MOORE — Highland West Jr. High plans its 10th annual Christmas dance for all the special needs students in the Moore School District.
The dance will be from noon to 2 p.m. Friday in the Highland West gymnasium.
As a service-related project, the school is collecting items such as food, treats, toys to donate to the Moore Animal Shelter.
More shelters in forecast
MOORE — Ten children are dead, and Mayor Glenn Lewis wants tornado shelters included in all new homes built in Moore. A proposed municipal ordinance would require a shelter either inside or outside....
Sparks of joy lit up grief-stricken eyes from time to time on Wednesday after Moore residents were allowed back into their neighborhoods for the first time after Monday’s EF-5 tornado devastated much of the city....
School administrators focused on the recovery, future
MOORE — Just days after Moore Public Schools suffered the loss of nine students and complete destruction of Plaza Towers and Briarwood Elementary schools, administrators take it a day at a time, as details continue to emerge from affected ...
State Senate approves $45 million from Rainy Day fund for relief
OKLAHOMA CITY — The state Senate voted Wednesday to take $45 million from the state Rainy Day Fund for immediate tornado disaster relief....
MOORE — Tim Lawrence was just in town to visit his family, but he had to huddle close with them in a storm cellar Monday afternoon as the tornado swept through the neighborhood....
Mother endures labor during tornado
Shayla Taylor was ready to give birth to her second child just as the impending destruction of Monday’s EF-5 tornado bore down on the Moore Medical Center....
MOORE — Huddled in his city’s emergency operations center Monday afternoon, Moore City Manager Steve Eddy watched as a massive tornado prepared to tear through his community....
MOORE — Zach Woodcock knew the storms were going to be bad on May 22, 2011, so turning on the Weather Channel was a natural instinct. What he saw filled him with fear. The Moore resident’s family lived in Joplin, Mo....
Volunteers clean Moore Cemetery in advance of burials
MOORE — Rosella Poff’s gravestone was laid in Moore Cemetery just nine months ago....
Ten children, including two infants, are among the victims of Monday’s tornado, according to the state Medical Examiner. One person has not been identified and next-of-kin have not been contacted for eight other victims....
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