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Officials said new air traffic control equipment overloaded older systems, causing communications and radar gaps and halting most U.S. departures for about five hours Friday. The ground stop has lifted, but airline recovery could take days.
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The National Weather Service is developing Threats-In-Motion, a warning system that continuously updates tornado and thunderstorm alerts as storms move, potentially giving Norman-area residents more lead time than the current 12-to-15-minute window.
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A 16-year-old Daniel Webster High School student was killed Nov. 9 when a school Suburban and a semi-truck collided on the Turner Turnpike near Chandler. Seven students and a teacher had been returning to Tulsa from the Oklahoma Association of Student Councils state convention in Norman.
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Steven Eugene Melton Jr., 41, of Noble admitted to creating a fake farmers market called Wrights Farms to process more than $212,000 in fraudulent SNAP benefits, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Western District of Oklahoma.
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Local parents: Here's what you need to know about Baby Brezza and the CPSC recall of about 29,000 SuperFast Sterilizer Dryers after 32 reports of overheating or melting. Owners should stop using the units and register for a free replacement.
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A Cleveland County judge sentenced Aayden Lee Hutchins, 18, to 25 years in prison for the second-degree murder of Vincent Cordon, 22, in a July 2025 shooting at The Ave Apartments in Norman.
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The FDA is warning parents not to serve Once Upon a Farm Tractor Wheels Organic Toddler Soft-Baked Bars after reports of toddlers choking on the product. The nationwide recall includes Oklahoma, and the bars were sold at Costco, Target and Walmart.
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Two people were found dead from gunshot wounds Monday night at the Terra Apartments on 24th Avenue NW in Norman. Police say they are not looking for suspects and call the incident isolated.
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The Norman Police Department graduated 10 new officers at its 70th academy commencement ceremony Thursday, Oct. 29, at Bethel Baptist Church, with District Judge Thad Balkman addressing the class.
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The National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center have issued a slight risk of severe thunderstorms for western and central Oklahoma on Monday, Nov. 2, with damaging winds and a possible tornado threat during the evening hours.
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A Cleveland County jury found Livingston Drake Strachan guilty of aggravated fentanyl trafficking and conspiracy on Oct. 22, recommending a combined 35 years in prison after a District 21 task force undercover sting in Moore.
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The Cleveland County Sheriff's Office arrested four people after witnesses reported gunfire between a gray Toyota truck and a gray Honda car near the Pecan Valley Junction convenience store in Newalla on Oct. 22.
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