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‘Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror’: See the exclusive trailer for moving documentary

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April 10, 2025

‘Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror’: See the exclusive trailer for moving documentary

Netflix is commemorating the 30th anniversary of one of the gravest days in our nation’s history with its upcoming documentary “Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror.”

USA TODAY can exclusively reveal a trailer for the moving 82-minute film, streaming April 18. It chronicles what was then considered the worst act of American domestic terror and the resilience of the capital city and those affected by the 168 lives lost. On April 19, 1995, Timothy McVeigh drove a large rented truck containing a 4,800-pound bomb to the nine-story Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, where several federal agencies including the Secret Service and Army and Marine recruitment had offices employing hundreds. A daycare center also operated on the property.

McVeigh, an Army veteran who served during the Persian Gulf War, explained his motives for the anti-government attack in a letter published by The Guardian. “Foremost the bombing was a retaliatory strike; a counter attack for the cumulative raids (and subsequent violence and damage) that federal agents had participated in over the preceding years (including, but not limited to, Waco),” McVeigh wrote, referencing the fatal standoff between law enforcement and cult leader David Koresh exactly two years before the Oklahoma City bombing.

At 9:02 on that fateful spring morning, the bomb exploded, causing one-third of the Federal Building to crumble.

“I remember we were having breakfast,” Dr. Carl Spengler, who assisted in triage care, says in the preview, “and then there was this explosion that kind of rocked us out of our table.”

“The whole front of the Federal Building is gone,” a voice describing the emergency says. “All floors to the roof.”

Filmmakers reconstruct the events of that morning and the days that followed with people on site during the tragedy and law enforcement officers desperate to solve the case.

“I thought maybe I was dead,” remembers survivor Amy Downs, who worked in the building. “I realized I was buried alive.”

The preview touches on the rage lodged at callous McVeigh. A child smiles while holding a cardboard sign that reads, “Oklahoma justice hang the sucker.” A woman interviewed at the time declared to the camera, “I think they should let him loose out front and let everybody have at him.”

“Everybody that has somebody in the building,” Renee Moore, whose son attended daycare at the Federal Building, begins in the trailer, “we have to live with this.” Her pain, marked by tears, is a stark contrast to McVeigh. He can be heard saying coldly, “Am I remorseful? No.”

It’s the same alarming attitude that USA TODAY reporter Kevin Johnson experienced in a 1996 meeting with McVeigh, who was executed in 2001. “His self-absorption, against the backdrop of such enormous loss, was particularly striking,” Johnson wrote. “It remained a constant theme throughout the session.”

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‘Field of Flags’ to honor Oklahoma City bombing victims

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April 17, 2026

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‘Field of Flags’ to honor Oklahoma City bombing victims

OKLAHOMA CITY (KOKH) — Oklahoma Christian University is honoring victims of the Oklahoma City bombing with a special display on campus.

They installed 168 Oklahoma flags at the campus entrance.

Organizers say it is to mark the 31st anniversary of the 1995 attack on the Murrah Federal Building in downtown Oklahoma City and to remember each life lost.

The annual ‘Field of Flags’ tradition transforms the campus.

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The display remains up through April 19, 2026.

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Oklahoma Moves up Friday Start Times for Baseball, Softball Games

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April 16, 2026

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Oklahoma Moves up Friday Start Times for Baseball, Softball Games

OU fans hoping to make it to either diamond on Friday will need to get there earlier than expected.

Oklahoma announced on Thursday that its baseball and softball series openers will each begin at 5:30 p.m on Friday.

Game 1 of the No. 14 Sooners’ baseball series against Missouri was scheduled to begin at 6:30 p.m., while the No. 1 softball team’s series opener against No. 8 Arkansas was slated for 7 p.m.

In a pair of releases on OU’s athletic website, the reason given for both time changes was “forecasted inclement weather.” According to the National Weather Service, severe weather is supposed to arrive in Norman and its surrounding areas around 8 p.m.

OU’s other baseball games against the Tigers on Saturday and Sunday will remain at their scheduled times (4 p.m. and 2 p.m., respectively). The softball games scheduled for Saturday and Sunday will remain at 7 p.m. and 1 p.m., respectively.

The baseball team’s three-game duel with Mizzou will be OU’s third home series of SEC play. Oklahoma opened conference play by taking two games of three against Texas A&M before dropping two of three to Alabama a few weeks later.

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OU has already played three SEC road series. The Sooners won two games of three at LSU in March before getting swept at Texas a week later. Most recently — last week — Oklahoma won two games against Vanderbilt in Nashville.

Oklahoma (24-12 overall, 7-8 SEC) sits in a five-way tie for ninth place in the SEC standings alongside Mississippi State, Kentucky, Tennessee and Vanderbilt.

Missouri, on the other hand, has played its way out of contention.

The Tigers come to Norman 20-17 and 3-12. They earned a road series win against Kentucky two weeks ago, but they followed that up with three losses in a row to fellow conference bottom feeder South Carolina last week. Mizzou has been swept three times — by Auburn, Texas A&M and the Gamecocks — since the start of SEC play.

On the softball side, Oklahoma is ranked No. 1 after taking two games of three against former top-ranked squad Texas. The Sooners, though, dropped their third game in Austin before falling to unranked Oklahoma State at Devon Park in Oklahoma City on Wednesday.

The Sooners are 40-5 overall and 13-2 in conference play. OU currently sits atop the SEC standings, one game ahead of second-place Alabama.

Arkansas comes into the series at Love’s Field on a heater. The Razorbacks (35-6, 10-5) have won six of their last seven contests. Their only series loss of conference play this year came against Alabama, which is ranked No. 3.

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Oklahoma police set up sting for stolen property

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April 16, 2026

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Oklahoma police set up sting for stolen property

TULSA, Okla. (KOKH) — One person has been arrested after allegedly trying to sell stolen property on Facebook.

On April 10, an officer with the Tulsa Police Department saw a post on Facebook Marketplace for a projector lens that was stolen from the condemned Promenade Mall.

The lens, which is worth $20,000, was listed for just $500.

The officer used a fake Facebook account to message the seller and arranged a trade for the lens in exchange for a minibike.

Earlier this week, 19-year-old Zachery Scrivner met with the officer and was arrested.

According to the police department, Scrivner said he knew the lens was stolen but decided to try to sell it anyway.

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He was arrested on a complaint of knowingly concealing stolen property.

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