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Williams to buy outstanding units of Williams Partners in $10.5 billion deal
Under the terms of the merger agreement, Williams will acquire all of the 256.0 million public outstanding units of Williams Partners at a fixed exchange ratio of 1.494 Williams shares
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Do you know what's new and hot at Mayfest? This is the only guide you need.
For the past 45 years, Tulsa International Mayfest has turned the heart of downtown Tulsa into a lively, bustling celebration of live music, foods on sticks and art of all
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The Megafire Burning in Oklahoma
In western Oklahoma, a region suffering through a harsh drought, several wildfires have recently broken out, including the Rhea Fire, a “megafire” which has burned more than 260,000 acres.
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Oklahoma teachers rally at capitol as walkout enters 7th day
Oklahoma teachers rallied at the state Capitol Tuesday on the seventh day of their walkout as classes remained canceled in the state's largest school districts. A group of teachers marched over 100 miles from Tulsa to Oklahoma City, where the state capitol is. They are asking the Oklahoma Legislature to provide $50 million more in funding and to repeal a capital gains tax exemption.
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Teachers crowd Capitol for a third day to tell lawmakers 'much more is needed'
Schools in Broken Arrow, Bixby and Jenks on Wednesday announced schools will remain closed for the rest of the wTo chants of “We aren’t leaving” and “This is our house,” teachers from across the state and their supporters were back on Wednesday for a third day at the Capitol, continuing their call for legislators to increase education funding. Not only had they not lost any steam, they seemed to be gaining it.eek as the walkout continues. Tulsa Public Schools announced it would
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Oklahoma governor compares teachers to 'a teenage kid that wants a better car'
Oklahoma Gov. Mary Fallin signed a measure giving teachers a $6,100 pay raise and then compared their demand for more education funding to "a teenage kid that wants a better car."
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Teachers across Oklahoma to strike Monday despite $6K raise
More than 40,000 teachers and thousands of support staff across Oklahoma pledged to walk off their jobs Monday despite a $6,100 teacher pay raise rushed through the Legislature and signed into law by Gov. Mary Fallin. “This package does not overcome a shortfall that has caused four-day weeks and overcrowded classrooms that deprive kids of the one-on-one attention they need,” Oklahoma Education Association President Alicia Priest said in a video posted on Facebook. “We must keep fighting for everything our students deserve.”
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3 Month-Old Oklahoma 'Left Lane' Law Results in Dozens of Citations
An Oklahoma law forbidding motorists on four-lane highways to impede traffic by traveling in the left lane has resulted in dozens of citations since going into effect last year. Records obtained by The Oklahoman show that 60 people were cited for violating the "left lane" law during the first three months it was
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State employees to join teachers in walkout for better pay
State employees plan to join Oklahoma teachers in walking off the job next month if lawmakers don't give them a pay raise. The Oklahoman reports the Oklahoma Public Employees Association decided Saturday that state workers will strike if more than $213 million in pay raises aren't approved by April 2. The decision by the employees group comes after the Oklahoma Education Association, the state's largest teacher's organization, announced plans for a work stoppage April 2 if lawmakers don't approve a $6,000 pay raise by April 1.
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She forced a crucifix down her ‘possessed’ daughter’s throat. Now, she’s convicted of murder.
Francisco Merlos is still haunted by the image of Geneva Gomez’s lifeless body covered in blood — his ex-girlfriend’s arms spread out as though she had been crucified, with a large crucifix on her chest, according to court documents. He had come to the North McKinley Avenue house in Oklahoma City to try to win her back two days after they broke up in 2016. Gomez’s mother, Juanita, answered the door and let him in.
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Oklahoma veteran reunites with stolen dog
A military veteran has been reunited with his dog. Wednesday, Geoff Hoffman's home was broken into in Jones. It looks like thieves were about to take his TV but instead abducted his best friend, 3-year-old pit bull Bridget. Quickly, Hoffman and his friends jumped into action, posting signs and putting up posts on social media.
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Man allegedly beat boy for opening present
An Oklahoma man is behind bars after police say he beat his girlfriend's 5-year-old because the little boy opened a Christmas present early. The child's mother says her boyfriend was watching her children while she was Christmas shopping Saturday. She came home to something she never thought she would see. She saw bruises on her 5-year-old son's back and arms, welts on his forehead and an apparent hand print on his cheek.
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Oklahoma teacher fired after allegedly applying to marry 16-year-old student
An Oklahoma teacher was fired over an allegedly inappropriate relationship with a 16-year-old student after she filed for a marriage license on Wednesday, according to multiple reports. Cassandra Renae White, 34, and a 16-year-old boy filed for a marriage license in Cleveland County near Okalahoma City on December 13, according to KFOR. The marriage was signed off by the teen's father after he signed a concent form, the news station reports. A 16-year-old can be married with parental consent in Oklahoma.
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Oklahoma sheriff: 13-year-old arrested for killing 10-year-old with crossbow
The Lincoln County sheriff says a 13-year-old is in custody in connection to a fatal crossbow incident. The sheriff confirmed to FOX 25 Monday morning that the unnamed 13-year-old was arrested for using a crossbow to shoot and kill a 10-year-old. An 8-year-old was also reportedly injured in the incident that happened Saturday. The sheriff's office says it is treating the incident has a homicide. Officials will give an update from the Lincoln County Courthouse at 10:30 a.m. Monday.
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Rehab work camps were about to be regulated. Then a friend stepped in
Because of the intervention, many recovery programs in Oklahoma remain exempt from state oversight. By Amy Julia Harris, Shoshana Walter.
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The Hornet Boy: Collecting Wasp Nests as Therapy
We traveled to Oklahoma to meet Terry Prouty, a prolific collector of wasp's nests.
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Oklahoma cops yell orders at deaf man, then kill him
Oklahoma City police shot dead a deaf man who refused to obey shouted orders to put down a metal pipe.
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Oklahoma isn't working. Can anyone fix this failing American state?
Poverty, police abuse, record prison rates and education cuts that mean a four-day school week. Why are public services failing Oklahomans? A teacher panhandles on a roadside to buy supplies for her third-grade classroom. Entire school districts resort to four-day school weeks. Nearly one in four children struggle with hunger. A city overpass crumbles and swarms of earthquakes shake the region – the underground disposal of...
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'Out for blood': Man arrested in plan to bomb Oklahoma bank
A 23-year-old man who was "out for blood" when he attempted to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma bank in a plot similar to the deadly 1995 bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, authorities said Monday.
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Oklahoma gets ‘F’ in workplace safety; labor commissioner shocked
The state of Oklahoma is getting a failing grade on the safety of workplaces across the state. The finding is not sitting well with state leaders. The labor commissioner sent a letter to the authors of that report, demanding that they change the state's score. “When I saw the media reports that the state had received an F rating in the workplace safety, I was shocked,” Labor Commissioner Melissa McLawhorn Houston said.
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