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Here is your one stop location for information you need concerning our severe weather threat in Green Country. Click here for the latest weather radar information from the Oklahoma Mesonet At this link you will find the latest severe weather watches and warnings for all of Oklahoma. For a discussion on the severe weather threat from the Tulsa National Weather Service office. The latest information from the National Storms Prediction Center can be found here. Lake and River Information from...

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Confirmed Tornado Damage Near Bixby and Pryor

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EF-2 Tornado Hits Geronimo

Authorities have confirmed a tornado with winds up to 130 mph touched down in southern Oklahoma. The National Weather Service says the EF2 twister Saturday morning traveled for about a half a mile in Geronimo, about 80 miles southwest of Oklahoma City, damaging two homes and sending one injured person to the hospital as a precaution.

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Street Work to Begin in Far South Tulsa

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Oklahoma's April Unemployment Rate Unchanged

Companies That Rely On Census Data Worry Citizenship Question Will Hurt

Some critics of the citizenship question the Trump administration wants to add to the 2020 census are coming from a group that tends to stay away from politically heated issues — business leaders. From longtime corporations like Levi Strauss & Co. to upstarts like Warby Parker, some companies say that including the question — " Is this person a citizen of the United States? " — could harm not only next year's national head count, but also their bottom line. How governments use census data is...

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On the Next All This Jazz: Stellar "Live" Cuts from Harold Mabern, Art Blakey, Carmen McRae, & More

Join us for All This Jazz, starting at 9pm on Saturday the 18th, right here on KWGS / Public Radio Tulsa. It'll be three solid hours of can't-miss modern jazz -- all of it lovingly chosen and presented by an actual person...rather than an algorithm! Also, in the 3rd and thematic hour of our show, from 11pm till midnight, our focus will be "Live Recordings." Thus we'll hear -- as we listen back to a nifty show that first aired in February -- live-performance tracks from Art Blakey, Harold...

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"Sea of Grass" by Walter Echo-Hawk

By • May 16, 2019

Our guest is the Oklahoma-based author, attorney, and legal scholar Walter Echo-Hawk.

Tulsa Little Jam Begins a New Season of Showcasing Many of Our Community's Talented Musicians

By • May 16, 2019

On this edition of StudioTulsa, we learn about Tulsa Little Jam, a popular podcast, concert series, and far-reaching digital media platform that aims to spotlight our community's most talented musicians and singer-songwriters. Tulsa Little Jam will present its Season Two Opening Concert this coming Friday night, the 17th, at Guthrie Green (beginning at 5:30pm). A number of different local bands will be presented -- and filmed -- in live performance, and the concert will be part of the 2019 Mayfest weekend.

"The Mars Room" by Rachel Kushner

By • May 15, 2019

The highly acclaimed novelist Rachel Kushner is our guest; she joins us to discuss her latest novel, "The Mars Room," which is now out in paperback. As was noted of this book (which was Time Magazine's #1 Fiction Title of the Year as well as a New York Times Notable Book of 2018) in a starred review in Publishers Weekly: "Two-time National Book Award finalist Kushner delivers a heartbreaking and unforgettable novel set in a California women's prison.

"The Normal But Not-So-Easy Child: Raising Your Child Without Frustration, Anger, or Guilt"

By • May 14, 2019

Our guest on ST Medical Monday is Dr. Bob Hudson, a Clinical Professor of Pediatrics with the OU School of Community Medicine in Tulsa. He's practiced general pediatrics for the past 30 years -- and has spent the past 16 years as a behavioral pediatrician, helping parents whose children exhibit behavioral or learning problems. Dr.

"The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, Etc."

By • May 13, 2019

The acclaimed journalist and bestselling author Daniel Okrent is our guest; he tells us about his new book, "The Guarded Gate: Bigotry, Eugenics, and the Law That Kept Two Generations of Jews, Italians, and Other European Immigrants Out of America." This book looks back to the 1920s is reveal a dark and forgotten chapter of American history -- a troubling era with serious implications for the present day.

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Ensemble Signal Plays Jonny Greenwood: Tiny Desk Concert

By • 4 hours ago

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I've watched a lot of Tiny Desk concerts over the years. It's good to see musicians in the raw, away from stage lighting and backing tracks — as if they've just stopped by an office to play over a lunch break, with desk-bound employees watching on. The performances should expose flaws, but instead they tend to expose musicians being casually brilliant, like the members of Ensemble Signal, who certainly play these pieces beautifully.

Robert Smith Pledges To Pay Off Student Loans For Morehouse College's Class Of 2019

By Shannon Van Sant • 12 hours ago

Robert Smith encouraged graduates to "pay it forward" in his commencement speech Sunday at Morehouse College.
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In 'Ladysitting,' Lorene Cary Chronicles The End Of Her Grandmother's Life

By editor • 12 hours ago

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Now we're going to have a conversation that few of us want to have but most of us eventually will have to have. It's about caring for an aging relative who is in decline. Author Lorene Cary has been there, and she's written about it beautifully, honestly and hilariously in her new memoir "Ladysitting: My Year With Nana At The End Of Her Century." And Lorene Cary's with us now on the line from Philadelphia.

Lorene, thanks so much for talking to us.

LORENE CARY: Thank you.

Former Catholic Priest Calls To 'Abolish The Priesthood'

By editor • 12 hours ago

MICHEL MARTIN, HOST:

Now we're going to have a conversation that few of us want to have but most of us eventually will have to have. It's about caring for an aging relative who is in decline. Author Lorene Cary has been there, and she's written about it beautifully, honestly and hilariously in her new memoir "Ladysitting: My Year With Nana At The End Of Her Century." And Lorene Cary's with us now on the line from Philadelphia.

Lorene, thanks so much for talking to us.

LORENE CARY: Thank you.

Texas Baptist Church Opens New Sanctuary After 2017 Mass Shooting

By editor • 12 hours ago

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President Trump's Golf Scores Hacked On U.S. Golf Association Account

By • 16 hours ago

President Trump's account on the U.S. Golf Association system has been hacked in an apparent attempt to make him look like a bad golfer with four fake scores.

The awful scores of 101, 100, 108 and 102 were posted to Trump's USGA-administered Golf Handicap and Information Network [GHIN] handicap system on Friday, according to Golfweek. A handicap is a measure of a golfer's ability – a lower handicap indicates a better golf game.

Legendary Comic Sammy Shore, Co-Founder Of The Comedy Store, Dies At 92

By • 19 hours ago

Comedian Sammy Shore, who co-founded one of the most influential clubs in comedy, died Saturday at 92, his son announced in a series of tweets.

Shore died at his Las Vegas home surrounded by family, according to a family spokesperson. His son, actor-comedian Pauly Shore, paid tribute to his father on Twitter. The two spent the past 20 years touring together as a father-son comedy team.

Biden Eschews Anger, Hoping 'Unity' Can Lift Him To The Presidency

By • 20 hours ago

It's not a message for everyone — even though that's exactly what it's intended to be.

Many Democrats are angry. They're angry with President Trump's election and what it represents. And they're angry about the direction of the country, and the inequities in American life.

So it would make sense that the person running for the Democratic nomination for president would channel that anger. President Trump did it to win over the Republican base in 2016, saying he gladly carries the "mantle of anger."

Not Joe Biden.

Deported After Living In The U.S. For 26 Years, He Navigates A New Life In Mexico

By & • 21 hours ago

When 29-year-old Gilberto Olivas-Bejarano first returned to his birth country of Mexico, he didn't speak the native language.

"I barely speak Spanish now," he says.

He arrived in León alone, and today, nearly two years since his deportation, Olivas-Bejarano has still not seen his parents or siblings in person.

How Vietnamese Americans Took Over The Nails Business: A Documentary

By • 22 hours ago

If you've had a manicure lately, chances are you probably had it done at a nail salon run by people of Vietnamese heritage.

The salons are everywhere — in nearly every city, state and strip mall across the United States. So how did Vietnamese entrepreneurs come to dominate the multi-billion dollar nail economy?

Filmmaker Adele Free Pham set out to answer that question in a documentary called Nailed It. Growing up in Portland, Ore., she says that she observed that all the nail salons around her were Vietnamese-run.

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