Oklahoma City news

• Former cop with racist past gets new police job

  15-09-2018 01:00 via kfor.com
  ACHILLE, Okla. - New controversy in the small town of Achille. There are concerns over the police department's latest hire.
  The chief hired former Colbert Police Chief Bart Alsbrook.
  Alsbrook resigned after he was connected to Neo-Nazi and racist websites.
  "The media and cameras have ruined that man's name enough," said Chief Christopher Watson.
  Watson refused to do an interview with News 4, saying, "No, Absolutely not."
  He said his reason was that he was unhappy with the way his interview went
  
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• City officials give tour of Scissortail Park construction site

  15-09-2018 01:00 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY - We're a little less than a year away from the completion of Scissortail Park in downtown Oklahoma City.
  The 70-acre $132 million MAPS 3 project is set to be complete next June but, on Friday, officials gave a rare tour of their progress.
  "Progress has been great on the park; very excited with where we are," said David Todd, MAPS program manager.
  Crews hard at work about nine months away from the opening of the highly-anticipated Scissortail Park.
  For parts of the park, right now
  
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• Discover Oklahoma: Oklahoma River cruises

  15-09-2018 00:23 via kfor.com
  Much of what has changed in and around downtown oklahoma city through the years is the river area.as photojournalist Kasi Kennedy shows us, the Oklahoma River cruise is now one of the city`s most unique attractions.
  You can see more of that story plus see a peaceful destination at Southard bed and breakfast in Enid and find out why the unusual combinations at Benny`s Mexican Food and Pizza is so popular on Discover Oklahoma on Saturday at 6:30 p.m.
  If music is your thing, there’s a great
  
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• Fire crews on scene at a large fire in NW OKC

  15-09-2018 00:14 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – Multiple fire crews are on scene at a large commercial fire in NW OKC.
  Authorities say a detached garage near NW 19th and MacArthur is fully engulfed and they are using a defensive attack on the fire.
  They have additional crews on scene to control embers, but the majority of the fire is knocked down.
  There is no other information at this time.
  We will keep you updated.
  
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• Man breaks both arms after riding electric scooter

  15-09-2018 00:05 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY – A metro man says he broke both of his arms after renting an electric scooter downtown.
  “Stopped my scooter completely and just went head over handlebars and my arms braced and it was just the blunt force,” said Jacob Davis.
  Davis says he rented the scooter from Lime and the wheel got caught in a water meter lid in the sidewalk.
  He then flipped.
  “I just hit it the right way or the wrong way and went right over the handlebars,” said Davis, who says he
  
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