The University of Central Oklahoma will host its fifth annual Children’s Asian Moon Festival at 7 p.m. Saturday, at Broncho Lake in the heart of UCO’s campus, 100 N. University, in Edmond. “The festival is traditionally a Chinese celebration in the fall, but we’re taking this day and using it to celebrate the Asian culture […]
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Oklahoma town celebrates man who put their town on the map with Good Luck
And, to continue the whole doctorin’ theme “¦ One Kay County town kicked up centennial festivities a notch with its celebration of, as Oklahoman state correspondent Jim Etter reported recently, “one of the most unusual events during Oklahoma’s centennial”: “the horse liniment that made Newkirk famous.” Whoa, Nellie. Held Sept. 8 this […]
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Singing Zoologist’ visiting four metro libraries
What do you get when you mix Dr. Doolittle, The Crocodile Hunter and Bill Nye the Science Guy? A high-energy, charismatic animal-lover with a penchant for communicating with children and nature in some of the most off-the-wall ways. His name is Lucas Miller, but he’s better known as “the Singing Zoologist.” Children in the metro […]
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Chickasha woman’s boyfriend alledgedly shares too much information
Some guys like to brag to their girlfriends about their past exploits. Usually it’s ill-advised ” but especially when the implied incident allegedly was with the girlfriend’s mom, as one guy found out in Chickasha. According to the Chickasha Express-Star, Minco Police Chief Gus Handke recently responded to a call from a trailer park […]
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Muskogee man wins wing-eating contest in Maryland
Now, that’s a spicy poultry appendage! The Muskogee Phoenix reported that an Oklahoman man ” and apparently his cast-iron digestive system ” took top honors at last week’s Wings to Go Homicide Hot Wing Challenge in Baltimore. Representing a Wings to Go location in Muskogee, Mike Yoss of Connerville downed 20 hot wings […]
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Dallas Cowboys football game brings Sallisaw woman riches
There are many ways to pick numbers for the lottery. But, a Sallisaw woman found the right combination of sports and betting. Sixty-year-old Nita K. Jacobs, a Texas transplant, got an Aug. 25 call from her neighbor, who wanted to know if Jacobs was interested in picking any Powerball numbers, The Associated Press reported. […]
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Oklahoma judge refers to ‘Dr. Who’ in ruling
Some of us here at Chicken-Fried News are sci-fi aficionados, but it’s unsettling when a federal judge includes “Dr. Who” references in his rulings. That’s what U.S. District Judge Ronald White did in a ruling commanding that former Oklahoma state Sen. Gene Stipe be remanded to the care of a prison hospital for evaluation. […]
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Oklahoma senator aboard aircraft shot at in Iraq
While visiting in the Middle East, a plane in which U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe (R-Oklahoma) was traveling was shot at leaving the airport in Baghdad. The C-130 military aircraft was en route to Amman, Jordan with Sen. Richard Shelby (R-Alabama), Sen. Mel Martinez (R-Florida) along with Rep. Bud Cramer (D-Alabama) aboard. Inhofe’s Washington, […]
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Oklahoma County Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extensive Service sends out wasp warning
Just when we stopped worrying about giant octopuses “¦ On CFN’s list of reasons not to go outside: 1. the sweltering heat, 2. the sweltering heat, 3. the sweltering heat. And now, 4. giant wasps! Warns Samantha Snyder, horticulture educator at the Oklahoma County Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extensive Service, giant wasps are […]
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Oklahoman loses U.S.’ oldest female Marine veteran
The United States’ oldest female veteran of the Marines ” an Oklahoma woman ” died in Owasso this August. Ninety-seven-year-old Maye Ryan passed away Aug. 13, following a brief hospital stay after she broke her hip in a fall, according to the Tulsa World. Born May 18, 1910, in Red Oak, she graduated […]