News Oklahoma's Cathy Tatom reported on efforts to clean up the Tar Creek Superfund site in Ottawa Co. Cleanup is still ...

PICHER, Okla. – A tornado did what the federal government could not. Ellis Jones had been a holdout in the government’s quest to pay everyone to leave Picher, contaminated from its long-closed ...

PICHER, Okla. -- A tornado roared through the northeast Oklahoma town of Picher Sunday, killing at least seven people and leaving widespread destruction. Oklahoma Highway Patrol Lt. George Brown ...

PICHER, OK -- Sunday marks the one-year anniversary of the deadly tornado in Picher. The EF-4 twister killed six people and devastated what little was left of the Ottawa County community.

PICHER -- Rescue crews using dogs completed the grisly task of searching block-by-block for bodies Sunday after a tornado tore through this small town Saturday, killing seven. "All missing people ...

Just across the state line in northeast Oklahoma, six were reported dead in Picher, which was ripped apart earlier by what may have been the same tornado. It was a final indignity for the ...

We suspect that $8 million will be enough.” Tolbert said the damage from the tornado has brought more than just funds to help the people of Picher; it has generated national awareness of the ...

and also getting hit by a destructive tornado, it ceased municipal operations in 2009. That same year, Picher-Cardin High School, perhaps best known for its distinctive “Gorilla” mascot ...

It's a familiar sound as her home was destroyed in the 2008 EF4 tornado in Picher, and few years later, her son was seriously injured in the Joplin tornado. "You can move you, you have to," she said.

Saturated with tears, they reflect her nauseating grief. Patel lost her son and daughter-in-law in the tornado that struck Picher on Saturday. Their bodies were found on Mother’s Day.