All posts tagged "Oklahoma City"

By Heide Brandes

Always had a hankering to vacation in Oklahoma in order to see a bleak landscape dotted with oil derricks, strip centers, meth-addicted teens hanging out in front of the Sip 'n Save, and the kind of neon-y glitz and glamour that makes Nebraska look like Wyoming? No? Okay then.

The American Civil Liberties Union is taking on the state of Oklahoma over a monument featuring the Ten Commandments from the Old Testament of the Judeo-Christian Bible, which is prominently placed in the Oklahoma State Capitol in Oklahoma City. According to a statement released by the ACLU and the ACLU of Oklahoma Foundation on Tuesday, the lawsuit "seeks to have the monument removed" on the grounds that it violates constitutional provisions against use of government property to promote a particular sect or religion.

A 65-year-old man died Saturday after driving his car off of a bridge amid heavy flooding in Oklahoma City caused by the May 31 storms that washed through the region, bringing not only tornadoes but torrential rainfall.

The death toll from tornadoes that ripped through Oklahoma has risen to nine and includes two children, authorities said Saturday, less than two weeks after the US state was hit by a monster twister.

Tornadoes killed at least five people and wreaked massive damage in Oklahoma near the battered city of Moore, still recovering from a monster twister less than two weeks ago.