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Showers and thunderstorms are in Oklahoma's weekend forecast. The National Weather Service said a weak frontal boundary extended across west central portions of Oklahoma Saturday morning. Isolated showers and thunderstorms are likely Saturday afternoon and evening for portions of eastern, central and southern Oklahoma. Isolated showers are likely on Sunday, but high pressure will build into the region and prevail through the rest of the holiday weekend. This will result in dry weather conditions for Labor Day. By early next week, the focus will shift to the Gulf of Mexico and the eventual track of Hurricane Gustav.
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The state Health Department says its inquiry into a deadly E. coli outbreak in northeast Oklahoma remains focused on food from a buffet restaurant in Locust Grove, even though tests of the restaurant's well water show possible bacterial contamination.

Water tests released Friday by the state Department of Environmental Quality show a private water well at the Country Cottage restaurant may be contaminated with potentially harmful bacteria. But the tests are inconclusive and "may be a very peripheral finding? in the state's overall investigation into the outbreak, state epidemiologist Kristy Bradley said.
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The lawman who arrested Tim McVeigh said Friday he survived the encounter because of his old-school training and because the Oklahoma City bomber was a coward.

"I just happened to be at the right spot at the right time, and things fell in place. And I was kept safe and the bad guy went to jail,? Charlie Hanger said.

Hanger was an Oklahoma Highway Patrol trooper when he arrested McVeigh during a traffic stop 75 minutes after the deadly April 19, 1995, bombing.

Hanger arrested McVeigh for a firearms offense after noticing the bulge of a loaded handgun underneath McVeigh's jacket.
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It's hard to believe that after three years of construction, the BOK Center is finally ready for the public.

Tulsa police looked for a group of people who officers say broke into a Tulsa home late Friday night and robbed three people inside.

Well water at a restaurant linked to a deadly E. coli outbreak has tested positive for bacteria.

The Oklahoma Department of Education grades schools every year to find out who's succeeding and who's not.  

The News On 6's Emory Bryan reports downtown streets are open after years of work.