found dead in stairwell at VA Hospital

  29-08-2017 03:03
  
  Larry Harris was at the Oklahoma City Veterans Affairs Hospital to have surgery for kidney stones.
  
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• Edmond man, pregnant wife stuck on cruise ship diverted by Tropical Storm Harvey

  29-08-2017 02:57
  
  When Emily and Ryan Carson left on their Royal Caribbean cruise, they’d hoped to be off the ship and home in Edmond on Sunday.
  
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• Rescuer: ‘The mayor called for all hands on deck, so we grabbed our boat and came out’

  29-08-2017 02:56
  
  A Spring, Texas, man says why he sprang into action to help others affected by the flooding caused by Tropical Storm Harvey.
  
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• 2 dead, 6 injured following shooting ​at public library in New Mexico​​

  29-08-2017 02:51
  
  According to sources, two suspects are in custody after a shooting took place at the Clovis-Carver Public Library.
  
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• Senior citizens in viral photo rescued from flooded home in Houston

  29-08-2017 02:43
  
  The photo shows at least six senior citizens waist-deep in murky water, at least one sitting on a rolling walker, in a room with a popcorn machine, a cat and some bottles of water on a table.
  
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• Houston residents ask Joel Osteen to open Lakewood Church for Harvey flooding victims

  29-08-2017 02:21
  
  The church, which was once Houston's Compac Center, can house more than 16,000 people at a single time.
  
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• Video shows carjacking suspect being dragged down street

  29-08-2017 02:16 via kfor.com
  KENT, Wash. - A carjacking suspect was injured while being dragged in a wild altercation caught on video Friday in Kent, Washington.
  Video posted on Twitter shows a man clinging to the driver's side door of an SUV and being dragged down the street as his pants fall to his ankles. When the driver stops, the man stands up and continues to pull on the handle, prompting the driver to accelerate again.
  Police told KIRO the man, who has not been publicly identified as of Monday afternoon, had pu
  
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• How has Harvey affected tornadic activity in Houston area?

  29-08-2017 02:09
  
  Chief Meteorologist Damon Lane and Field Meteorologist Michael Armstrong discuss the tornadic activity in the Houston area caused by Tropical Storm Harvey.
  
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