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The Indoor Football League is proud to announce the addition of a new member team in Oklahoma City for the 2011 season. The AFL Oklahoma City Yard Dawgz announced today that they will no longer be able to provide football to their community, but there is relief for local fans.  A new ownership group will join the IFL as an expansion team in Oklahoma City in 2011. The new team is scheduled to make its formal announcement during the first week of November. The team is also set to have a "Name the Team"   contest for community members to vote on their favorite title for the new team.

At least three earthquakes have shaken central oklahoma this morning, and some have been felt in Kansas The U.S. Geological Survey says a 4.7 magnitude earthquake struck at 2:12 this morning, with an epicenter about about 50 miles east of Oklahoma City. Then a 3.4 magnitude aftershock was reported at 2:27 a.m. from the same location. The survey also indicated another 2.7 magnitude quake also was recorded at 2:44 a.m. So far there have been no reports of damage

The Oklahoma City Thunder will play a preseason game at Wichita's INTRUST Bank Arena. The Thunder will face the Dallas Mavericks on October 24. Tickets will start at $12 and go on sale at Select-A-Seat outlets on May 23. The Thunder were scheduled to play an exhibition game in Wichita against New Orleans last October. The game was cancelled due to the NBA lockout.

EagleMed officials say they're still trying to learn more about what led to a helicopter crash, killing two of three people on board. Around eight o'clock Thursday night, an EagleMed A-Star 350 based out of Oklahoma City went down near Kingfisher. The town is about 45 miles northwest of Oklahoma City. Map - Area of Crash Pilot Al Harrison, 56, and nurse Ryan Duke, 35, both died in the crash. Nurse/Paramedic Michael Eccard, 34, was transported to OU Medical Center in Oklahoma City, where he remains in serious condition.

Original Posted: March 2008 They're the ones that get the most attention, because they have the potential to do the most damage. "When a tornado hits a major metropolitan area there is so much more material for that tornado to ingest and turn into a deadly projectile," says Eric Schminke, General Forecaster for the National Weather Service. But tornadoes like the one that did major damage in Atlanta Friday night (March 14, 2008) don't blow through that often.

Kansas head coach Bill Self announced Tarik Black will transfer from Memphis and has signed a grant-in-aid agreement to play men's basketball at KU. Black, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound front court player from Memphis, Tenn., received his bachelor's degree in organizational leadership from Memphis earlier this month and will have one year of eligibility at KU. “Although excited our by enthusiasm is tempered by what is happening just south...

Three cities, three signatures all supporting daily passenger train service through Wichita.  Friday afternoon the City of Wichita announced Mayor Carl Brewer along with the mayors of Oklahoma City and Kansas City have signed a joint letter of support. Click here to read press release The idea is to close the 185 mile gap and provide passenger train service from Oklahoma City to Wichita. On top of the letter, the city says the Kansas Department of Transportation has authorized the City of Wichita to pursue federal funding for this expansion.

Email Lauren: lseabrook@kwch.com Like Lauren on Facebook: Lauren on Facebook Follow Lauen on Twitter: twitter.com/goseabrook Lauren Seabrook comes to KWCH from Topeka where she worked as Evening Anchor and Reporter for Kansas First News. She started at KTKA in 2009 and joined KSNT and KTMJ during a merge in 2011. Lauren is a native Oklahoman and graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a degree in Broadcast Journalism in May 2009. While attending UCO, Lauren anchored, reported and produced for NewsCentral, a local cable news affiliate.

People across southeast Kansas felt an earthquake at 8:47 p.m. Monday night. The United States Geological Society confirms that the tremor was a 4.7 magnitude earthquake five miles northwest of Prague, Oklahoma. There are no reports of injuries or damage in Kansas. The state has experienced a series of aftershocks from earthquakes near Oklahoma City in recent days. On November 5 a 5.6 magnitude earthquake with an epicenter about 40 miles from Oklahoma City could be felt as far north as Salina.

Here are some of the many ways you can help the people of Oklahoma as they deal with massive cleanup and recovery efforts . If you want to help in the relief efforts - the best thing you can do is send money.  The Kansas Division of Emergency Management is urging anyone who wants to contribute to relief efforts to donate cash rather than goods. "It is such a heartbreaking situation we are witnessing with our neighbors in Oklahoma and I know a lot of people want to help because that is just the way Kansans are," said Gov. Sam Brownback.

Kansas head coach Bill Self announced Tarik Black will transfer from Memphis and has signed a grant-in-aid agreement to play men's basketball at KU. Black, a 6-foot-9, 245-pound front court player from Memphis, Tenn., received his bachelor's degree in organizational leadership from Memphis earlier this month and will have one year of eligibility at KU. “Although excited our by enthusiasm is tempered by what is happening just south...

Here's the message from the best sign I've seen in a while today: “There's no stop, drop and roll in hell”. Origins--- They may be in Oklahoma City and Memphis now, but time was that the Thunder was in Seattle and the Grizzlies in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Griz were in the Pacific Northwest from 1995 to 2001 and never won more than 23 games in a season. Interestingly, current Grizzlies coach Lionel Hollins was with the team for a season in Canada winning just 18 games in the 1999-2000 season, the only season that former Wichita State star Antione Carr played in Vancouver.

Three cities, three signatures all supporting daily passenger train service through Wichita.  Friday afternoon the City of Wichita announced Mayor Carl Brewer along with the mayors of Oklahoma City and Kansas City have signed a joint letter of support. Click here to read press release The idea is to close the 185 mile gap and provide passenger train service from Oklahoma City to Wichita. On top of the letter, the city says the Kansas Department of Transportation has authorized the City of Wichita to pursue federal funding for this expansion.

We have seen a lot of photos in the past few days, but there might be clues in those snapshots that the average person would not notice. Eyewitness News wanted to know why investigators are not releasing more information. "For an investigation to be good, we shouldn't know and we can't know," said former FBI agent Dan Jablonski. Jablonski says giving the public too much information right now could hurt the investigation. After 28 years in the Bureau, he thinks the Boston explosions were an act of revenge.

Bill Self is officially a hall-of-famer, in Oklahoma.  It was announced on Tuesday that the Kansas men's basketball coach will be one of seven people inducted in the 2013 class of the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame. “I don't think I've ever been inducted into anything like that. It's a great honor,” Self said. “I'm really proud of my state and respect all the people in different sports and different areas that have contributed to the rich sports history of Oklahoma.” Bill Self went to high school in Edmond, Oklahoma.  He was named his home state's High School Basketball Player of the Year in 1981.  Self played collegiately at Oklahoma State University from 1982-85.

Email Lauren: lseabrook@kwch.com Like Lauren on Facebook: Lauren on Facebook Follow Lauen on Twitter: twitter.com/goseabrook Lauren Seabrook comes to KWCH from Topeka where she worked as Evening Anchor and Reporter for Kansas First News. She started at KTKA in 2009 and joined KSNT and KTMJ during a merge in 2011. Lauren is a native Oklahoman and graduated from the University of Central Oklahoma with a degree in Broadcast Journalism in May 2009. While attending UCO, Lauren anchored, reported and produced for NewsCentral, a local cable news affiliate.

The Oklahoma City Thunder will play a preseason game at Wichita's INTRUST Bank Arena. The Thunder will face the Dallas Mavericks on October 24. Tickets will start at $12 and go on sale at Select-A-Seat outlets on May 23. The Thunder were scheduled to play an exhibition game in Wichita against New Orleans last October. The game was cancelled due to the NBA lockout.

Leaders of Wichita's aircraft unions say they feel misled by Boeing's decision to leave the Air Capital by the end of 2013. “It's a sad day,” said Midwest SPEEA Director Bob Brewer.  He spoke minutes after the aerospace giant informed its 2160 local employees.  “It was rather quiet in there this morning,” said Brewer.  “A lot of people feared the worst and it happened.” Brewer said Wichita is now competing with other cities and states that are trying to lure away work.

Wichita Mayor Carl Brewer says losing Boeing is like losing a family member. The more than 80 year Wichita tradition is leaving. Boeing says it can no longer afford to operate its Wichita facility. That's the main reason it gave for choosing to shut down the defense operations in Wichita by the end of 2013. Boeing says it started studying the facilities future in the middle of 2011. The results were finished in November and Boeing made the decision to leave December 30. Read Boeing Statement Vice president and general manager for BDS' Maintenance, Modifications & Upgrades division Mark Bass said that over the last five years Wichita projects have been winding down.  He says Wichita does not have enough business on the horizon to maintain the facility.  "In this time of defense budget reductions, as well as shifting customer priorities, Boeing has decided to close its operations in Wichita to reduce costs, increase efficiencies, and drive competitiveness," said Bass.