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For the last two decades, Moore has been defined by its resilience in the face of tragedy, from extreme tornadoes, to the more recent heart wrenching loss of three students

Gun violence is a problem that is not going away. It impacts our schools and communities every day in many terrible ways. We need change.

By Jamie Berry | Transcript Staff Writer Jun 30, 2021 Kyle Lloyd Photo Provided Emotions were high Wednesday afternoon after a Moore police officer who fatally hit a Moore High School senior in 2019 was sentenced in Cleveland County District Court. After hearing arguments from both sides and statements from victim Emily Gaines’ mother and Officer Kyle Ray Lloyd, District Judge Jeff Virgin sentenced Lloyd to 18 years in prison, with nine years...

A jury rendered a guilty verdict Friday for Max Townsend, the man accused of hitting a group of cross country runners, killing three, in February 2020 outside Moore High School.Townsend was found guilty on three counts of second-degree murder, three counts of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in a fatality and four counts of leaving the scene of an accident resulting in injury.Its the verdict the families of those cross country runners hoped for after grieving the loss of Yuridia ...

Kyle Phillips / The Transcript Moore High School students embrace during a vigil Feb. 4, 2020, at Moore High School for the students killed and injured in a hit-and-run incident that occurred by Moore High School. Max Townsend was found guilty of all counts, including second-degree murder, related to the hit-and-run that took the lives of three Moore High runners in 2020. Kyle Phillips / The Transcript Cleveland County deputies escort Max Townsend out of Judge Walkleys courtroom Friday. A jury ...

Updated: 7:03 PM CDT May 15, 2021 KOCO Staff A Woodward woman wanted to thank Kolby Crums family for their random act of kindness by paying for a cake for her daughters 16th birthday. According to Jennifer Millers Facebook post, she went to pick up her daughters birthday cake at Johnnies Sweet Creations Inc. in Oklahoma City when she learned that somebody already paid for it. She didnt remember paying for it and thought maybe a family member had done so, but a letter tape...

ZIP Advertisement ’She could’ve made it to the WNBA’: Friends say slain Louisville teen had big heart and big talent Reggie Collier says his granddaughter, who was a junior at Western High School, lived with him. She was coming into the house after a hair appointment when he says someone walked up to her and fired multiple times. Share Updated: 7:38 PM EDT May 13, 2021 ’She could’ve made it to the WNBA’: Friends say slain Louisville teen had big heart a...

2 hrs ago Cleveland County District Court will begin a new set of jury trials April 12, including a death penalty case involving a Texas man. Joseph Fidel Alliniece, 32, of Missouri City, Texas, will stand before a jury in District Judge Lori Walkley’s courtroom following the 2018 death of Norman resident Brittani Young, 27. According to a Norman police affidavit, officers found Young on April 24, 2018, dead inside her Emerald Greens Apartments residence. Police believe Alliniece stomped h...

Construction is now complete at Moore High School’s Memorial Park. On February 3, 2020, a man, allegedly driving under the influence behind the wheel of a speeding truck, crashed into a group of Moore High School cross-country runners at nearly 80 mph. Yuridia Martinez, Kolby Crum and Rachel Freeman died after being hit. Three other students were injured.   Families of those immediately affected, Moore High School staff and students, emergency first responders, district and site leadership ...

Moore Norman Technology Center's Programming & Software Development program has been selected as one of 10 teams from across the United States to attend the Culminating Event Experience of the NASA App Development Challenge (ADC). Moore Norman Technology Center team members include the following seniors: Katrina Ashpaugh, of Norman High School; Travis Bode, Julian Lautzenheiser and Christian Zacher, all of Norman North High School; and Dylan Decoster and Lauren Smith, both of Moore ...