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• 'A big relief': Piedmont woman’s pet tortoise found after over 2 months of searching

  24-10-2024 23:33 via kfor.com
  
  PIEDMONT, Okla. (KFOR) - After a few months of searching, a Piedmont woman’s pet Tortoise “Ferb” was finally found. It was only about 100 feet away from her home.Cherrie Zaidi with Ferb. Image courtesy Cherrie Zaidi.
  "It has been a long, long road and I sure did miss him,” Ferb’s owner Cherrie Zaidi said.Splish splash, Ferb the African Spur Tortoise was back home taking a bath Thursday. You won’t find anyone more excited about that than Zaidi.“I can't ex
  
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• Los Angeles DA recommends resentencing Menendez brothers

  24-10-2024 23:19 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) -- On Thursday, Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón announced his office supports the resentencing of Erik and Lyle Menendez, who were convicted of killing their parents more than three decades ago.Lyle, then 21, and Erik, then 18, admitted they fatally shot their entertainment executive father, Jose Menendez, and their mother, Kitty Menendez. The brothers are now serving life sentences, although a recent television series and documentaries have alleged the boys' fat
  
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• LIVE: Los Angeles DA to recommend resentencing Menendez brothers

  24-10-2024 23:19 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) -- Los Angeles County District Attorney George Gascón has scheduled a news conference for Thursday afternoon to announce whether his office will recommend Erik and Lyle Menendez be resentenced in light of new information in their murder case.‘Both sides of the family united’: Menendez relatives demand brothers be released from prison
  An official with knowledge of the decision who was not authorized to speak on the record ahead of a planned press conference confirmed tha
  
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• Canadian Co. Clerk's Office rolls out new fraud alert system

  24-10-2024 23:10 via kfor.com
  
  CANADIAN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - The Canadian County Clerk’s Office is rolling out a new fraud alert notification system. It’s similar to the one used in Oklahoma County. "Unfortunately, we are in that world that, you know, we want to protect things that we've paid for,” Sherry Murray, the Canadian County Clerk.  LOCAL NEWS: Oklahoma woman warns of text message toll scamMurray said according to the FBI, property and mortgage fraud is one of the fastest growing cri
  
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• Firefighters battle grass fire threatening homes, barns in SW Logan County

  24-10-2024 21:15 via kfor.com
  
  LOGAN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) — Fire crews responded to a large grass fire near S MacArthur Boulevard and W Charter Oak Road in southwestern Logan County on Thursday afternoon.Video from McIntyre Law Chopper 4 over the scene shows heavy smoke in the area as flames approached nearby homes and barns.Grass fire in southwestern Logan County. Photo courtesy KFOR.As of around 2 p.m., firefighters have mostly contained the fire. No information about possible structure damage is available at this tim
  
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• Newcastle PD seek public's help with theft investigation

  24-10-2024 20:36 via kfor.com
  
  NEWCASTLE, Okla. (KFOR) - Authorities in Newcastle are asking the public help with identifying a suspect after unlawfully using the identity and credit information of a Michigan resident.
  Suspect in identity theft investigation, Image courtesy Newcastle Police DepartmentSuspect in identity theft investigation, Image courtesy Newcastle Police DepartmentSuspect vehicle in identity theft investigation, Image courtesy Newcastle Police DepartmentSuspect in identity theft investigation, Image courtesy
  
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• Newcastle PD seek public's help in theft investigation

  24-10-2024 20:36 via kfor.com
  
  NEWCASTLE, Okla. (KFOR) - Authorities in Newcastle are asking the public for help identifying a suspect after they apparently unlawfully used the identity and credit information of a Michigan resident.
  Suspect in identity theft investigation, Image courtesy Newcastle Police DepartmentSuspect in identity theft investigation, Image courtesy Newcastle Police DepartmentSuspect vehicle in identity theft investigation, Image courtesy Newcastle Police DepartmentSuspect in identity theft investigation,
  
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• Authorities team up for traffic safety enforcement

  24-10-2024 20:35 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma City Police Department (OKCPD) announced it is joining other law enforcement agencies Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Village Police Department, Nichols Hills Police Department, & Oklahoma County Sheriff Office ensuring traffic safety inside the metro starting in October.
  OKCPD officials say the joint traffic safety event will kick off in the N. Penn. Corridor starting October 27th - November 2nd. The corridor is top 8 high risk crash locations in Oklahoma City,
  
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• McDonald's E. coli outbreak: Why only the Quarter Pounder was linked

  24-10-2024 20:30 via kfor.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) – McDonald's has voluntarily stopped selling its Quarter Pounder hamburger at restaurants across Colorado and other states after an E. coli outbreak was linked to the menu item.In total, the outbreak has sickened 49 people in 10 states. The majority of the reported illnesses have been in Colorado, where 26 people reported getting sick. One person, a resident of Mesa County in their 80s, has died, according to the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment. Colorado
  
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• Colorado resident files lawsuit against McDonald's after E. coli outbreak

  24-10-2024 19:51 via kfor.com
  
  DENVER (KDVR) – A Colorado resident has filed a lawsuit against McDonald's after testing positive for E. coli earlier this month.Recently, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment announced they suspect all McDonald’s locations in Colorado “received ingredients from the same suppliers” and all locations may be affected by the nationwide E. coli outbreak that killed one and sickened 49 people.
  So far, the department has confirmed 26 people in Colorado
  
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• One person killed in fiery crash near Lake Hefner

  24-10-2024 19:24 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — Emergency crews responded to a deadly crash along Lake Hefner Parkway near Grand Boulevard early Thursday afternoon.According police, one person has died after their car hit a wall and caught fire near Lake Hefner. Oklahoma Department of Transportation traffic cameras show southbound traffic along SH-74 is backed up past West Hefner Road.Traffic backed up in the southbound lanes of SH 74 after a deadly crash along Lake Hefner Parkway near Grand Boulevard. Image court
  
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• Elon Musk offers voters $1 million a day to sign petition. Is that legal?

  24-10-2024 19:02 via kfor.com
  
  (AP) -- Elon Musk, the billionaire founder of Tesla and Space X and owner of X who's gone all-in on Republican Donald Trump's candidacy for the White House, has already committed at least $70 million to help the former president. Now he's pledging to give away $1 million a day to voters for signing his political action committee's petition backing the Constitution.The giveaway is raising questions and alarms among some election experts who say it is a violation of the law to link
  
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• Trump says he'd fire Jack Smith within '2 seconds' of taking office

  24-10-2024 19:01 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - Former President Trump said Thursday that he would fire special counsel Jack Smith, who is handling the criminal cases against Trump, within "two seconds" of taking office if he wins in November."Oh it’s so easy. It’s so easy. He’s a crooked person," Trump told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt."It’s so easy. I would fire him within two seconds," Trump added.The former president said he was not concerned about the prospect of being impeached for firing Smit
  
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• AG Drummond battles Biden-Harris electric mandate

  24-10-2024 18:58 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Oklahoma's AG Gentner Drummond's office announced on Thursday that his office has filed court papers against the White House's electric-vehicle mandate on truck manufacturers.In April, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a rule imposing stringent tailpipe emissions standards for heavy-duty vehicles. Drummond says the mandate set in motion pressure for manufacturers to produce more electric trucks and fewer internal combustion trucks.Drummond filed the brief
  
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• Former OCDC detention officer arrested for theft facing additional charges

  24-10-2024 18:38 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A former Oklahoma County Detention Center officer who was arrested earlier in October for allegedly stealing money from inmates has been arrested again on new charges.The OCDC says Euitt Sharp was arrested again on Wednesday afternoon by members of their Criminal Investigations Division on charges of grand larceny and second degree forgery.
  Sharp, who was an OCDC employee from 2014 until his firing earlier this month, is accused of stealing money from inmates five ti
  
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• WATCH: Moore PD dash cam shows tire rolling off of car

  24-10-2024 18:02 via kfor.com
  
  MOORE, Okla. (KFOR) - Dash cam footage from the Moore Police Department shows the moment a tire rolled off of a car and into oncoming traffic on Wednesday.According to Moore PD, Sgt. Darwent was traveling near Main St. when a driver's tire and rim fell off and almost struck another vehicle on Broadway Ave. VIDEO: OHP trooper stops wrong-way driver on Kilpatrick TurnpikeThe video shows the tire rolling off of the car and into the opposite lanes. The officer stopped and stayed with the driver befo
  
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• Monster swordfish breaks California record

  24-10-2024 16:43 via kfor.com
  
  SAN DIEGO (KSWB) — A San Diego fisherman had quite a catch on Sunday when he caught a massive swordfish that shattered a California record.Luc Ofield, owner of Anglers Choice Tackle Store, caught the fish just half an hour before midnight after a more than four-hour effort to pull it in using a stand-up rod and reel.Luc Ofield, owner of Angler’s Choice Tackle in Point Loma, stands next to his record-breaking swordfish catch. (Courtesy of The Marlin Club)
  According to The Marlin Club
  
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• VIDEO: OHP trooper stops wrong-way driver on Kilpatrick Turnpike

  24-10-2024 14:19 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol released dash cam footage of a trooper stopping a wrong-way driver in July.According to OHP, Trooper Dakota Castle saw the vehicle traveling the wrong way on the Kilpatrick Turnpike. LOCAL NEWS: How does Oklahoma test for E. coli? It’s complicatedIn the video, Trooper Castle turns around and begins pursuing the car. After catching up, the trooper used a tactical vehicle intervention (TVI) to stop the car.Officials say the driver was arrest
  
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• TV host Adam Richman says production crew robbed while filming in North London

  24-10-2024 13:51 via kfor.com
  
  LONDON (KSNW) — TV host Adam Richman says he and his production crew were robbed while filming a show in the UK.
  The host of shows like "Man v. Food" and "Adam Richman's Best Sandwich in America" posted on the social media platform X that he and his crew had stopped in the North London borough of Barnet for just a few minutes when the robbery happened.They were filming Adam Richman Eats Britain, which airs on The Food Network UK, at the time.
  "We were driving from Birmingham to London, sto
  
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• How does Oklahoma test for E. coli? It’s complicated

  24-10-2024 13:25 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — With a deadly E. coli outbreak leading McDonald’s to pull its Quarter Pounder from stores in states, including Oklahoma, News 4 is looking into how the Oklahoma State Department of Health goes about testing for cases.The E. coli outbreak, linked to onions McDonald’s includes on its Quarter Pounder burger, has spread to at least 49 patients in 10 states, with one reported death according to the CDC. What to know about E. coli and the McDonald’s outbr
  
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• Florida mailman stabs lawncare worker over parking: deputies

  24-10-2024 13:19 via kfor.com
  
  TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA) — Residents of Hillsborough County, Florida, are learning more about the events that may have led up to a deadly stabbing Tuesday. The sheriff's office says authorities now believe the stabbing was the result of an argument between a postal worker and a lawncare professional.Jacob Whitaker (HCSO)
  The sheriff's office said the fight broke out at around Tuesday afternoon over a vehicle's parking position on Tanagerlake Road in Tampa. Grizzly bear that delighted Grand Teton
  
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• Ron Ely, TV's 'Tarzan' in the 1960s, dies at 86

  24-10-2024 13:15 via kfor.com
  
  LOS ANGELES (AP) — Ron Ely, the tall, musclebound actor who played the title character in the 1960s NBC series “Tarzan,” has died at age 86.Ely's daughter, Kirsten Casale Ely, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that her father died Sept. 29 at his home in Los Alamos, California, an unincorporated community in Santa Barbara County.While Ron Ely was not quite as well-known as Johnny Weismuller, the Olympic swimmer who played Tarzan in movies in the 1930s a
  
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• ‘Nothing here to sugar coat’: Ninnekah residents press school board on sexual assault settlement

  24-10-2024 13:15 via kfor.com
  
  NINNEKAH, Okla. (KFOR) — A special school board meeting was held in Ninnekah Wednesday night as board members sought community input on their handling of a multi-million-dollar settlement.News 4 has been following developments since results of the settlement were announced last month. It pertains to former Ninnekah girls basketball coach, Ronald Akins, who pled guilty in August last year to sexually abusing female students.The school district agreed to a $7.5 million settlement to avoid a
  
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• DNA links suspected serial killer to 19-year-old's cold case murder in Illinois

  24-10-2024 13:10 via kfor.com
  
  NORTH AURORA, Ill. (WGN) — Authorities have linked a suspected serial killer to the kidnapping and murder of a 19-year-old Illinois woman, more than 45 years after her death.The DNA of Bruce Lindahl, who is believed to have killed as many as a dozen women and girls, was confirmed to be on the clothes Kathy Halle was wearing the night she was murdered, the Kane County State's Attorney's Office announced Wednesday.
  Halle vanished on March 29, 1979, after leaving her North Aurora ap
  
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• Should elephants have the same rights as people? A court in Colorado may decide

  24-10-2024 13:09 via kfor.com
  
  DENVER (AP) — Missy, Kimba, Lucky, LouLou, and Jambo have lived in Colorado Springs for decades in the elephant exhibit at the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo. Now an animal rights group is trying to release the elephants from what they say is essentially a prison for such highly intelligent and social animals known to roam for miles a day in the wild.This undated photo provided by the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo shows elephants Kimba, front, and Lucky, back, at the Zoo in Colorado Springs, Colo. (Cheyenn
  
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• Grizzly bear that delighted Grand Teton visitors for decades killed by vehicle

  24-10-2024 12:34 via kfor.com
  
  CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — A famous grizzly bear beloved for decades by countless tourists, biologists and professional wildlife photographers in Grand Teton National Park is dead after being struck by a vehicle in western Wyoming.Grizzly No. 399 died Tuesday night on U.S. Highway 26/89 in Snake River Canyon south of Jackson, park officials said in a statement Wednesday.At least 28 years old, the bear was the oldest known reproducing female grizzly in the Yellowstone ecosystem. Each spring, wil
  
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• Two injured after motorcycle crash in Midwest City

  24-10-2024 05:57 via kfor.com
  
  MIDWEST CITY, Okla. (KFOR) — Midwest City police responded to a crash involving a motorcycle hitting a deer in Midwest City Wednesday night.Officials say the crash happened near Southeast 15th Street and South Westminster Road.
  Authorities say two people on the motorcycle were transported to OU Trauma and their condition is unknown at this time.
  This is a developing story.
  
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• Shawnee leaders move forward with repairs, upkeep at Fairview Mausoleum

  24-10-2024 02:13 via kfor.com
  
  SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) — City leaders in Shawnee are addressing the Fairview Mausoleum crypts found crumbling with the latest court-approved abatement plan.According to Shawnee officials, the next process will be a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to engage a licensed funeral director to oversee the disinterment and reinternment.Fairview MausoleumAs part of this process, the new funeral director will assist families in obtaining any necessary state permits.Officials are offering families th
  
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• Shawnee leaders move forward with proper burial arrangements at Fairview Mausoleum

  24-10-2024 02:13 via kfor.com
  
  SHAWNEE, Okla. (KFOR) — City leaders in Shawnee are addressing the Fairview Mausoleum crypts found crumbling with the latest court-approved abatement plan.According to Shawnee officials, the next process will be a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to engage a licensed funeral director to oversee the disinterment and reinternment.Fairview MausoleumAs part of this process, the new funeral director will assist families in obtaining any necessary state permits.Officials are offering families th
  
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• Moore Police Department investigating sexual assault case

  24-10-2024 01:44 via kfor.com
  
  MOORE, Okla. (KFOR) — Moore Police are asking for assistance searching for a man who they believe was involved in a potential sexual assault at a Target, following customers inside the store and taking inappropriate pictures of them.Officials say the incident happened on Wednesday, October 9. The man was last seen leaving the Target parking lot in what looks to be a black Ford Taurus. LOCAL NEWS: Two charged with murder following Slaughterville deadly robbery
  Police search for man taking i
  
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• Putnam City Schools start program to recruit, retain substitute teachers

  24-10-2024 01:34 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - A new program at Putnam City Schools is aiming to increase their pool of substitute teachers. It includes tiered compensation and incentive packages to also help retain them.Teachers plant seeds of knowledge that grow forever. However, as easy as some teachers make things look, it’s harder than it appears. LOCAL NEWS: Nation’s best college golfers take center stage at OKC Golf & Country Club"Teaching is not easy,” Dir. Of Communications with Putnam Ci
  
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• Norman community on high alert after shooting near Reagan Elementary School

  24-10-2024 01:30 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — A community is in shock and deeply disturbed after a Tuesday night shooting near Reagan Elementary School, located on 24th Avenue Southeast. PREVIOUS COVERAGE: UPDATE: One person injured, suspect in custody following shooting in Norman"It's just shameful," said one neighbor, Sherry Ramsey."That is terrifying to think that a child of that age can get ahold of such a deadly weapon. It's very disturbing," said Jayne Jewell, another neighbor.Reagan Elementary School. Pho
  
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• Video: Suspected drunken driver passes within feet of Harris' motorcade in Wisconsin

  24-10-2024 01:29 via kfor.com
  
  MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A suspected drunken driver heading the wrong way passed within feet of Vice President Kamala Harris' motorcade following a campaign stop this week in Wisconsin.Harris had just wrapped up a rally in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield on Monday evening when her motorcade passed a car heading the wrong way on Interstate 94 in Milwaukee. Sheriff's deputies trailing the motorcade stopped the vehicle and took the driver, a 55-year-old Milwaukee man, into custody after he per
  
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• OU fraternity temporarily suspended after investigation into reported hazing

  24-10-2024 01:24 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — The University of Oklahoma has temporarily suspended the Nu Omega chapter of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity.OU's FIJI fraternity is under investigation for allegations of hazing, and while rumors are flying the university is not releasing details, sending News 4 the following statement:
  "The OU Office of Student Conduct and the international headquarters of Phi Gamma Delta have temporarily suspended operations of the OU FIJI chapter due to misconduct and hazing alleg
  
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• Cashion could see water rate increase by 68%

  24-10-2024 00:40 via kfor.com
  
  CASHION, Okla. (KFOR) — A possible 68% water rate increase could hit Cashion soon."I can't take that. 68% is a lot, holy moly," said Linda who lives near the center of the town.
  Cashion is run through Logan County Rural Water District #2 which covers the Kingfisher side of Cashion as well.The town is almost split in half with one side in Logan County and the other in Kingfisher County. LOCAL NEWS: OBN seizes nearly 600 lbs. of marijuana in Carter County bustFor the past year, the town has
  
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• Trump slams 'jerk' Obama as former president campaigns for Harris

  24-10-2024 00:29 via kfor.com
  
  (The Hill) - Former President Trump on Tuesday lashed out at former President Obama, who has aggressively hit the campaign trail in support of Vice President Harris in battleground states.“I think he’s a real jerk because I’ve watched him campaign over the last couple of days,” Trump told supporters at a rally in North Carolina. “Over the last couple of days I’ve watched him campaign. What a divider he is. He divides this country. He couldn’t care less,
  
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• New Oklahoma City arena designer talks aspirations

  24-10-2024 00:02 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The architects for the new Oklahoma City arena are hired and the sincere enthusiasm for the new home of the Thunder basketball team is undeniable. The designer is in the Sooner State eager to get the ball rolling."Ever since I was in fifth grade, and I learned that there's a word for someone that draws buildings for a living, that's what I wanted to be," said David Manica. RELATED NEWS: Oklahoma City Council hires architects for new arenaThat dream launched Manica's career
  
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