Gazette staff

Note to self: When flying into military airspace, perhaps it’s best not to utter the phrase “hostile takeover” and then turn off your radio. That’s what one pilot did June 11 in the friendly skies over Oklahoma, and found himself with a mess of F-16s on his tail.   According to a report on www.aero-news.net, […]

Can’t Brent Rinehart ever get a break?   The OklahomaCounty commissioner, who faces felony charges of money laundering and perjury stemming from his 2004 campaign, last week faced another accuser: the Internet.   The Oklahoman reported that several “party pictures” surfaced of Rinehart on a slide show Web site. In one picture, Rinehart is shown […]

With his “Twister” notoriety long behind him, KWTV Channel 9 meteorologist Gary England was thrust back into the national spotlight thanks to a ribbing from Jon Stewart on a June 14 “The Daily Show” segment. (YouTube video)   Stewart made fun of England’s currently airing tornado promo, which depicts a frightened family running for shelter […]

Police arrested a man recently after a rash of reports that he had been seen all over the Tulsa area exposing himself and wearing a diaper.   According to the Tulsa World and a Fox television report, the diaper flasher would enter a convenience store, go into the bathroom, then emerge in full regalia, sporting […]

Gremlins have taken over legendary Oklahoma City radio station WKY-AM 930, but the moments leading up to the takeover this week were just as interesting for radio listeners.   WKY has been many things over its long history. It played rock, pop and country while under the ownership of the Oklahoma Publishing Co. When it […]

So what does the Video Vigilante do in whatever spare time is not taken up by playing “Candid Camera” with metro-area whores? He reviews eateries, shares gift tips and plays Skip-Bo! Hey, you gotta do something while awaiting trial, right?   Brian Bates ” aka the Video Vigilante, who regularly captures footage of sex-for-cash transactions […]

  It’s official. Budding young whippersnappers at the University of Oklahoma’s student-run newspaper will have a new guru to guide them in their first interactions with the fourth estate.   Judy Gibbs Robinson was named The Oklahoma Daily’s adviser June 6, replacing the retiring Jack Willis.   A 30-year journalism veteran, Robinson handled minority affairs […]

Dude’s walking down the street, wearing only a towel, and along comes a police officer “¦   Well, that’s what happened around noon on a Friday in Edmond recently, when police were notified that a man was walking along the southbound ramp of Interstate 35 and Second Street, wearing only a towel.   According to […]