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Dillon Richards is a general assignment reporter and multimedia journalist for KOCO 5 News, covering breaking news, crime and Oklahoma City government. Richards came to KOCO from WJAC-TV in Johnstown, Pennsylvania.

Family, friends and community members gathered on Friday to celebrate an Oklahoma World War II veteran’s 101st birthday.

Abigail Ogle anchors KOCO 5 News at 6 p. m.

Meteorologist Sabrina Bates serves as weekend meteorologist for the KOCO 5 First Alert weather team. Bates joined KOCO 5 from KFSM Fort Smith, Arkansas, where she forecast for northwest Arkansas and eastern Oklahoma as weekend meteorologist and reported as the weekday science reporter.

A 9-year-old girl from Oklahoma City placed top 5 in the junior Olympics. Now she has another medal to add to her collection.

Pesky summer bugs are in full swing. KOCO 5 has already told you mosquitoes and ticks are going crazy right now, but Field Meteorologist Michael Armstrong is looking into another problem — ants.

KOCO First Alert Meteorologist Jonathan Conder says the high heat on Friday will fuel big storms later Friday evening.

Extreme winds are expected to move into Oklahoma with the storms Friday night. The most intense storms are possible in northern Oklahoma.

“For the past month we're seeing increasing numbers of children being admitted into our children's hospital with RSV,” OU’s Chief COVID-19 Officer Dr. Dale Bratzler said. “This is very, very late to be seeing an outbreak.”

A family-owned restaurant in Luther said it's having to close its doors after no longer being able to keep up with a spike in meat prices.