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Semi crash kills one, closes highway

SHAWNEE, Okla. — A deadly accident closed Oklahoma State Highway 99 Wednesday morning.

The crash happened two miles north of the Seminole – Pottawatomie County line about 3:45 a.m. near I-40 and Highway 99.

The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says a minivan and a tractor trailer collided.

One person died inside the minivan died, three other people were injured and airlifted to the hospital.

Pilot lives through crash after engine, landing gear failure

SHAWNEE, Okla. — An Oklahoma City pilot makes a crash landing in a field near Shawnee after experiencing a double dip of plane trouble.

David Bott, a CPA who has been flying for nearly 30 years, was heading to Shawnee’s Municipal Airport for regular maintenance Monday afternoon.

As he was getting ready to land, the landing gear wouldn’t come down.

“Since I had experienced it before, that didn’t cause me a great deal of concern,” Bott said.

But when he circled around to try to manually release the landing gear, his trouble doubled into a first-time experience.

“Somehow during that procedure, the engine started to fail and so I had to go ahead and do emergency landing procedures,” Bott said.

With his engine stalling, his plane slowed down and gravity took over.

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10-year-old boy sworn in as police officer

LEXINGTON, Okla. — An Oklahoma boy battling cancer recently got a big surprise.

A small town police department decided to let him join the force.

It’s a dream come true for the 10-year-old boy.

He not only joined in name but got the gear and a few assignments to go with it.

Xander Moore loves sports especially baseball and the OKC Thunder.

He may seem like an average 10 year old, but he’s actually an honorary member of the Lexington Police Department.

Complete with a real uniform, a badge and handcuffs.

His mom, Ricki Lea, said, “It’s the only thing he hangs up, everything else goes to the floor.”

Chief Deana Allen, with the Lexington Police Department, said, “He really, he represented what an officer is supposed to represent, fearlessness and strength.”

Strength through a battle with cancer.

Westbrook gone fishin’ after beating Lakers

OKLAHOMA CITY — Thunder fans are still re-living the team’s victory over the L.A. Lakers Monday night in Game 1 of the second round of NBA playoffs.

During the post-game press conference, Russell Westbrook was turning heads with his fashion choice: a fitted polo emblazoned with fishing hooks.

It was an interesting choice for the usually fashionable NBA star.

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Shaquille O’Neal told his TNT sports audience, “I’ve got one word for you: Garanimals.”

Charles Barkley said, “Well, at least we know they got a TJ Maxx in Oklahoma City.”

Gov. Fallin signs open carry bill into law

Gov. Fallin signs open carry bill into law

A controversial bill that allows Oklahoma citizens to openly carry firearms was signed into law by Gov. Fallin Tuesday.

Thunder embarrass Lakers in Game 1

OKLAHOMA CITY — Round two of the NBA playoffs opened at the Chesapeake Energy Arena in downtown Oklahoma City Monday night.

It was the first match-up between the two teams since Metta World Peace violently elbowed James Harden in the head last month.

Oklahoma City jumped on Los Angeles early and never let up, leading by as many as 35 points.

The final score was 119-90.

Russell Westbrook scored 27 points.

Kevin Durant had 25.

James Harden had 17 points.

Game two of the series is Wednesday night at The Peake.

Tipoff is 8:30 p.m.