SEAN MURPHY, Associated Press

EDMOND, Okla. (AP) — One of several tornadoes that touched down Sunday in Oklahoma turned homes in a trailer park near Oklahoma City into splinters and rubble and sent frightened residents along a 100-mile corridor scurrying for shelter.

The tornadoes that touched down in Oklahoma, Kansas and Iowa were part of a massive, northeastward-moving storm system that stretched from Texas to Minnesota.

At least four separate tornadoes touched down in central Oklahoma late Sunday afternoon, including the one near the town of Shawnee, 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, that laid waste to much of a mobile home park.

Reports of injuries in that tornado strike couldn't immediately be confirmed, as getting into the area was made difficult by the overturned tractor-trailers that forced the closure of a section of Interstate 40.

A storm spotter told the National Weather Service that the tornado left the earth "scoured" at the mobile home park.

Forecasters had been warning for days that the weekend storm system could produce tornadoes, and emergency responders throughout the region were keeping a close eye on it Sunday night as it moved northeastward.

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FROM LOCAL REPORTS

Several tornadoes touched down across the state Sunday, leaving debris and downed trees scattered across roads and front yards.

The Associated Press reports at least four separate tornadoes touched down in central Oklahoma late Sunday afternoon, including the one near the town of Shawnee, 35 miles southeast of Oklahoma City, that laid waste to much of a mobile home park.

Today's first tornado was reported earlier on the ground at 15th and Coltrane in Edmond.

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As they stood together, hand in hand, Jack Smith started to make faces at his best friend.

He wasn't trying to make his partner laugh as much as he was trying to keep him from crying.

Smith, 75, and his partner, Dan John, 65, have been together for the past 45 years.

On Saturday, they pledged their love to each other in front of more than 100 people and said these words: “I give you these words for eternity, I love you, take me into your arms.”

“We never really cared about getting married,” Smith said.

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It was George Nigh's rule of thumb No. 2.

Brad Henry, who served as a summer intern for Nigh in 1982, had just been elected governor the first time.

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BY GINA STANLEY

Colten and Landen Frodsham are typical brothers. They have spent countless hours teasing, fighting, laughing and playing.

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FROM STAFF REPORTS

The 40th Symphony Show House continues from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

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Land sales

Recent major sales in Oklahoma County totaled more than million, according to deeds released from County Clerk Carolynn Caudill's Office.

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