The tornado that killed 24 people and injured at least 100 others in the Moore and Oklahoma City area cut a 17-mile-long path that started in Newcastle and ended at Lake Stanley Draper. Nine of the dead are children.
The Claremore High School Academic Team won a state title during competition on Saturday. Pictured are: Assistant Coach Lacey Coltrane, from left, senior Jeremiah Hurd, senior Kyle Brown, team captain Ryan Lane, senior Bailey Wilton, senior Jared Strain and head coach Kay Strain. Not pictured: Felicity Owens. Provided
CLAREMORE — The Claremore High School Academic Team is state champions once again.
The team has now won three out of the last four state titles and placed first or second for eight consecutive seasons, including one 6A state championship in 2011.
Officials vow not to quit looking until everyone is found
The tornado that killed 24 people and injured at least 100 others in the Moore and Oklahoma City area cut a 17-mile-long path that started in Newcastle and ended at Lake Stanley Draper. Nine of the dead are children.
Several local organizations are pulling together to collect items to assist survivors from the Moore tornado.
Ten children, including two infants, are among the victims of Monday’s tornado, according to the state Medical Examiner.
The cost of a massive tornado that battered an Oklahoma City suburb could be more than $2 billion, according to a preliminary estimate announced Wednesday by the Oklahoma Insurance Department.
Oklahoma lawmakers are preparing to take up legislation to appropriate $45 million in emergency funds to help pay for recovery efforts following deadly tornadoes in central Oklahoma.
A man being questioned by authorities in the Boston bombing probe was fatally shot when he initiated a violent confrontation, FBI officials said Wednesday.
The Claremore City Council will host a special meeting workshop to discuss a 2013-14 budget that would include several fee increases.
The Rogers County Election Board voted Tuesday not to certify results of the May 14 One-Cent Sales Tax election on advice from Assistant District Attorney David Iski.
The National Weather Service says the tornado that hit Moore, Okla., was a top-of-the-scale EF-5 twister with winds of at least 200 mph.
Wind, humidity and rainfall combined precisely to create the massive killer tornado in Moore, Okla. And when they did, the awesome amount of energy released over that city dwarfed the power of the atomic bomb that leveled Hiroshima.
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