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Ornaments Give Tornado Victims A Little Christmas Cheer
Kate Carlton Greer is a general assignment reporter for KGOU. She covered Oklahoma's efforts in tornado response and recovery as part of KGOU's "Ahead of the Storm: The Oklahoma Tornado Project" from October 2013 through September 2014. Kate also served as the Community Calendar Producer from January to August in 2013. She grew up in Flower Mound, Texas, and studied broadcasting and electronic media at the University of Oklahoma.
An active wildfire east of Naples and south of Interstate 75 in the Picayune Strand State Forest burned 650 acres and was 45 percent contained as of 9 p.m. Monday. Earlier voluntary evacuations have been rescinded. A second Collier County fire, north of I-75, was 90 percent contained by 8 p.m.