Wow! Matthew Matlack of Tulsa marvels at the tree branch that javelined into his truck hood during Tuesday’s storms. Today is anither day to be weatber aware! 🤞 kfor.com/news/local/d...

Governor Stitt has directed that all American and Oklahoma flags on state property be flown at half-staff today until 5 pm Tuesday, April 14th, to honor the life and service of Oklahoma Highway Trooper Vernon Brake.

State data shows that only 361 of nearly 40,000 students approved for the program last year came from financially disadvantaged or homeless families.
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Oklahoma families face fewer childcare choices, higher out-of-pocket costs & may need to leave the workforce to care for their children while a proposal moves forward to set aside an additional $25 million to help private school families pay for tuition. (1/2)

War In Iran Threatens Helium Supplies For The World's MRI Machines - Health Policy Watch The gas that keeps hospital MRI scanners running has been caught in the crossfire of the war in Iran, raising the prospect of diagnostic delays, rising costs

War in Iran Threatens Helium Supplies for the World's MRI Machines. I did not know "roughly a quarter of all helium consumed worldwide goes toward cooling the superconducting magnets inside MRI scanners."
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Tragically, this crash killed Trooper Vernon Brake along with a young mother and her 4-year old daughter. Here is the information from OHP. 💔

BREAKING: There has been a terrible crash involving an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper at I-35 & Hefner. I-35 between Britton and Hefner is closed in both directions.
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$2 million per ship — to cross a Strait that was free six weeks ago.

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‘He’s a hero!’: Oklahoma principal injured in school shooting credited with preventing larger tragedy A Pauls Valley High School principal is recovering after police say he confronted and stopped an armed former student inside the school Tuesday afternoon, taking a bullet while protecting students …

Here is the latest on the heroic actions of Pauls Valley principal, Kirk Moore, who stopped a suspect with a gun at school. The Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation says the suspect is 20-year-old Victor Hawkins, a former Pauls Valley High School student.
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A large police presence reported at Paul's Valley High School. This was sent to parents: all students are OK.

Wild!

OKC Police investigate officers' apparent April Fools Prank that did not amuse dispatchers:
“Delta 13 just advised that they threw a baby out the window at 36th and Robinson...”
“He supposedly ran over a transient...”
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A new lawsuit against Vesta CEO Mark Kulick includes a link to high-stakes gambling videos. Vesta manages apartments in OKC, Tulsa & Stillwater, plagued with problems like mold & standing sewage. Section-8 tenants say they're desperate for help.
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Trump administration sues three states over attempts to regulate prediction markets The suits are the most ambitious effort to date that the Trump administration has gone to try to override state laws and set the rules for the fast-growing and increasingly divisive betting industry.

The Trump admin. sues Illinois, Connecticut and Arizona to STOP regulation of prediction markets like Kalshi & Polymarket-- "a fast-growing industry that has run headlong into thorny questions about insider trading and profiting off war and suffering."
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AI Models Lie, Cheat, and Steal to Protect Other Models From Being Deleted A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz suggests models will disobey human commands to protect their own kind.

A new study from researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz suggests models will disobey human commands to protect their own kind. www.wired.com/story/ai-mod...

Okmulgee County Sheriff Eddy Rice confirms two people died in Beggs due to violent storms last night. 💔
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This is video from Fairview Emergency Management of the storm. NWS survey teams report four tornadoes. The deadly one in Major County was an EF2, localized along U.S. 60. Another EF1 storm reported in that county, and two others in Alfalfa and Grant County.

Donate to Family Support for Jodie & Lexi Owens — Lost in Ok Tornado, organized by Janelle Bagozzi My name is Janelle and Jodie is my sister. I am asking for he… Janelle Bagozzi needs your support for Family Support for Jodie & Lexi Owens — Lost in Ok Tornado

today @kfor4.bsky.social talked to the family of Jodie and Lexie Owens, killed by storms while driving home from Fairview. Jodie is mom of 8. "She could see a storm was coming. She called her children, who were still at home to say- you need to get into a cellar."🧵
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Oil Tycoon and GOP Donor Harold Hamm Asked Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt for Senate Appointment Hamm is one of the wealthiest people in America and a Trump ally.

Reese Gorman is reporting that oil tycoon Harold Hamm called Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt yesterday and expressed interest in the open Senate appointment, per three sources.
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Wishing a speedy recovery to all!
"Over the years the 4-Warn Storm Team has talked about how dangerous this work has become with so many people trying to track storms. At the scene, KFOR was told the driver who hit our crew was an amateur storm chaser who ran a stop sign."
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BREAKING:
President announces OK U.S. Senator Markwayne Mullin will replace DHS Secretary Kristi Noem.

Now the U.S. Justice Department is suing Oklahoma for our voter data.

Amid CDC upheaval, key vaccine panel won't convene February meeting As recent changes to U.S. | As recent changes to U.S. vaccine policy face pushback on several fronts, one of the key bodies driving the nation's immunization recommendations is postponing its meeting ...

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Prince Andrew's Arrest Across the pond in Britain, justice and accountability is a serious matter

Never in a million years did I ever fathom when I resurrected the Epstein story in 2018 that it would lead to first arrest of a British Royal in four centuries. Not since King Charles I was arrested in 1647.
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More info here: "Please keep these three firefighters in your thoughts as they recover, along with the men and women who continue responding to the ongoing wildfire threat."

From the OHP Facebook page: This is an overturned Rosston Fire Dept. truck. "The driver, unable to see through the dense smoke, drove into a burning canyon. The truck overturned, trapping the driver and ejecting the two firefighters who were riding on the rear." 💔(1/2)

... sorry for delay, but here is the full story.
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Meanwhile, Auditor Cindy Byrd tells @kfor4.bsky.social
that AG Drummond has pulled back an audit request of OSDE that he made after Superintendent Ryan Walters abrupt resignation to lead an anti-teacher’s union non-profit.
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Byrd's audit found areas needing a legislative fix. For example, millions were spent on programs to improve reading without means to measure their effectiveness. The Governor says it’s time to modernize OK's cost accounting system, putting every public school’s checkbook online.