Ponca City News

Thousands of residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed in the tornado have a break in the weather Friday morning to continue removing debris from their propertiers.

A 33-year military man is hard at work right now, helping those whose lives were shattered by Monday's tornado in Moore.

It's buried under the rubble left by a monster tornado measuring 22 football fields wide that pulverized the Oklahoma City suburb of 56,000 people Monday afternoon, leaving death and destruction in its wake.

Danny Neal can scratch seeing an EF5 tornado off his list. The Evergreen Park storm chaser came within a mile of the "finger of God" twister before it entered the western section of Moore, OK, on Monday afternoon.

Energy infrastructure in Oklahoma largely escaped the fury of a vicious tornado that ripped through a central Oklahoma city on Monday, though a natural gas pipeline reported some damage, companies said.

A Tornado Watch is in effect until 11 PM for much of central and eastern OK near and east of I-35. This includes the Oklahoma City metro and Tulsa.

There were several new vendors at the Duncan Crafts, Arts and Hobbies Association Spring Craft Show this weekend, all offering a variety of different products.

An Oklahoma death row inmate convicted of the rape and murder of his girlfriend's mother is to be executed June 25.

This week in the magazine, Ariel Levy writes about half-wild cats and the growing trend of crossbreeding domestic cats with their more feral cousins in an effort to create a feline that looks exotic but is tame enough to cohabit with humans.

With the diabetes epidemic in mind, two north central Oklahoma tribes are partnering to provide fresh, healthy food for its citizens later this year, starting with their summer powwows.

Hop on I-44 and head to Oklahoma City. Start at the Will Rogers Park and Horticultural Garden, where you'll find an All American Rose Selection garden with 3,000 roses.

The Tulsa World has created a database of all disciplinary actions against dentists statewide taken by the Oklahoma Board of Dentistry since Jan.

Johnny Ray Rogers, 34, was pronounced dead about 9:30 a.m. at the scene of the wreck on North Avenue one mile east of State Highway 156 a mile southwest of Ponca City, troopers said.

A violent tornado, at times up to 400 yards wide, swept away at least 20 homes in Macon, MS.