Some residents of McAlester are getting to know each other very well thanks to their local gas company. About 250 homes had their gas turned off after their utility, Public Gas Co., failed to make payment to its supplier, the McAlester News-Capital reported. Residents were not told about the financial blunder and, without warning, […]
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Norman museum holds Native American Youth Language Fair
A battle of wits and words will be waged Thursday and Friday at the fifth annual Oklahoma Native American Youth Language Fair. Held at the Sam Noble Oklahoma Museum of Natural History, 2401 Chautauqua in Norman, participants will demonstrate their knowledge of more than 18 different American Indian languages. Students compete in spoken […]
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OKC to host men’s national gymnastics competition
Mayor Mick Cornett and Olympic champion Bart Conner announced today Oklahoma City will host the 2007 USA Gymnastics Junior Olympic Men’s National Championships May 9 through 13. Contested at the CoxConvention Center, more than 800 gymnasts will participate in the eight-session competition. Cornett and Conner made the announcement from The International Gymnastics Hall […]
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Umbrella causes University of Oklahoma lockdown
Given last week’s tragic shootings at Virginia Tech, Chicken-Fried News understands that college campuses nationwide have every reason to be on edge and hyperalert. But that shouldn’t affect one’s ability to recognize common household objects. On the morning of April 17, one day after a student killed 33 people, including himself, at Virginia Tech, […]
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Oklahoma student plays hooky thanks to father’s surprise visit
Hopefully Zac Roberts will not get an unexcused absence for skipping out of class one day last week. The second-grader at PleasantValeElementary School in Enid received one heck of a surprise birthday present when his father walked into the classroom. Army Reservist Sgt. Ray Roberts had been stationed in Afghanistan and just arrived back […]
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Oklahoma legislators try to declare watermelon as vegetable
Welcome to Oklahoma, where our chickens aren’t animals, our beer is nonintoxicating, our watermelons are vegetables, and our doo-doo don’t stink. The efforts of RushSprings’ favorite son, state Rep. Joe Dorman, finally bore fruit. Oops. Make that vegetable. The rural Okie Democrat moved heaven, Earth and apparently genome to get the state vegetable […]
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Oklahoma principal not supportive of breast-cancer statement
When is addressing breast cancer a bit too risqué? Apparently for administrators at Oklahoma Union High School ” according to a mom-daughter duo ” in school. Samantha Kuehn, a senior at the rural school near Bartlesville, got sent home to change recently after she sported what the principal termed an “inappropriate” article of clothing: […]
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Gazette wins NAMI Oklahoma award
Oklahoma Gazette was given the National Alliance on Mental Illness’ Outstanding Media Award April 16 for contributions to the goals of NAMI Oklahoma. NAMI Oklahoma recognized the Gazette for Nathan Gunter’s “Crisis intervention” story, which published Aug. 2, 2006. The article addressed actions taken by the Oklahoma Bar Association to provide preventative assistance to lawyers […]
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What can be bought with Oklahoma football coach’s salary
What can you do with 3.5 million Washingtons? Bucky took a Web whirl: Pay for Canada’s involvement in Afghanistan “¦ through 2009. Buy the property of Tulsa’s iconic (but demolition-slated) Camelot Hotel (complete with moat and drawbridge). Cover the operating expenses of schools shorted in the recent legislative budget, according to Treasurer Scott Meacham […]
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Oklahoma governor, Democrats work on their relationship
Like in a broken marriage, where the partners need their best friend to run messages back and forth, Gov. Brad Henry and the Senate Democrats appear ready to fight over who gets the car and who gets the dog. The past few weeks have seen the two sides squabbling over everything from money to […]