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Video: More storms coming as Oklahoma reels from tornadoes, floods

OKLAHOMA CITY  — As the nation’s midsection braces for another bout of severe weather, many residents in Oklahoma are still reeling from a rare combination of tornadoes and flash flooding spawned from the latest round of thunderstorms that rumbled across the state. Conditions appeared to be ripe on Friday and Saturday for storms that could […]

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Annemarie Margaret Garey

1942 – 2015 CARTWRIGHT, OKLA. — Annemarie Margaret Garey, 73, passed away on Tuesday, April 28, in Cartwright, Okla. Annemarie was born on Feb. 25, 1942, in Cambridge, Mass. She was a certified nurse. She was of the Catholic faith and was a member of the Basilica of Saints Peter and Paul in Lewiston. Annemarie […]

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Rescuers search for survivors of deadly tornado

VILONIA, Ark.  — Emergency officials were searching for survivors Monday in the debris left by a powerful tornado that killed at least 16 people in Arkansas and carved an 80-mile path of destruction through suburban Little Rock. The tornado that slammed into Vilonia, just west of the capital city, grew to about half a mile […]

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Tornadoes kill 16 in Arkansas, 1 in Oklahoma

The tornado touched down Sunday about 10 miles west of Little Rock at around 7 p.m., then carved an 80-mile path of destruction as it passed through or near several suburbs north of the state capital, including Vilonia. It grew to be a half-mile wide and remained on the ground for much of that route, […]