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• Stillwater residents fight flames and save RV park from wildfires

  21-03-2025 23:19 via kfor.com
  
  STILLWATER, Okla. (KFOR) — The Pecan Valley RV Park was almost destroyed by flames, but two residents stayed behind to fight the fires and save their community.Dan Keller lives at the RV park and stepped in to put his life on the line."I never thought about anything. It's when the fire started, I just looked over and I felt like I could handle it," said Keller.Keller said the winds were strong and the fire was coming towards the park. Fireproof safe burns inside home during wildfires, fami
  
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• Pastor, disaster relief organization tour Logan County wildfire damage

  21-03-2025 22:59 via kfor.com
  
  LOGAN COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - A pastor of a local church, along with a national faith-based disaster relief organization, toured the Logan County area devastated by the wildfires to better understand the needs of the community.Fires were still smoldering, or reignited with Friday's winds, a week after the historic wildfires on March 14.John Pross, the Meridian Volunteer Fire Chief, said his firefighters have been working around the clock in eastern Logan County.LOCAL NEWS: Donations available Wed
  
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• Fire officials investigating fire at OKC reptile breeding company

  21-03-2025 22:54 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - It was a sad morning at Bob Clark Reptiles near Northwest 122nd Street and MacArthur Boulevard. Flames sparked at the reptile breeding company around 1 a.m. on Friday. "Whenever we arrived on scene, there were heavy smoke conditions throughout the building,” said Major Bo Woodard, a district chief for the Oklahoma City Fire Department. “Through prior knowledge of the building, we knew that this warehouse housed several snakes, tortoises, and lizards a
  
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• Construction worker injured after hit and run in northeast Oklahoma City

  21-03-2025 22:47 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — A construction worker was taken to the hospital after being hit by a truck in northeast Oklahoma City on Friday afternoon.According to Oklahoma City Police, a person driving a white Toyota pickup truck hit a construction worker near NE 10th Street and Sooner before continuing westbound along NE 10th.
  Construction worker hit by pickup truck near NE 10th Street and Sooner. Photo courtesy KFOR.Collision involving two pickup trucks along NE 10th between Bryant and Sunny
  
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• New details released after human remains found near Tecumseh

  21-03-2025 21:15 via kfor.com
  
  TECUMSEH, Okla. (KFOR) — The Pottawatomie County Sheriff's Office has released new details after a landowner discovered human remains on their property near Tecumseh on Thursday.Authorities say they've recovered about 85% of the unidentified person's bones. The medical examiner told investigators that the bones appear to be from a male between 21 and 40 years old. Deputies investigating after Pottawatomie County property owner finds human remainsThe sheriff's office is checking to see if t
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street closes higher, snapping a 4-week losing streak

  21-03-2025 21:04 via kfor.com
  
  U.S. stocks shook off a weak start and ended slightly higher, enough to break a four-week losing streak. The S&P 500 edged up 0.1% Friday after being down for most of the day. The Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed 0.1%, and the Nasdaq composite rose 0.5%. Stocks have been losing ground for weeks over uncertainty about the direction of the U.S. economy. A trade war between the U.S. and its key trading partners threatens to worsen inflation and hurt both consumers and businesses. Nike fell
  
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• 'Out of Many, One': Oklahoma Bar Assoc. hosts Law Day 2025

  21-03-2025 19:34 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma Bar Association (OBA) is set to host Law Day 2025 for Oklahomans in need of free legal guidance.According to OBA, Law Day is an opportunity to speak directly to real Oklahoma lawyers for free legal advice.Oklahoma Bar Association set to host zero cost event regarding a host of issues, Image courtesy Oklahoma Bar Association Trump administration approves disaster relief for Nov. 2024 stormsDetails:
  Time: 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
  Date: Thursday, May 1, 2025
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• Stock market today: Wall Street slips, but remains on path to snap a weekly losing streak

  21-03-2025 18:47 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in afternoon trading Friday, but the losses are softening enough to give Wall Street a chance to snap a four-week losing streak.
  The S&P 500 fell 0.2%. The index is holding onto a 0.2% gain for the week, which would snap a four-week losing streak.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 23 points, or 0.1%, as of 1:25 p.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.1%.
  Technology stocks were the heaviest weights on the market. The sector has been at the center of muc
  
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• Trump administration approves disaster relief for Nov. 2024 storms

  21-03-2025 18:45 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - FEMA announced on Thursday the Trump Administration approved federal disaster assistance for Oklahomans in the areas affected by the severe storms, straight-line winds, tornadoes and flooding from Nov. 2-5, 2024.The Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management (ODEM) says, the State requested FEMA Individual Assistance for the November storms in December and FEMA Public Assistance in January, however, the disaster declaration approved is for Public Assistance only.
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• Okla. Fire Department air tactical units complete wildland & rescue training

  21-03-2025 18:45 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma Fire Department Air Tactical Unit (ATU) completed a training course this week enhancing its wildland firefighting and rescue capabilities.
  According to fire officials, the ATU units acquired a hoist for improved rescue operations while completing an intensive 6-day training course on hoist rescues.TRICARE authorizes temporary prescription refill waiversOklahoma Fire Department Air Tactical Unit (ATU) trains with new equipment, Image courtesy Oklahoma Fire Depa
  
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• Heathrow: Some flights to resume after fire knocks out power, disrupts travel for thousands

  21-03-2025 17:59 via kfor.com
  
  LONDON (AP) — Heathrow Airport said it planned to resume some flights Friday after a large fire at an electrical substation knocked out power to Europe’s busiest flight hub and disrupted global travel for hundreds of thousands of passengers.The London airport said it would begin flights for passengers stranded when their flights were diverted to other airports in Europe and to get airplanes back in the right place. It hopes to be in full operation on Saturday.At least 1,350
  
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• Tallest man in America and Harlem Globetrotter George Bell dies at age 67

  21-03-2025 16:43 via kfor.com
  
  NORFOLK, Va. (WAVY) – George Bell, a former Harlem Globetrotter, actor and law enforcement officer who held the record for the tallest man in America, has died at age 67.Called a "gentle giant," Bell, who was born in Portsmouth, Virginia, stood at an astounding 7 feet, 8 inches, and was featured in the Guinness Book of World Records in 2007 as the tallest man in America. He later lost that title to Igor Vovkovinskiy, who was a fraction of an inch taller, and then regained it in 2021 when V
  
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• Woman killed during conjugal visit with convicted California murderer, officials say

  21-03-2025 16:38 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) – A notorious killer serving life in prison without the possibility of parole for the murder of four men in Los Angeles County reportedly strangled his wife to death during a conjugal visit late last year.David Brinson had been serving four consecutive life sentences most recently at Mule Creek State Prison in Ione, in Northern California’s Amador County, where he is also accused of killing his wife.  David Brinson, 54, is pictured in a photo from the California Departmen
  
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• Child tests positive for fentanyl after ingesting pills allegedly found at California day care

  21-03-2025 16:37 via kfor.com
  
  (KTLA) -- A child tested positive for fentanyl after ingesting mystery pills that were reportedly found at a day care in Victorville, California. On March 18, San Bernardino County deputies responded to La Petite Academy after reports that blue pills were found in a classroom.Workers collected the caplets and immediately called law enforcement. Authorities recognized the pills with “M30” printed on them as possible counterfeit pills containing fentanyl. More Tesla vandalism
  
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• Jan Schwieterman, star of Nickelodeon's 'Good Burger' movie, dies at 52

  21-03-2025 16:36 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) – Jan Schwieterman, an actor known to Nickelodeon fans as the villain from the “Good Burger” film adaptation, has died at the age of 52, his family announced.His date of death was listed as Feb. 28 in an online obituary.“It is with a heavy heart that I share the passing of my brother, Jan (JP) Schwieterman,” the actor’s brother Chad Schwieterman wrote in a Facebook post earlier this month, revealing that Schwieterman had only “recently” b
  
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• Stock market today: Wall Street slips and heads for a fifth straight weekly loss

  21-03-2025 16:29 via kfor.com
  
  NEW YORK (AP) — Stocks fell in morning trading Friday and Wall Street is veering toward its fifth straight weekly loss.
  The S&P 500 fell 0.6%. The index, which is a benchmark for the broader market's health, is facing its worst weekly losing streak in nearly two years.
  The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 228 points, or 0.5%, as of 11:19 a.m. Eastern. The Nasdaq composite fell 0.6%.
  Technology stocks were the biggest weight on the market. The sector has been at the center of much of t
  
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• More Tesla vandalism reported in Chicago

  21-03-2025 16:07 via kfor.com
  
  CHICAGO (WGN) — Chicago residents continue to report vandalism involving Tesla vehicles in an apparent protest against Elon Musk, a close advisor to President Donald Trump.Peter Katz told Nexstar's WGN he walked out of his home to find an antisemitic sticker on the back of his red Tesla. Katz, who is Jewish, said he filed a police report and shared ring camera video and images with detectives. "It's just wrong that someone's going out there and doing this in our neighborhoods for
  
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• Saturn's rings to 'vanish' this weekend: What to know

  21-03-2025 15:47 via kfor.com
  
  (NEXSTAR) — The sky has already graced us with a total lunar eclipse and a rare planetary alignment, but we'll soon have the chance to witness another peculiar celestial event: the disappearance of Saturn's iconic rings.The rings, believed to be made up of rocky and icy chunks that could be as large as a house, help separate Saturn from other planets in our solar system. They're also about to perform a vanishing trick — sort of.Like Earth, Saturn’s axis is tilted, NASA explains
  
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• Firefighters respond to house fire in SE Oklahoma City

  21-03-2025 14:08 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Firefighters responded to a house fire in southeast Oklahoma City Friday morning.According to the Oklahoma City Fire Department, crews responded to a home near SE 84th St. and Sooner Rd. sometime before 7:30 a.m. LOCAL NEWS: Firefighters knock down house fire in NW Oklahoma CityUpon arrival, crews noticed flames coming from the house. The flames were knocked down quickly.No injuries have been reported at this time. The cause of the fire has not been determined.
  
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• Silver Alert issued for missing man last seen in Oklahoma City

  21-03-2025 13:54 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued a Silver Alert for a missing man last seen in Oklahoma City.Robert Crissinger. Image courtesy OHP.
  According to OHP, 74-year-old Robert Crissinger is 5'7" and 175 pounds. He was last seen wearing a baseball cap, a blue plaid jacket with a gray hood and blue jeans. LOCAL NEWS: 19-year-old killed after tire hits windshield, investigators looking for second driverOfficials say Crissinger has several health issued and can be combative. He
  
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• Silver Alert canceled, man last seen in Oklahoma City found

  21-03-2025 13:54 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE 12:09 PMAccording to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, Robert Crissinger has been found.ORIGINAL STORYOKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - The Oklahoma Highway Patrol has issued a Silver Alert for a missing man last seen in Oklahoma City.Robert Crissinger. Image courtesy OHP.
  According to OHP, 74-year-old Robert Crissinger is 5'7" and 175 pounds. He was last seen wearing a baseball cap, a blue plaid jacket with a gray hood and blue jeans. LOCAL NEWS: 19-year-old killed after tire hits windshield, investigat
  
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• Southwest plane nearly takes off from taxiway instead of runway at Florida airport

  21-03-2025 13:34 via kfor.com
  
  ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Southwest Airlines flight almost took off from a taxiway — rather than a runway — at a central Florida airport on Thursday before an air traffic controller stopped the plane, officials said.No injuries were reported, and passengers departing Orlando International Airport were accommodated on another aircraft heading to their destination of Albany, New York, the airline said in a statement. The aircraft was switched to help facilitate an investigation.Sout
  
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• OSBI: Oklahoma detention officer arrested on rape charges

  21-03-2025 13:17 via kfor.com
  
  DUNCAN, Okla. (KFOR) - According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, a Stephens County detention officer has been taken into custody after being accused of rape.Officials say the Stephens County Sheriff's Office requested the OSBI's help with the investigation on March 3, 2025. LOCAL NEWS: Police search for man in $700 theft investigationDuring the investigation, OSBI special agents determined a Stephens County detention officer, later identified as 58-year-old Christi Baird, was invo
  
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• VIDEO: Car narrowly misses child getting off West Virginia school bus

  21-03-2025 12:54 via kfor.com
  
  ST. ALBANS, WV (WOWK) — Dashcam footage from a West Virginia school bus shows a vehicle illegally passing it while stopped and nearly hitting a child walking across the road in St. Albans.On Thursday, the Kanawha County Sheriff's Office put out a request for the public's help identifying the driver. Within half an hour, the KCSO identified the vehicle's owner as a St. Albans man.However, the KCSO says they are still working to secure evidence to confirm if he was driving the vehicle at the
  
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• Oklahoma City fire crews battle fire at reptile store

  21-03-2025 12:20 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - Fire crews responded to a fire at a reptile store in northwest Oklahoma City Friday morning.According to the Oklahoma City Fire Department, crews responded to the store near NW 122nd St. and MacArthur Blvd. around 1 a.m. LOCAL NEWS: Suspect sought by police after spray-painting ‘Nazi’ on Tulsa woman’s TeslaOfficials say firefighters were already aware of the reptiles inside and worked quickly to get the flames under control."Through prior knowledge of the
  
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• Final Oklahoma Youth Expo Grand Drive inside Jim Norick Arena

  21-03-2025 12:15 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — It was a bittersweet moment inside Jim Norick Arena at State Fair Park Thursday night.For the final time, the building played host to Oklahoma Youth Expo's Grand Drive.This is a big deal to Oklahomans both young and old who are involved in agriculture.4H and FFA students grew up knowing Jim Norick Arena as "The Big House." Their goal was to always make the Grand Drive and be crowned champion. Jim Norick Arena hosting its final state basketball tournament before demol
  
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• UPDATE: Moore Police identify stabbing suspect shot by police

  21-03-2025 05:01 via kfor.com
  
  UPDATE @ 12:00 P.M. 3/21/2025Moore Police have released the name of a suspect who was shot by officers after reportedly stabbing two people on Thursday night.According to police, officers arrived at a home in Moore at around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday in response to a reported stabbing when 19-year-old Andrew Collier walked out of the house holding a machete.After being told to drop the weapon, Collier reportedly approached officers while holding the machete. Officers then fired at Collier, hitting h
  
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• Moore officer-involved shooting leaves suspect injured

  21-03-2025 05:01 via kfor.com
  
  MOORE, Okla. (KFOR) — A suspect is injured after an officer-involved shooting Thursday night in Moore.According to the Moore Police Department, the shooting happened near NW 5th Street and Butler Avenue, just after 8:30 p.m. on Thursday.
  Officer-involved shooting in Moore leaves suspect injured. (KFOR)Officer-involved shooting in Moore leaves suspect injured. (KFOR)
  Officials say officers were responding to the scene of a stabbing incident but when they arrived they found two victims with
  
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• Exclusive: New video shows aftermath of former OKC officer slamming Lich Vu

  21-03-2025 04:00 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) — News 4 has obtained exclusive footage from the October 27, 2024, Oklahoma City traffic stop of an officer caught on camera slamming a 71-year-old man to the ground.What happened?On October 27, 2024, 71-year-old Lich Vu and then-Oklahoma City Police Sgt. Joseph Gibson got into a verbal argument after Vu attempted to explain why he didn't believe he deserved a ticket for allegedly making an improper U-turn.
  The Oklahoma City Police Department, on November 8, 2024,
  
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• Deputies investigating after Pottawatomie County property owner finds human remains

  21-03-2025 03:21 via kfor.com
  
  TECUMSEH, Okla, (KFOR) — The Pottawatomie Sheriff says detectives with his office are investigating after a landowner found human remains on their property south of Tecumseh Thursday evening.Pottawatomie County Sheriff Freeland Wood told News 4 the owner of a property, located on Tucker Road just east of US-177, called 911 Thursday evening after finding what appeared to be decomposed parts of a human body in one of their pastures.Wood said deputies arrived at the property around 6 p.m. on
  
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• Most comments submitted opposed to OSBE Social Studies standards

  21-03-2025 00:37 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) - News 4 received the public comments submitted regarding the new Oklahoma State Board of Education social studies standards, and only one comment was in support of them.As first reported by Non-Doc, changes were made to the social studies standards after the board approved them which now directs teachers and students toward debunked theories of voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election.Non-Doc found that revisions were made following a December and January public commen
  
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• Fireproof safe burns inside home during wildfires, family loses birth certificates and other valuables

  21-03-2025 00:27 via kfor.com
  
  NORMAN, Okla. (KFOR) — It's been a big dilemma for victims of the recent wildfires that devastated parts of Oklahoma. Several families have told News 4 that their fireproof safe boxes burned, and the blaze destroyed all that was inside.We first introduced you to the Davenports on Wednesday, the couple was pulled from their burning Norman home by firefighters last week. Suspect sought by police after spray-painting ‘Nazi’ on Tulsa woman’s TeslaTheir fireproof safe that had
  
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• Oklahoma Co. field appraisers assessing wildfire damage

  21-03-2025 00:23 via kfor.com
  
  OKLAHOMA COUNTY, Okla. (KFOR) - On Thursday, Demetrius and Morgan Mayhue said reality is starting to set in. “I just put my faith in Jesus and trust that he's going to get us through this,” said Morgan Mayhue.  LOCAL NEWS: Devastating stories continue to pour in following wildfiresOn Friday, the couple’s home near NW 117th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. went up in flames. “I don't have a word to describe what it felt like,” said Morgan. Now the home w
  
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