MOORE REVISITED!
Two Schools Crushed as Storm Reduces Areas to Splinters, Rubble

A giant, mile-wide tornado killed at least 24 Monday afternoon, as it tore through this Oklahoma City suburb, flattening homes, flinging cars through the air and crushing at least two schools packed with children. The injured began flooding into hospitals, and authorities said many remained trapped hours after the estimated 190 miles per hour storm subsided, even as rescue workers were struggling to make their way through debris-clogged streets to the devastated suburb of Moore, where ............READ MORE

On Sunday
President to Visit,
View the Damage

President Barack Obama will travel to the Oklahoma City area on Sunday to visit with victims and survivors of this week’s deadly storms, aides said Wednesday.
The president will “see first-hand the response to the devastating tornadoes and severe weather that have impacted the area on Sunday night and Monday,” said White House spokesman Jay Carney..........READ MORE

‘Always Smiling’
9-Year-Old Is Among First Victims Identified

A 9-year-old girl who was “always smiling” is among the first of the Oklahoma tornado victims to be identified. Third-grader Ja’Nae Hornsby was one of the students who perished when the twister demolished Plaza Towers Elementary School in Moore on Monday afternoon.
Members of her grieving family gathered Tuesday at a Baptist church in Oklahoma City to console each other after a night of anxious waiting ended with a hope-shattering call from the medical examiner’s.......READ MORE