CFN
Gazette staff
Remember that state question banning Shariah law that Oklahoma voters overwhelmingly passed during the last election? Some called it fear mongering; the measure’s co-sponsor called it a preemptive strike.

Food and Drink Features
Matt Carney, Rod Lott, Jenny Coon Peterson
We passed through the gates of the Oklahoma State Fair with empty stomachs and one goal: Eat. Eat it all. Fried. On a stick. Covered in bacon. Fried a second time.

News
Carol Cole-Frowe
The recent rains are appreciated, but it’s just a drop in a very big bucket. About 80 percent of the state, including Central Oklahoma, continues to be in a persistent, expansive, “extreme” drought.

News
Clifton Adcock
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney is making a fundraising stop in Central Oklahoma to raise money for his campaign, as well as for the state GOP.

CFN
Gazette staff
What better way to commemorate the centennial of the Oklahoma Department of Transportation than with a postcard exhibiting one of the state’s most notorious transit disasters?

CFN
Gazette staff
This just in: Oklahoma has some crazyass weather. (What? You already knew that?) And lots of earthquakes.

CFN
Gazette staff
The upcoming session of the state Legislature will wrestle with budgets, taxes and other important-sounding stuff, but perhaps no bill has fed the imagination as that of a measure aimed at banning the use of aborted fetuses in food.

News
Clifton Adcock
Republican presidential candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney visited Oklahoma City Oct. 21 to hold a fundraiser for his bid for the presidency and headline a fundraiser for the state GOP.

CFN
Gazette staff
Speaking of drugs, it looks like the state Legislature won’t be making your decongestant of choice prescription-only anytime soon. A state House panel last week rejected a measure to require a prescription for pseudoephedrine, despite the law enforcement community rallying in support of the bill.