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Muskogee man dies after Carter County car crash
WILSON, Okla. (KXII) - A Muskogee man has died after a crash Sunday morning near Wilson. The 40-year-old driver, Adam Cunningham, was driving north on State Highway 76 near Faith Hill Road when he drove left off the highway for 150 feet, according to a teletype from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol.
Sulphur woman dies after motorcycle crash
DAVIS, Okla. (KXII) - A Sulphur woman has died after a motorcycle crashed south of Davis at 6:50 on Sunday night. State troopers are still investigating what happened, but the report from the Oklahoma Highway Patrol states that 25-year-old Courtney Sorrells was a passenger riding on the motorcycle. She was...
What’s the difference between F4 and EF4 tornadoes?
(WJET/WFXP) — A tornado outbreak recently slammed the Midwest, and now the National Weather Service is tasked with giving each twister a rating. Preliminary ratings for those tornadoes are expected to be finalized in the coming weeks. But you may have seen two different phrases for tornado “ratings,” EF and F.
Documents tell how video and cell phone data led to arrest in murder of Velma man
VELMA, Okla. (KSWO) - Newly filed court documents detail how investigators used doorbell video and cell phone data to potentially solve the murder of Terry Sutton in Velma earlier this month. According to court documents, the truck Sutton was driving was caught on camera stopped at an intersection with a...
SafetyNet tracking available to Carter County
ARDMORE, Okla. (KTEN) -- The Ardmore police department's SafetyNet system is now servicing a larger area. The SafetyNet system was implemented by APD in March and can be used to find anyone with a cognitive disorder if they wander away from home. Ardmore police can now service all of Carter...
Only In Love County
I have never been so happy to flip a light switch and have the room light up as Tuesday morning at 2:13 a.m. Out of habit, it had been flipped to the ON position several times in the previous 52 hours and nothing happened. The response to the Marietta tornado...
Southern Oklahoma on alert for flooding
CARTER COUNTY, Okla. (KTEN) — As southern Oklahoma residents finished cleaning up and drying out from Saturday's storms that dumped more than 9 inches of rain, more precipitation could bring flooding threats along the Washita River and other locations. "We got 7 inches on Saturday night, and totals as...
We’re rebuilding, Homeland says
Homeland Marietta manager Susie Donahue said Monday the corporation plans to rebuild the store. “We are rebuilding. It’s just going to take awhile,” Donahue said, two days after a tornado demolished Love County’s only full-service grocery. The storm struck just 15 minutes after the clerks closed...
Ultrasound photo found 70 miles away after tornado tore through Ardmore
A family in southern Oklahoma got a much-needed boost 70 miles away after a tornado destroyed their home, injured their dog and left their kitten missing. Chris Litton, an Ardmore resident, described the story of Mother Nature's power and the connection of social media after the ultrasound of his son, who is now 15 years old, was found by someone in Byng.
Carter County family looks to future after EF-4 tornado
ARDMORE, Okla. (KTEN) — The home of Chris and Miranda Litton was destroyed by the EF-4 tornado that ripped Marietta, Lake Murray and Dickson Saturday evening. Now, just like many families in south central Oklahoma, they're reflecting on memories in the ruins with sights set on the future. The...
‘It's not luck, it's God': Man trapped in OK tornado shares survival story
The powerful tornado that ripped through Interstate 35 in Marietta, Oklahoma, left a North Texas husband badly injured. Jeff Frederickson and his wife were on their way back home to Colleyville after driving up to Minnesota to pick up his family’s prized 1971 Thunderbird. They knew storms were popping...
OHP: Man Killed In Marietta Storms Identified
The person who died in the Marietta storms on Sunday has been identified, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. OHP stated that 53-year-old Ismael Camacho Licea was pronounced deceased on the scene due to injuries sustained in the incident. The driver of the vehicle was injured but was transported to a local hospital in critical condition, OHP confirmed.
An eye toward rebuilding
City and state working with businesses affected by the storm. Area businessman Brad Sullivan owned both the Dollar General and Homeland buildings, which were leased to the respective chains. Both buildings were destroyed by Saturday night’s tornado, leaving Sullivan and corporate representatives with the decision whether or not to rebuild.
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