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• Oklahoma tornadoes: Plaza Towers Elementary School teacher shoved students into bathroom as wall collapsed May 25, 2013
  BY SILAS ALLEN AND SARAH HUSSAINMOORE — As Monday's tornado bore down on Plaza Towers Elementary School, first-grade teacher Becky Evans herded her students into a hallway and told them to crouch down in front of a wall in and cover their heads and necks. The school didn't have a safe room, so safety procedures required teachers to take students in […]
• Oklahoma youth win ROTC scholarships May 24, 2013
  BY CHRIS SCHUTZThree new high school graduates are looking forward to starting college in the fall, paid for through $74,000 scholarships awarded to them by the Naval Reserve Officer Training Corps. In exchange, the men will join the U.S. Marine Corps and serve four years after college, said Capt.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Oklahoma tornadoes: Moore Superintendent vows schools will reopen in August May 24, 2013
  BY RANDY ELLIS rellis@opubco.comMOORE — Emotionally shaken but not defeated, Superintendent Susan Pierce stood at a news conference Thursday and declared Moore schools will open in August. “We will rebuild and we will reopen and we will have school in August,” Pierce said.Read more on NewsOK.com […]
• Oklahoma tornadoes: Plaza Towers teachers, students reunite after tornado May 24, 2013
  BY CARRIE COPPERNOLL ccoppernoll@opubco.comJennifer Simonds was lying over her six kindergarten students when a car fell on them. Her arm was crushed, and a boy broke his hand. But they all were able to walk away from Plaza Towers Elementary, which was left in a pile of rubble after a tornado demolished it Monday afternoon. Thursday morning was the first tim […]
• Star Spencer commencement moved inside May 23, 2013
  FROM STAFF REPORTSSPENCER — Star Spencer High School's graduation ceremony has been moved inside because of rainy weather. The ceremony will be at 6 p.m.Read more on NewsOK.com […]