(AP) — Viola Ford Fletcher, who as one of the last survivors of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre in Oklahoma spent her later years seeking justice for the deadly attack by a white mob on the thriving Black community where she lived as a child, has died. She was 111.
Bridges of Oklahoma, alongside Moore Public Schools, has begun construction on a village for Moore High School students needing a place to live.
(AP) — A tornado that raced through residential areas north of Houston damaged more than 100 homes, tearing o roofs, moving garages o their foundations and smashing windows, authorities in Texas said.
Clinton Middle School Students from left, William Roberts, earned sixth chair horn; Payson Panana, earned seventh chair trumpet; Santiago Rodriguez, earned second chair bass clarinet; and Madilyn Ruyle, earned third chair percussion with the Southwest Oklahoma Band Directors Association Honor Band, set to perform on Saturday, Feb. 7, at the SWOSU Fine Arts Center.
Dannie B. Kliewer to Susan D. Shantz and Terry E. Kliewer, QCD. SE ¼ 27-13N-14W.
Responded to a report of vandalism in the 1400 block of Neptune Dr.
(AP) – Norfolk Southern railroad worked with the state of Ohio and Youngstown State University to revive plans for a $20 million first responder training center near the site of the worst derailment in a decade in East Palestine, Ohio.
Clinton High School “Pride of Clinton Band” students from left, bass clarinet Jonathan Frater, earned 2nd Chair Symphonic; flute Grace Rivas, earned 10th Chair Symphonic; trumpet Lily Tarkington, earned 2nd Chair Symphonic and French horn Jackson McCullough, earned 5th Chair Symphonic with the Southwest Oklahoma Band Directors Association Honor Band, set to perform on Saturday, Feb. 7, at the SWOSU Fine Arts Center.
(AP) – The barn in Mississippi where 14-year-old Emmett Till was tortured and killed will open to the public as a “sacred” memorial site by 2030, the new owner announced.
NEW YORK (AP) — Writers in U.S. prisons will have a new path to getting their work seen through a website managed by PEN America that includes information on publishers, agents, journalists and other potential contacts.