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Stories from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Estados Unidos

Explore published stories from Broken Arrow, Oklahoma, Estados Unidos and nearby.

In this place

The Bever brothers: five deaths, two survivors and a divided court

In 2015, David, April, Daniel, Christopher and Victoria Bever were killed in Broken Arrow, Oklahoma. Robert pleaded guilty; Michael was convicted by a jury, and his consecutive terms raised a legal dispute over meaningful parole for a juvenile offender. This dossier follows the emergency response, evidence, separate proceedings and the park remembering the family.

Nearby stories

399 km · Fort Worth

Mexia Supermarket: the closed store that became a public health emergency

In 1999, a closed grocery store in south Fort Worth still held food inside. The smell brought neighbours, health officials and cleanup crews to the site. Contemporary newspaper photographs and television footage trace the incident and separate archival evidence from later online legends.

851 km · Roswell

Roswell: the announced disc, the secret balloon, and the growing legend

In July 1947, a military base announced that it had recovered a “flying disc” near Roswell, then described it as a balloon hours later. This dossier follows the newspapers, FBI teletype, Project Mogul files, and later witnesses to separate documented events, supported hypotheses, and myth.

905 km · Littleton

Columbine: the victims, the warnings and the myths that endured

The 1999 attack killed twelve students and a teacher. In 2025, survivor Anne Marie Hochhalter’s death was linked to her injuries and ruled a homicide. This dossier examines the plan, emergency response, earlier warnings, mistaken narratives and memorial, distinguishing documented conclusions from causes that were never established.