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• Opt-in/out period begins Nov. 30 for OKCPS' Spring semester e3 Online Learning program

  19-11-2020 23:40 via kfor.com
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – Oklahoma City Public Schools' superintendent has announced the date window for families to opt students in or out of the school district's e3 Online Learning program for the Spring semester.The opt-in/opt-out period begins on Monday, Nov. 30 and closes on Friday, Dec. 4, according to a news release issued by Superintendent Sean McDaniel."It is important for families to know if you chose to opt in to e3 it is a commitment for your child for 9-weeks (Pre-K - 8th grade)
  
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• These are the 5 worst cities for allergies: map

  04-05-2024 20:22 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – If a walk in the park catapults you into bouts of sneezing, eye-rubbing and coughing, you're not alone.Allergy season, which came early this year, is still in full swing with most of the nation forecast to have medium to high pollen levels entering the weekend, according to a map by researchers at IQVIA, the the healthcare analytics and research company that runs pollen.com.(Credit: Pollen.com/OpenStreetMap)The 5 U.S. cities with the highest pollen count forecasts were Grand Ra
  
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• Stitt: Walters, OSDE need to be held accountable in U.S. News rankings fiasco

  04-05-2024 13:34 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt says State Superintendent Ryan Walters and other Oklahoma State Department of Education (OSDE) leaders need to be held "accountable" after News 4 reported OSDE did not submit some key data to U.S. News and World Report, causing Oklahoma schools to plummet in the publication’s yearly rankings.   U.S. News: OSDE denied access to data, skewing Oklahoma school rankingsOn Tuesday, News 4 reported OSDE didn’t allow U.S. News a
  
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• 'My smiley girl': Edmond family reacts to arrest in 2016 homicide

  04-05-2024 13:24 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) – An Edmond family said they felt blindsided after learning they knew a man police arrested in connection to the 2016 murder of their loved one.Edmond Police said Joseph Beck confessed to strangling and murdering 19-year-old Jennifer Kyli Molloy, after he was questioned by a state trooper on the side of I-40 Thursday. One arrested in connection to 2016 Edmond homicideIn 2016, Molloy was found dead in her apartment near E. Wayne Ave. in Edmond. Police followed mult
  
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• Moore PD respond to train accident

  04-05-2024 06:14 via kfor.com
  
  MOORE, Okla. (KFOR) — Moore Police Department confirmed a fatality accident involving a pedestrian and an Amtrak train Friday night in Moore.According to officials, the accident took place near SE 4th St. and N Santa Fe St.
  Moore PD confirm Amtrak train vs pedestrian fatality. (KFOR)No other information is available at this time as the investigation is ongoing.
  
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• UPDATE: Missing 14-year-old found safe in Oklahoma City

  04-05-2024 05:13 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE @ 10:15 PMAuthorities have confirmed that 14-year-old Abbey Force has now been found safe in Oklahoma City.
  ORIGINAL STORY:OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — An Amber Alert was issued for a missing 14-year-old girl who was last heard from in the Oklahoma City area, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
  Authorities said 14-year-old Abbey Force was last seen on May 3. She's wearing a pink nose ring and has pink braces.
  Force is 5'7" and is 165 pounds with brown hair and blue eyes.
  If you have
  
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• UPDATE: Missing Crawford County teen found safe

  04-05-2024 05:04 via kfor.com
  
  CRAWFORD COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — UPDATE: Force has been found safe in the Oklahoma City area, according to Oklahoma City police.CRAWFORD COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — An AMBER Alert has been issued on May 3 for a teen missing out of Crawford County.According to Arkansas State Police, Abbey Jolynn Force, 14, was last seen May 2 at 10 p.m. from Cedarville.Abbey Jolynn Force, 14
  She is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes. She has a white light-sk
  
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• AMBER Alert issued for missing Arkansas teen out of Crawford County

  04-05-2024 05:04 via kfor.com
  
  CRAWFORD COUNTY, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — An AMBER Alert has been issued on May 3 for a teen missing out of Crawford County.According to Arkansas State Police, Abbey Jolynn Force, 14, was last seen May 2 at 10 p.m. from Cedarville.Abbey Jolynn Force, 14She is 5 feet 7 inches tall and weighs 165 pounds. She has brown hair and blue eyes. She has a white light-skinned complexion. ASP says she has pink braces and a pink nose ring.
  She is possibly in the Oklahoma City area.It is not known if she is w
  
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• Woman's home broken into after doorbell camera stolen

  04-05-2024 01:34 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - More than a week after her doorbell camera was stolen from her porch, a metro woman's home is burglarized by a different suspect."I was scared," said Jessica Carter. "I didn't know what he wanted to do"News 4 first talked to Carter on April 17, 2024. Two days before, security footage and pictures captured a man taking her doorbell camera, knocking on her door, waiting on the porch, then leaving.Man caught on camera taking doorbell. Image courtesy Jessica Carter.Man caught
  
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• Gov. Stitt discusses immigration, budget, women in politics, and OSDE

  04-05-2024 01:34 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - During Friday's media availability, Governor Stitt talked on many hot-button issues that have broken in the last week throughout Oklahoma.
  EDUCATIONStitt reacted to News 4's report on the Oklahoma State Department of Education not submitting key data to U.S. News and World Report. That caused Oklahoma schools to plummet in the publication's yearly rankings.
  | READ REPORT HERE > Lawmakers concerned with OSDE after report on skewed rankings >"I have not spoken to him (
  
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• OSSAA updates physical evaluation form, asks female athletes intimate details about their monthly cycles

  04-05-2024 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association (OSSAA) has updated the high school sports pre-participation physical evaluation (PPE) form. It’s raising eyebrows after they added new questions asking girls intimate details about their monthly cycles. OSSAA officials told News 4 the decision to update this form comes after they discovered “Oklahoma was 2 versions behind most of the country in our PPE.”  However, some parents are wondering w
  
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• Missing Pott Co. 3-year-old found safe and reunited with family

  04-05-2024 01:19 via kfor.com
  
  POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — A three-year-old was reunited with his family after being missing for over 14 hours.According to Pottawatomie Sheriff's Office, Walker Mangus disappeared Thursday evening."He was with his father, they came up here to feed the animals and he was outside playing and you know, just a split second not looking and he just disappeared," said Travis Dinwiddie, Undersheriff for Pottawatomie County.A missing and endangered alert was activated Friday morning.K9's,
  
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• UPDATE: Two children taken to hospital after possible drownings

  04-05-2024 01:11 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE @ 6:45 P.M.According to the Edmond Police Department, two small children have been transported to OU Children's Hospital after possible drownings in a local neighborhood.
  Police say the children were in the water for an undetermined amount of time.The incident is still under investigation.ORIGINAL STORYEDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — Edmond emergency crews are responded to reports of a possible drowning in a neighborhood near N Kelley Avenue and W Waterloo Road on Friday evening.Possible dro
  
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• Emergency crews respond to possible drowning in Edmond

  04-05-2024 01:11 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) — Edmond emergency crews are responded to reports of a possible drowning in a neighborhood near N Kelley Avenue and W Waterloo Road on Friday evening.Possible drowning in a neighborhood near N Kelley Avenue and W Waterloo Road. Photo courtesy KFOR.Police say two people have been taken to the hospital.
  News 4 will provide updates as more information becomes available.This is a developing story.
  
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• 'Best ending possible': McAlester drone company finds missing man who is blind alive

  04-05-2024 00:23 via kfor.com
  
  WELEETKA, Okla. (KFOR)- A man who is blind went missing for more than 24 hours, but thankfully the Oklahoma Drone Recovery Company was able to track him down and reunite him with his family.Steve Burden was in a firework accident in 2020 which resulted in the partial loss of his right arm. He also lost an eye and became fully blind in the other.Steve Burden. Photo courtesy: Katie Burden-Greer.
  Steve's sister, Katie Burden-Greer told KFOR he lives every day like it's normal though, including goin
  
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• Kentucky Derby: How the mint julep became the race's official drink

  04-05-2024 00:13 via kfor.com
  
  LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDKY) — The mint julep is almost as essential to the Kentucky Derby as the thoroughbreds running for the roses.It's "bourbon, mint, and what we call simple syrup that adds that sweetness to the mint julep," said Chris Goodlett, senior director of curatorial and education affairs at the Kentucky Derby Museum.On Derby weekend, nearly 120,000 mint juleps will be served. This requires more than 10,000 bottles of bourbon, 1,000 pounds of mint leaves, and 60,000 pounds of ice.Bu
  
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• The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, debris of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. Here's how to see it

  04-05-2024 00:12 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — The Eta Aquarid meteor shower, remnants of Halley's comet, peaks this weekend. And with just a waning crescent moon in the sky, it should be visible.The Eta Aquarids occur every year in early May. This year’s peak activity happens early Sunday with an expected 10 to 30 meteors visible per hour in the Northern Hemisphere. Viewing should be even better in the Southern Hemisphere. The shower lasts through May 27.Here’s what to know about the Eta Aquarid
  
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• Randy Travis releases first new song since 2013 stroke inhibited his speech, singing voice

  03-05-2024 23:36 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Country artist Randy Travis released a new song Friday — nearly 11 years after a stroke left him largely unable to speak or sing.Travis had teased the release of “Where That Came From” earlier this week, previewing a snippet of the song along with a video featuring footage from what appeared to be the recording process. In it, Travis could be seen observing the studio musicians, though not actively singing.“Eleven years ago I never thought I would be abl
  
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• Sarah Huckabee Sanders orders state to ignore new Title IX rules

  03-05-2024 23:35 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) — Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders (R) ordered the state on Thursday to defy new changes to Title IX that add protections for transgender students.
  Sanders, the onetime press secretary to former President Trump, is the latest in a growing coalition of Republican governors to explicitly reject the Biden administration’s update to the federal civil rights law prohibiting sex discrimination in schools and education programs that receive federal funding.Sanders in an
  
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• You can book an Airbnb stay at the ‘Up’ house – and it floats

  03-05-2024 23:34 via kfor.com
  
  (AP) — Airbnb is bringing the iconic house from Disney Pixar’s 2009 animated film “Up” to life to celebrate the movie’s 15th anniversary in May, and fans can spend the night there soon.
  CEO Brian Chesky said Airbnb paid to build the house from scratch and attach 8,000 balloons to mimic the helium-filled ones the central character in the movie uses to make the house fly.The Airbnb version won't fly, but Chesky said guests will be able to watch a crane lift the New Me
  
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• Man who bragged that he 'fed' an officer to the mob of Capitol rioters gets nearly 5 years in prison

  03-05-2024 23:32 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — A Georgia business owner who bragged that he “fed” a police officer to a mob of rioters storming the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, was sentenced on Thursday to nearly five years in prison for his repeated attacks on law enforcement during the insurrection.Jack Wade Whitton struck an officer with a metal crutch and dragged him — head first and face down — into the crowd on the Capitol's Lower West Terrace. Whitton later boasted in a text m
  
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• WATCH: ATV crashes into Connecticut police cruiser attempting to block pedestrians from harm

  03-05-2024 23:31 via kfor.com
  
  Warning: Video contains graphic footage.NEW HAVEN, Conn. (WTNH) – An ATV driver suffered serious injuries after crashing into a police cruiser in New Haven, Connecticut, on Sunday, police officials said.Police said officers were patrolling the city's East Rock Park around 3:40 p.m., following reports of ATV riders using Farnam Drive to access the park — a road that's been only open to pedestrian traffic since 2020.
  The officers had been part of a team assigned to dirt bike/ATV detail
  
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• DeSantis signs bill banning lab-grown meat in Florida

  03-05-2024 23:30 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) – Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a bill banning lab-grown meat in his state Wednesday, in what he described as an effort to "save our beef.”“Today, Florida is fighting back against the global elite’s plan to force the world to eat meat grown in a petri dish or bugs to achieve their authoritarian goals,” DeSantis said in a press release Wednesday. “Our administration will continue to focus on investing in our local farmers and ranchers, and we
  
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• Bodies of missing American and Australian surfers found

  03-05-2024 23:30 via kfor.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (KSWB/KUSI) -- The bodies of three missing surfers, including one American and two brothers from Australia, have been found, according to Mexican authorities.The Baja California Attorney General’s Office confirmed Friday morning that the bodies were located in La Bocana, about 130 miles south of San Diego.
  Mexican officials said Thursday they had found evidence related to the case, including a white pickup truck, and that three Mexican nationals were under investigation.The three
  
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• Congress pressures education officials after FAFSA delays

  03-05-2024 21:10 via kfor.com
  
  WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – There are only three months until the start of fall classes, but many high school seniors still do not know where they are going to college due to the federal government's botched rollout of the new FAFSA form.Many applicants are waiting to receive their financial aid offers. "The department has to get this right and fast," said Sen. Tammy Baldwin, (D-Wis.)."The rollout of the better FAFSA has been riddled with delays and challenges," said Education Secretary Mi
  
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• One arrested in connection to 2016 Edmond homicide

  03-05-2024 17:45 via kfor.com
  
  EDMOND, Okla. (KFOR) - One person has been arrested in connection to the 2016 death of a 19-year-old in Edmond.According to the Edmond Police Department, on October 5, 2016, 19-year-old Jennifer Kyli Molloy was found dead in her apartment near E. Wayne Ave. in Edmond. Multiple leads were followed during the investigation, but no one was arrested.Officials say around 10:30 a.m. on Thursday, May 2, Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers responded to a check welfare call regarding a person sitting on the
  
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• Bloody spear found at grisly double homicide in Southern California

  03-05-2024 16:28 via kfor.com
  
  SANTA ANA, Calif. (KTLA) - An investigation is underway after two people were found dead in a storage facility, a third person was rushed to the hospital and a bloody medieval-style spear was discovered at the scene Thursday in Santa Ana, California.Officers with the Santa Ana Police Department responded to a disturbance call at a privately owned storage facility. The facility is typically used for personal and business storage, Nexstar's KTLA learned.
  A man who wished to remain anonymous said h
  
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• Update: Missing Pottawatomie Co. 3-year-old found

  03-05-2024 15:17 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE 05/03/2024 10:20 A.M.Officials say 3-year-old Walker Mangus has been located. His condition is unknown at this time.ORIGINAL STORYPOTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued an Endangered Missing Advisory for a missing 3-year-old.Walker Mangus. Image courtesy Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
  According to OHP, Walker Mangus was last seen around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday one mile west of the town of Tribbey.Officials say Mangus is 3 years old, 3 feet 3 inches tall, 35 lbs
  
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• Endangered Missing Alert issued for 3-year-old last seen in Pottawatomie Co.

  03-05-2024 15:17 via kfor.com
  
  POTTAWATOMIE COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued an Endangered Missing Advisory for a missing 3-year-old.Walker Mangus. Image courtesy Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
  According to OHP, Walker Mangus was last seen around 7:30 p.m. on Thursday one mile west of the town of Tribbey.Officials say Mangus is 3 years old, 3 feet 3 inches tall, 35 lbs. with brown hair and brown eyes.
  He was last seen wearing a green shirt, camo shorts, black socks and black shoes walking his blue heele
  
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• Rue21 to close all stores nationwide after filing for bankruptcy

  03-05-2024 14:35 via kfor.com
  
  (WJET/WFXP) — Rue21, the teen apparel company, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Thursday.
  According to the filing, the company, headquartered in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, plans to close all stores while conducting large-scale "going out of business" sales. All 543 U.S. stores are expected to be closed within the next two months, according to court documents.
  Along with the closure of all its brick-and-mortar stores, Rue21 plans to liquidate all its intellectual properties and intangible
  
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