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Video Shows Oklahoma Principal Tackling School Shooter, Halting Attack

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Newly released security camera footage shows the moment an Oklahoma principal was shot and injured as he tackled a former student who walked into school carrying a gun.

Pauls Valley High School Principal Kirk Moore has been hailed as a hero by state officials for stopping the April 7 shooting before students were hurt.

The footage, released Tuesday, April 14, shows a man walking into what appears to be a school lobby carrying a gun. At least two other people are in the lobby. Moore runs in and tackles him. A second school employee then walks in to help and takes the gun away from the man.

Moore was shot in the leg and survived.

The accused shooter, Victor Hawkins, is facing felony charges of shooting with intent to kill and pointing a firearm, as well as two misdemeanor counts of carrying a weapon into a public assembly. Investigators wrote in court filings that Hawkins, 20, told them he wanted his own school shooting “like the Columbine shooters did.” (Read more from “Video Shows Oklahoma Principal Tackling School Shooter, Halting Attack” HERE)

‘Demonic!’ Tulsa City Council Meeting Goes off Rails as Member Told She’s ‘Inviting Evil’

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A city council meeting in Tulsa, Oklahoma this week went off the rails after an outgoing city councilor invited a pagan priestess to deliver a prayer at a meeting.

Public Radio Tulsa reports that outgoing councilor Crista Patrick stirred controversy when she brought pagan priestess Amy McAdams to deliver an opening invocation at the meeting that included nods to “the Gorgonea, champions of equality and sacred rage” and “Medusa, monstrous hero of the oppressed and abused.”

In an interview with Public Radio Tulsa, Patrick said that she “wanted to share one little part of myself before I left office” and emphasized that the Greek goddess Medusa is traditionally known as “a fighter of injustice, especially for women.”

However, her decision to invite McAdams drew swift condemnation not only from angry locals who accused her of being “demonic, or Satanist, or inviting evil into our city and our household,” but also from Oklahoma’s Republican governor and state superintendent.

“Satan is trying to establish a foothold, but Oklahoma is going to be a shining city on the hill,” declared Gov. Kevin Stitt. “Tulsa City Council needs to stand strong against actions like this, and Tulsans need to remember who allowed this at the ballot box.” (Read more from “‘Demonic!’ Tulsa City Council Meeting Goes off Rails as Member Told She’s ‘Inviting Evil’” HERE)

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Patriots Show Up to Protest After School District Forbids Teen From Flying American Flag on Truck

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Members of a community in Oklahoma rallied behind a local teen whose high school has forbidden him from flying an American flag on the back of his pickup truck.

Caleb Horst just began his senior year at Edmond North High School in Edmond, Oklahoma, a city of nearly 100,000 residents about 15 miles north of Oklahoma City. Last Wednesday, he drove to school with a giant American flag attached to his truck, just as he has done “for quite a while,” he said.

However, school administrators informed him that he could not continue to fly the flag on his truck and warned him not to show up with the flag on Monday.

Rather than heed the warning, Horst and dozens of his fellow American patriots, both students and members of the community, drove to the school’s campus Monday morning and peacefully protested the ban on American flags affixed to vehicles.

According to the New York Post, more than 50 cars arrived at 7 a.m. that morning — some adorned in the red, white, and blue — to show their support for Horst and for public displays of patriotism more generally. They even recited the Pledge of Allegiance together. (Read more from “Patriots Show Up to Protest After School District Forbids Teen From Flying American Flag on Truck” HERE)

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Family of Nine Left Behind in Remote Alaska, Charged $9K by Cruise Line

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An Oklahoma family of nine was left stranded in remote Alaska after their Norwegian Cruise Lines ship left them behind — and then charged the desperate family $9,000 in customs fees.

The Gault family was traveling with six young kids and a 78-year-old grandmother on July 12 when they disembarked from the Norwegian Encore in Katchikan, a small town in a string of south Alaskan islands, so they could watch a lumberjack show together.

But on their way back, the local tour operator transporting passengers to and from the vessel failed to properly check who had tickets and who didn’t — merely conducting a head count — and told the Gaults there was no room and to wait for another shuttle. . .

However, that bus never came, and after frantically calling the port authority to arrange transportation, they finally arrived back at the docks to see the Norwegian Encore sailing away — taking with it their passports, medication and clothes. . .

The family, which had already spent about $30,000 on the trip, was immediately hit with nearly a $9,000 charge from the cruise line — $971 per passenger — for missing the boat. (Read more from “Family of Nine Left Behind in Remote Alaska, Charged $9K by Cruise Line” HERE)

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Day Care Shuts Down After Teacher Is Accused of 25 Counts of Physical and Sexual Abuse of Children

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A day care was asked to shut down by the Oklahoma Department of Human Services after a teacher was accused of physical and sexual abuse of children.

The Boomer Kids Club in the city of Woodward agreed to the request on Friday according to KFOR-TV.

Woodward Police Department Capt. Darren Navratil said that 19-year-old Tyler Kniest was accused of abusing children while working at the day care. . .

“We did come up with about a total of, including the original eight incidences of child sexual abuse, and about sixteen instances of physical abuse,” said Navratil. “Some of them were repeated on the same children.” . . .

Kniest was arrested in December and charged with 25 criminal counts, including the sexual assault of a 4-year-old girl that was caught on video. (Read more from “Day Care Shuts Down After Teacher Is Accused of 25 Counts of Physical and Sexual Abuse of Children” HERE)

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Republican State Senator Says Christian Constituents ‘Don’t Want That Filth in Oklahoma’ When Talking About LGBTQ+ Agenda

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A Republican state senator in Oklahoma isn’t backing down after he referred to certain people pushing the LGBTQ+ agenda as “filth” and infuriated many.

Sen. Tom Woods (R) was speaking at a legislative forum sponsored by the Tahlequah Area Chamber of Commerce when he made the comments. He was referring to the death of Nex Benedict, a transgender student at an Oklahoma high school.

“My heart goes out to that scenario, if that is the case,” he said in the recording. “But we represent a constituency. We are a Republican state – supermajority – in the House and Senate. I represent a constituency that doesn’t want that filth in Oklahoma.” . . .

“You know we are a religious state and we are going to fight it to keep that filth out of the state of Oklahoma because we are a Christian state – we are a moral state,” he added. “We are a Republican state. I’m going to vote my district. I’m going to vote my values. And we don’t want that in the state of Oklahoma.”

Liberals and LGBTQ+ advocates pounced on the comments to accuse Woods and other Republicans of using rhetoric that led to the death of Benedict. Contrary to the media and liberal narrative, police indicated that the transgender student did not pass away directly because of a bathroom fight at the school. (Read more from “Republican State Senator Says Christian Constituents ‘Don’t Want That Filth in Oklahoma’ When Talking About LGBTQ+ Agenda” HERE)

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Tallest U.S. Skyscraper to Be Built In Unlikely City

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Plans are in motion to build what would become the tallest skyscraper in the United States — and it is coming to an unlikely city.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, has a population of just under 700,000, according to the U.S. Census Bureau. Although it has around a twelfth of the population of New York City, developers are trying to use it to take away the Big Apple’s title as home of the largest building in the country.

Real estate company Matteson Capital hopes to submit a request to raise the tower’s original planned height of 1,750 feet to a whopping 1,907 feet — a nod to the year Oklahoma gained statehood — reports KRON4.

“The symbolic height honors the year that Oklahoma was admitted as the 46th state of the United States,” Matteson Capital said in a statement obtained by the Oklahoma City Free Press.

The California-based developers are attempting to dethrone Manhattan’s One World Trade Center as the tallest U.S. building, and they are working with the Alliance for Economic Development of Oklahoma City to do it in the neighborhood of Bricktown. (Read more from “Tallest U.S. Skyscraper to Be Built” HERE)

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8-Year-Old Boy Shot in the Head While Looking at Christmas Lights

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An 8-year-old Oklahoma boy remains in the hospital after he was shot in the head while he was looking at Christmas lights with his family.

Nichole Groshong was making food deliveries for DoorDash around 8 p.m. on Dec. 10 in Lawton, Oklahoma — approximately 90 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. In the car with the mother were her two young sons and their grandmother. While making DoorDash deliveries, the family would also stop to look at Christmas lights in the neighborhood.

The mom put the car in reverse while looking at Christmas lights when suddenly gunshots rang out.

“It sounded like somebody was throwing fireworks at the car,” Groshong told KFOR-TV. “Their grandma was like, ‘They’re shooting at us, go, go, go.’ So I threw it in drive, and I started getting out of there.”

Zachariah Bannister was shot in the head while sitting in the backseat with his brother. The boy had just celebrated his eighth birthday just days before he was shot. (Read more from “8-Year-Old Boy Shot in the Head While Looking at Christmas Lights” HERE)

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Young Mom Found Dead Days After Being Arrested for Repeatedly Calling 911, Begging for Help

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A young Oklahoma mom has been found dead on a barge on the Mississippi River — days after she was arrested for repeatedly calling 911 pleading for help.

Hailey Silas’ body was found about 7 a.m. Saturday while the barge’s crew was performing an inspection while traveling the Mississippi River near Shelby Forest in Tennessee, WREG reported.

Less than a week earlier, the 22-year-old mom was arrested for calling 911 several times Sunday from a gas station across from Southland Casino, according to the outlet.

She reportedly asked authorities to give her a ride out of West Memphis, Arkansas, because she was scared of something and was having a “panic attack.”

After Silas was taken to a station in handcuffs, she asked to talk to her parents, saying she was scared and confused, according to WREG. (Read more from “Young Mom Found Dead Days After Being Arrested for Repeatedly Calling 911, Begging for Help” HERE)

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Governor Defends Decision to Close State’s PBS Station Over ‘Indoctrination and Over-Sexualization of Children’ Including Reading of Kids’ Book About Drag Queen’s Hips

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Oklahoma’s governor has defended his decision to defund his state’s PBS affiliate over children’s programs he deemed inappropriate – including a drag queen reading a story to children.

Kevin Stitt, a Republican, blocked the funding for the state’s PBS station through to 2026 with the move, listing several shows on OETA that it finds ‘objectionable’.

Shows on the network include ‘Sesame Street,’ ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood,’ and ‘Clifford The Big Red Dog’ – which features lesbian parents. The network will cease operations this year unless legislature overrides the veto.

The governor’s office claims that a segment of ‘Let’s Learn’ was objectionable, with a children’s book titled ‘The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish’ being read by Lil Miss Hot Mess.

Speaking to Fox News Digital, Stitt said: ‘OETA, to us, is an outdated system. You know, the big, big question is why are we spending taxpayer dollars to prop up or compete with the private sector and run television stations? (Read more from “Governor Defends Decision to Close State’s PBS Station Over ‘Indoctrination and Over-Sexualization of Children’ Including Reading of Kids’ Book About Drag Queen’s Hips” HERE)

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