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It’s not often one gets to call a murderer a murderer. But in the case of Oklahoma City murderer Benjamin Harry Crider II, the penalties are waived. Crider died recently in Marion, Ky. He was 49. According to scuttle around the Crittenden Free Press, he died of a heart attack. In 1996, Crider was arrested […]

What’s the latest between the Longhorn T-shirt guy claiming the Sooners fan grabbed his cojones? The Texas fan is suing the alleged perpetrator and site of the incident for more than $100,000, The Associated Press reports. Chicken-Fried News readers may remember that Brian Thomas claims his scrotum was torn last year by Allen Michael Beckett […]

What do you do after quitting your day job and leaving your fiancée? How about carrying a cross from Fort Kent, Maine, to Key West, Fla.? Sure, it’s a cheaper way to commute than $4-per-gallon gas, but thrifty travelin’ is not the reason Tulsa’s David Valderrama embarked on the symbolic trek. He did it to […]

Shocked, shocked we are. Apparently, the federal government thinks parts of Oklahoma’s immigration law, the once-titled House Bill 1804, go too far. By now, surely, everyone would know that HB 1804, touted by its “author,” state Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, was passed into law last year by both houses and Gov. Brad Henry, purported to […]

To paraphrase Shakespeare, you can take arms against a sea of troubles, but what good would that do? Paul and Cindy Updegraff decided it would be dumb to fistfight a flood, so they had a lawn party instead after their house flooded, and said goodbye, according to a recent story in The Oklahoman. Their Norman […]

The youngest Hanson brother booked a new gig last week as MMMPops after the birth of his baby boy on May 27. Zac Hanson, 22, and his wife, Kate, 24, became the parents of John Ira Shepherd Hanson after the birth at a Tulsa hospital, The Associated Press reported. The baby boy weighed 8 pounds, […]

Two former quarterbacks from the University of Oklahoma were in the news last week. The Sooner Nation mourned the passing of wishbone “Godfather” and former Lt. Gov. Jack Mildren at age 58. Meanwhile, fellow signal-caller J.C. Watts made headlines with the announcement of the new Black Television News Channel slated to debut next year. BTNC […]

“I take the president at his word that he is open to other ideas, and I trust that he will do everything he can to force those writing the bills in the House and Senate to moderate their flawed bills. The final test will be the legislative product Congress produces over the next few weeks. […]

The man some referred to as the prince of darkness in Oklahoma politics has arisen once again from the ashes ” and he’s collecting a paycheck for it. Former state Sen. Gene Stipe won his battle in court not to have his state pension reduced, even though he has been convicted of federal crimes involving […]

Some days it just doesn’t pay to get out of jail. Ask Robert Hanks, 26, a military security officer at Tinker Air Force Base. According to recent reports, when a Midwest City bondsman bailed him out of jail, she “Tased” him when they started arguing outside the slammer. According to a story in The Oklahoman, […]