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NM Indian arts museum hires new director
The New Mexico Museum of Indian Arts and Culture has hired a member of Oklahoma's Otoe-Missouria Tribe as its new director. The museum announced the appointment of Della Warrior on Thursday. Her selection was the result of a national search. Warrior served as president of the Institute of American Indian ...
Former NBA stars host camp for tornado victims
Students whose elementary schools were destroyed when a May 20 tornado ripped through Moore had a chance to hone their basketball skills Thursday with several former NBA greats. About 50 students from Briarwood and Plaza Towers elementary schools participated in the camp at Moore High School with former NBA All-Stars ...
Toby Keith, Garth Brooks plan Okla. relief concert
Another star-studded country music concert is planned to benefit victims of the deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma last month. Toby Keith announced Thursday that his Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert will be held July 6 at the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in Norman. Joining Keith is fellow Oklahoman Garth ...
Court sides with Oklahoma in Red River dispute
The Supreme Court on Thursday decisively sided with Oklahoma and rejected Texas' claim that it has a right under a 30-year-old agreement to cross their common border for water to serve the fast-growing Fort Worth area. The justices unanimously said that the Red River Compact "creates no cross-border rights in ...
Southern Baptists address prisoners, trafficking
The Southern Baptist Convention tackled topics at its annual meeting this week that seemed to show a concern for a broadening array of social issues, including human trafficking and the country's high rate of incarceration. While a resolution expressing opposition to the Boy Scouts of America's new policy allowing gay ...
Winning numbers drawn in 'Powerball' game
The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the "Powerball" game were: 16-22-23-42-55, Powerball: 32 (sixteen, twenty-two, twenty-three, forty-two, fifty-five; Powerball: thirty-two) Estimated jackpot: $70 million ___ Online: Multi-State Lottery Association: http://www.powerball.com/
Rockies sign No. 3 draft pick, RHP Jonathan Gray
The Colorado Rockies signed pitcher Jonathan Gray on Wednesday and then put up their top draft pick in a luxury suite to watch a game at Coors Field. Gray, selected third overall last week out of Oklahoma, arrived in Denver on Tuesday and the sides completed the contract a day ...
Okla. crash places helicopters under new scrutiny
A commission that evaluates medical transport services is placing its accreditation of a Kansas-based company under new scrutiny following the third deadly crash of one of its medical helicopters in Oklahoma since 2010, the commission's executive director said Wednesday. The latest crash of an EagleMed LLC helicopter occurred Tuesday night ...
Southern Baptists officially oppose gay Scout rule
The Southern Baptist Convention approved a resolution Wednesday expressing its opposition to the Boy Scouts of America's new policy allowing gay Scouts, though it doesn't explicitly call for churches to drop all ties with the organization. While some action against the Scouts was widely anticipated, given the denomination's very public ...
Fallin tours Moore for update on cleanup effort
Three weeks after a deadly tornado ripped through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore, cleanup is ahead of schedule but it could take up to two years before the community is able to completely rebuild, Moore Mayor Glenn Lewis said Wednesday. Lewis and other local, state and federal officials joined ...
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