Oklahoma Community Correspondent for PBS @NewsHour. akemp@newshour.org https://xitter.cf/t.co/2hkYqcnD49
Oklahoma City, OK
Joined December 2008
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**AMAZON WORKERS DENIED SHELTER DURING TORNADO**
Multiple Amazon delivery drivers tell me management at an Oklahoma warehouse locked them and dozens of others out of the building during a tornado warning, capturing the entire thing on camera.
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Adam Cooper Kemp retweeted
Via @AshlyndBaecht - Oklahoma @GovStitt has granted clemency to Tremane Wood, who was set to be executed today. Story to come.
Read Ashlynd's story on Wood's case here - readfrontier.org/stories/a-b…
Adam Cooper Kemp retweeted
Weather radio stations in Ardmore, Atoka, Chickasha, Clinton, Enid, Lawton, Altus, Oklahoma City, Ponca City, Wichita Falls, Wewoka, Stillwater and Woodward will be off the air through Thursday June 5th while our main computer system gets a required scheduled update.
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Through records obtained by The O'Colly, here's an exclusive look at what led to Dr. Kayse Shrum's resignation as president of #OKState. A 21-month saga that included unanswered emails, rescheduled meetings and a surprising change of power:
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The Supreme Court on Tuesday threw out the murder conviction and death penalty for Richard Glossip, an Oklahoma man who has steadfastly maintained his innocence and averted multiple attempts by the state to execute him.
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Very cool opportunity to have my portrait of the late Santa Blair run alongside @Adam_WK's story about the Oklahoma City icon we lost earlier this year 🎅
This first Christmas without Kenny Blair, known as “Santa Blair” in Oklahoma and across the U.S., has prompted his family to reflect on the life he lived and the legacy they hope to carry on. to.pbs.org/3VLRiIm
Spoke with the family of Kenny 'Santa Blair' about his passing last spring and the legacy he leaves behind.
"He wasn’t just seen as Black Santa. He was everybody’s Santa.”
@NewsHour
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Adam Cooper Kemp retweeted
President Biden to apologize for 150-year Indian boarding school policy (from @AP) via @grahambrewer apnews.com/article/701872132…
Richard Glossip’s death penalty case returned to the Supreme Court. Here’s what happened
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Adam Cooper Kemp retweeted
Federal Lawsuit filed today on behalf of @kfor against State Superintendent Ryan Walters and his Press Secretary.
Oklahoma City Public Schools releases guidance to parents on how they will incorporate the Bible into their curriculum: okcps.org/aug724
I feel so dumb... but can y'all tell me what the heck is floating in the water?
24 years of representing Spain 🇪🇸
Rudy Fernandez puts an end to his glorious #basketball career at #Paris2024
Muchas gracias, Rudy! 👏
Adam Cooper Kemp retweeted
The identification is the first since the city of Tulsa announced the effort in 2018 to identify victims of the Tulsa Race Massacre, giving families and descendants of each unmarked burial the recognition they never received more than 100 years ago.
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On @NewsHour, @TheStephSy asks @RyanWaltersSupt what happens if his directive that all classes must teach the Bible is challenged.
Walters: “We feel very confident in President Trump’s nominees to the Supreme Court. If we get sued… we will be victorious.”
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Adam Cooper Kemp retweeted
The Oklahoma Supreme Court has ruled in favor of Attorney General Gentner Drummond in his lawsuit seeking to stop St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Charter School from becoming the nation's first public religious charter school. Story upcoming on oklahoman.com. #oklaed
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Sellout Crowd’s founders lured writers with promises of lucrative pay, and, thanks to some big name investors, enough funding to stay in business for three years. None of it was true. | via @DGoforth918
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