Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar dies at 86
Motivational speaker Zig Ziglar, who wrote more than 30 books and focused on positivity and leading a balanced life, died Wednesday in Plano, Texas. He was 86 and had been suffering from pneumonia....
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The House voted Wednesday to name a federal building after Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill, the Massachusetts Democrat who served as Speaker from 1977 to 1987. The legislation was sponsored by current Speaker...
View ArticleLaughter was veteran radio host Phil Stone's calling card
It wasn't hard to tell when "Roy D. Mercer" was on a roll. "Phil would be beside me, trying his best not to laugh," said Brent Douglas, who, together with Phil Stone, his on-air partner, created the...
View ArticleNeediest Families Fund Drive: Family fights to stay afloat after dad's work...
Chris and Angela Glidden probably would both be working if their circumstances didn't prevent it. Chris Glidden injured his back at work about two years ago. Angela Glidden stays home to take care of...
View ArticleProductive TU senior class plays last home game
Saturday's Conference USA championship matchup between the University of Tulsa and Central Florida will be the last time the Golden Hurricane's senior class, one of the school's most productive, plays...
View ArticleAfton liquor store clerk charged after crash kills drunken Fairland teenager
JAY - A liquor store clerk has been charged with selling alcohol to a minor who later died in a traffic accident. Stacey Leann Dixon, 46, of Afton was charged Tuesday in Delaware County District Court...
View ArticleCole urges GOP to agree on taxes
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., thinks he was only stating the obvious when he told a roomful of Republican members of Congress they should go along with Democrats in making temporary tax-rate reductions...
View ArticleMedical marijuana study nixed by state official
Marijuana advocates will have to wait another year to try to get their discussion in front of Oklahoma legislators after a committee chairman announced this week he would not schedule the interim...
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Mostly sunny. More weather on E6 Get more weather coverage and check out our weather blog at tulsaworld.com/weather By Staff Reports Copyright 2012 World Publishing Co. All rights reserved. This...
View ArticleFirm chosen for audit of Oklahoma City Disaster Relief Fund
OKLAHOMA CITY - A national firm has been selected to conduct an investigative audit of a fund holding about $10 million for survivors of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. The Oklahoma City Community...
View ArticleHoliday food and toy drive aims to fill Tulsa's firehouses
New, unopened toys and nonperishable food items can be dropped off at any of Tulsa's 30 fire stations and at City Hall as part of the "Fill the Firehouse" drive that runs until Dec. 20. The effort...
View ArticleParents who say son was bullied sue Nowata Public Schools
NOWATA - The parents of a 12-year-old boy who has Asperger's syndrome are suing Nowata Public Schools in federal court, alleging that the school district failed to investigate or act after receiving...
View ArticleMcIntosh County woman jailed after mother's wrapped body found in garage
EUFAULA - A rural McIntosh County woman was arrested Tuesday after authorities found the body of her mother wrapped in a sheet in a garage. Investigators said thousands of dollars in cash, which might...
View ArticleTax protests against Tulsa County dismissed
A series of tax protests filed in 2011 against Tulsa County, the Tulsa City-County Library, the Tulsa City-County Health Department and Tulsa Technology Center have been dismissed, court records show....
View ArticleTU football notebook: Easy motivation
Easy motivation: TU coach Bill Blankenship said it shouldn't be too hard to motivate his players for Saturday's Conference USA championship game. "It's the goal that they've had since Day 1 of the...
View ArticleLawsuit against Sheriff's Office settled
The lawsuit of a former Tulsa County detention officer who claimed to have been fired in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act has been settled for $24,000, according to a document filed...
View ArticleOfficer says suicide in brig led to wariness about Manning
FORT MEADE, Md. - An Army private accused of sending reams of classified U.S. documents to the secret-spilling website WikiLeaks was kept in tight pretrial confinement partly because another prisoner...
View ArticleGround broken on retreat for wounded veterans
SKIATOOK - Retired Army Maj. Ed Pulido has stared down death twice. During combat operations in Iraq on Aug. 17, 2004, he was driving an SUV when a roadside bomb detonated, rattling his brain and...
View ArticleApplicants sought for teacher fellowships to Colonial Williamsburg
The Oklahoma Foundation for Excellence is seeking applicants for teacher fellowships to the 2013 Colonial Williamsburg Teacher Institute. The program is open to fifth-grade teachers, resource...
View ArticleTulsa firefighter uses City Charter for a demotion trial, a first in council...
For the first time in Tulsa City Council history, a trial is scheduled for the 6 p.m. regular Thursday meeting for councilors to determine whether there was sufficient cause for a firefighter to be...
View ArticleDaily U.S. Casualties
Afghanistan: As of Wednesday, at least 2,030 members of the U.S. military had died as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001, according to an Associated Press count. No new deaths...
View ArticleMcIntosh county woman charged with desecration after mother's body found in...
EUFAULA - The daughter of a woman who was found wrapped in a sheet in a garage this week has been charged with desecration of a human corpse. Shelly Maytubby, 52, pleaded not guilty to the charge...
View ArticleMeth registry takes hit in appeals court opinion
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs Control is considering an attempt to tweak a law setting up a registry for people convicted of methamphetamine-related crimes...
View Article2 Tulsa-area job fairs planned for National Guard members
Two career fairs in a week are aimed at providing employment opportunities to veterans, National Guard members and their families. The first is scheduled for Saturday at the Sand Springs Armed Forces...
View ArticleTulsa City Council delays trial on firefighter status for a week
A trial for Tulsa's City Council to determine whether there was sufficient cause for a firefighter to be demoted was delayed Thursday for one week. The trial - which would be the first in the...
View ArticleUS military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,031
US military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,031 18 minutes ago Recall news 23 minutes ago High court says government can be liable for flood 23 minutes ago Holder to help launch alliance against pedophilia...
View ArticleSales tax receipts up 4 percent from same month last year
Tulsa’s sales-tax revenue check for December was 4.1 percent over the same month last year, new reports showed Friday. The city received $19,110,236 from the Oklahoma Tax Commission, compared to...
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"I love that all things around us have the possibility of being better than they are today. It's just who I am to want to see us achieve the very best." - Councilor Blake Ewing, before being sworn in...
View ArticleCouncil votes not to grant firefighter requested trial following alleged...
Tulsa’s City Council voted 7-2 Thursday to not grant firefighter Jeremy Moore his requested trial for councilors to determine whether there was sufficient cause for his alleged demotion. This came...
View ArticleTulsa firefighter won't get city trial, council decides
Tulsa's City Council voted 7-2 Thursday to not grant firefighter Jeremy Moore his requested trial for councilors to determine whether there was sufficient cause for his claimed demotion. This came...
View ArticleState appeals court upholds convicted killer's sentence
OKLAHOMA CITY - The Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals has upheld the conviction and life prison sentence of a 51-year-old man who was convicted of stabbing another man to death. The appeals court...
View ArticleUS military deaths in Afghanistan at 2,035
As of Tuesday, Dec. 11, 2012, at least 2,035 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S.-led invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to an Associated Press...
View ArticleTestimony begins in Sweeney murder trial
Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of one of five men charged in connection with an alleged conspiracy to murder Tulsa businessman Neal Sweeney. One defendant - Alonzo ''Jack" Johnson - is on trial,...
View ArticleManning still on witness list in WikiLeaks trial
FORT MEADE, Md. — Pfc. Bradley Manning remains on the list of prospective witnesses for a pretrial hearing on charges he gave classified documents to WikiLeaks. The hearing at Fort Meade enters its...
View ArticleFirefighter union leader urges Tulsa mayor to reconsider safety tax
Tulsa's firefighter union president Wednesday called Mayor Dewey Bartlett "short sighted" for being unwilling to consider a dedicated public safety tax. Exploring the possibility of such a tax to help...
View ArticleStudents in Joplin, Tulsa pool pennies for school lost in fire
Pennies from children's piggy banks added up to two great surprises for Tulsa School of Arts and Sciences, which is still recovering from a fire that destroyed its school site exactly three months...
View ArticleWhite House: NKorea launch 'highly provocative'
Email Print Order Reprint Share This Text tool name tool goes here The Associated Press The Associated Press Tags: WASHINGTON -- The White House says North Korea's launch of a long-range ballistic...
View ArticleMcAlester Muslim claims FBI, local police harassment
OKLAHOMA CITY — A Muslim man from McAlester who was twice prevented from flying from his home in Qatar to visit his ailing mother in the United States said now that he's been allowed to return home,...
View ArticleNBC's Engel, TV crew escape abduction in Syria
NBC's chief foreign correspondent Richard Engel said Tuesday he and members of his network crew escaped unharmed after five days of captivity in Syria, where more than a dozen pro-regime gunmen...
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