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Picher, Oklahoma: America’s Most Toxic Ghost Town
Into the Shadows Picher, Oklahoma: America’s Most Toxic Ghost Town Posted: February 21, 2025 | Last updated: March 8, 2025 Could an entire town be wiped off the map by pollution? That’s ...
Grand Ole Opry at 100: These Oklahoma music artists became Opry members
Roy Clark, Ricky Skaggs, Earl Scruggs and Vince Gill, from left, performed together at the Grand Ole Opry in 2001. Clark, who died in 2018, and Gill are among Oklahoma music artists who became Grand ...
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Lauria Bible and Ashley Freeman’s case prompts proposed law
Police found evidence that the girls had been kidnapped, tied up and raped in a mobile home for several days in Picher, Oklahoma, less than 25 miles away. Investigators believe the girls were ...
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Applications open for Tar Creek Apprenticeship Program, encouraging long-term restoration
The site, which stretches over a large swath of Northeast Oklahoma with an epicenter in Picher, is the result of over-mining on Native land. Polluted water, sinkholes and toxic chat are among the many ...
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Lauria and Ashley’s Law Passes Second Hurdle
OKLAHOMA CITY – A proposed bill aimed at keeping ... The teenagers were kidnapped from Freeman’s mobile home and taken to Picher, where authorities believe they tortured, raped, drugged ...
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EaglePicher secures $20 million Air Force contract for missile batteries
JOPLIN, Mo. — It is another multi-year, multi-million dollar contract for EaglePicher Technologies in Joplin. Close to a ...
12 Small Towns in America That People Keep Moving to—And Instantly Regret It
Moving to a small town sounds like the perfect escape—affordable homes, less traffic, and a tight-knit community. But ...
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‘It Got Everything’: Oklahoma Residents Who Escaped Fires Brace for Losses
Hundreds of homes and other buildings were destroyed in Oklahoma, as fierce winds and wildfires swept the region. transcript More than 150 blazes were burning in Oklahoma alone, damaging many ...
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EPA says cleanups continuing despite federal cuts
Despite cuts by President Donald Trump’s administration across the federal government, EPA officials in charge of cleanup in the former Tri-State Mining District say remediation work will ...