Gazette staff

For the second year in a row, the Oklahoma Heritage Association has inducted a person to the Oklahoma Hall of Fame whose honor was long overdue.   Last year, Okemah’s legendary folksinger Woody Guthrie received his spot among the state’s greats. This year, Luper will take her place, along with seven other inductees in November. […]

Stevie Nicks must be traveling without MapQuest. At her May 30 Zoo Amphitheatre performance, the “Witchy Woman” wanted to dedicate “Landslide” to someone in the audience. Since Nicks didn’t know anybody locally, she said she’d dedicate the ditty to her favorite Oklahoman: Bill Clinton.   Now, we all know Clinton hails from Arkansas, the land […]

A new epidemic is plaguing law enforcement. The war on drugs has taken a “fowl” turn, causing even the most experienced federal agents to crow in disbelief.   A recent raid of facilities in Oklahoma and Arkansas turned up more than illegal gambling activity. After several months of investigation, which included undercover operations, about 62 […]

Ah, freedom of speech, that blessing our forefathers gifted us with a can of worms.   Case in point: A recent addition to the metro’s billboard landscape on Interstate 35 by the OklahomaRiver. The white expanse features a cartoon of a Revolutionary War-esque patriot, an upside-down American flag topped by the Mexican standard, the phrase […]

If watching the local TV news sometimes has you wishing you were on angel dust, save your brain cells and instead experience a comedy high, courtesy of a four-minute, locally shot short film making its way across those Internets.   “The News” is a parody of just that, “as seen through the eyes of a […]

According to a story in The Edmond Sun, a high school graduation party led to the arrests of two parents who allowed the festivities at their house.   The story states that the party, held in an Edmond subdivision with the appropriately Edmond subdivision-y name “Crown Colony Court,” garnered a visit from the Edmond police […]

The Woodstock moment arrived just in time at the state Capitol. After weeks of throwing dirty-mouth-filled balloons at each other, the governor and Legislature came to an agreement on the state budget. While all the major players involved in the budget negotiations praised each other for their bipartisan efforts in reaching a budget, we at […]

Move over Ninja Turtles. When it comes to mutant-esque reptiles, Oklahoma has you beat.   The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently released 277 alligator snapping turtles, which had nearly disappeared from the state, into Oklahoma’s southeastern waters, The Associated Press reported.   Which means CFN intern Bucky is going to give said area a […]