In a tiny Grant County town just a few miles from the Kansas border, a white water tower familiar to film fans worldwide rises above a short row of neat, primarily red-brick buildings. Wakita's Main ...

Jan de Bont had never been to Oklahoma or even seen a tornado in person when he first read the script for "Twister." But the Dutch filmmaker knew right away where and when he needed to make the movie.

WAKITA, Okla. — Nearly 30 years ago, the cult classic movie “Twister” made its premiere worldwide — becoming the second-highest grossing film of 1996. With the new stand alone sequel “Twisters” ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. WAKITA, Okla. — The storm season for the ...

Blowing out 25 candles on a celebratory cake should be no problem from something as powerful as “Twister.” A filmed-in-Oklahoma blockbuster that grossed nearly $500 million worldwide, “Twister” is ...

WAKITA – Tornadoes are associated with death and misery. Not this one. “It has kept us alive in a lot of ways,” Mary Schmitz said. Schmitz, a Wakita resident, was referring to a fictional twister that ...

With a population of around 300 people, visitors from around the country are flocking to a small Oklahoma town two hours north of Oklahoma City. In Wakita, the main thing visitors want to see if the ...

If you're a Kansan with cable, you've likely seen the 1996 tornado movie "Twister." Maybe you've even seen it several times this month. The film, one of the more realistic of the unrealistic tornado ...

WAKITA, Okla. (AP) - Tornadoes are associated with death and misery. Not this one. “It has kept us alive in a lot of ways,” Mary Schmitz said. Schmitz, a Wakita resident, was referring to a fictional ...

Universal Pictures and Amblin Entertainment have begun development on Twisters, a sequel to the 1996 blockbuster Twister, according to Entertainment Tonight. It has been 26 years since the original, ...

When your job is to meet famous faces, you often have to try and remember that stars are people, too. And then there are those rare times when the people you meet just happen to be stars. That's what ...