Chicken-Fried News

At the Oklahoma County Commissioners meeting, the commission approved an item to pay for a prostate test at an upcoming health fair for county employees. It was clarified to the commission the prostate test is a blood test, not the other more physical test, which prompted Commissioner Brent Rinehart to respond: “Since I’ve been here […]

Anyone familiar with the work of unapologetically liberal filmmaker Michael Moore (“Fahrenheit 9/11,” “Bowling for Columbine”) could guess the Oscar winner isn’t likely to ever be a BFF with Sen. Jim Inhofe, but now we have proof. In his new book, “Mike’s Election Guide 2008,” Moore outlines 12 Senate seats he thinks the Democrats can […]

Making the daily slow and stalker-ish drive past a soon-to-be-opened Chick-fil-A in Norman (Chicken-Fried News doesn’t mess around when it comes to winning free food for a year), we suddenly got a hankering for an ice cold and delicious lemonade. You know, the freshly squeezed kind that Chick-fil-A makes. If only we’d been stalking Tulsa […]

For years, the CFN crew has wondered what methods Bucky the intern employs when pursuing potential mates. Some of the companions Bucky has brought to company parties have made us call local mental health wards checking to see if any residents have gone missing. But a recent study from a University of Oklahoma professor sheds […]

Motivation is a funny thing. There are those who lack motivation and never get up from the couch to, say, mow the lawn. Then there are others who are motivated to pay money for more than just weed whackin’. Oklahoma City police said a Nichols Hills motivational speaker, Gary Good, was arrested recently for allegedly […]

You know it’s not a good day when the Associated Press headline reads: “Hearing held in Custer County sex slave case” and the story is about you. We can’t help but imagine what it was like for former Custer County Sheriff Mike Burgess to see that. But maybe he has bigger fish to fry than […]

Former dreaded University of Oklahoma football coach Howard Schnellenberger lives in Florida these days. Unfortunately, some habits didn’t retire. The gridiron version of Captain Kangaroo is coaching the University of Florida Atlantic’s football team these days. And while Schnelly has amassed a record of 41 wins with 42 losses and reportedly stopped drinking, that hasn’t […]

There’ll be no more watercooler gossip in Pittsburg County. According to a story in the Tulsa World, the county’s district attorney’s office has subpoenaed Harold King, operator of the Web site McAlester Watercooler, to give up the names of people posting on his site as part of a criminal libel investigation. Apparently, DA Jim Bob […]

“There’s a big part of America that really believes that there is a war on terrorism, and that we need to finish up. “¦ So I thought it was beautiful the other day when Obama went to Afghanistan and got educated about Afghanistan and Iraq. He came back and said some really nice things. “So […]

We’re not sure what former Beatle Paul McCartney meant when he sang “Oklahoma was never like this” in his 1986 hit single “Press,” but perhaps he’d like to revise it following his most recent trip here. Oh, you mean you weren’t invited to dine with Sir Paul when he was in town last week? Yeah, […]