Chicken-Fried News

T. Boone Pickens is already on record for betting his Poke posterior that Oklahoma State would start winning after giving a $165 million gift to the university’s athletic program two years ago. What will Pickens bet now that he’s given a record-breaking $100 million for academics at his alma mater? “It’s my money,” Pickens told […]

University of Oklahoma President David Boren prides himself on his wealth of knowledge when it comes to politics and world history. Unfortunately, one OU alumnus didn’t serve Boren’s school very well on either account. OU grad Kevin James has made quite a name for himself as another of those I-scream-my-points-therefore-I-win conservative radio talk show hosts. […]

A few (un) lucky customers in the Oklahoma City area are going to get refunds or free rooms at La Quinta Inn, according to a recent settlement with Oklahoma Attorney General Drew Edmondson. According to a release from Edmondson’s office, the free rooms and/or refunds come as part of a settlement with La Quinta (literally, […]

Rainy days and Sundays always bring CFN down. That’s because liquor stores are closed all day long. In Colorado, Gov. Bill Ritter signed a bill last month allowing that state’s liquor stores to stay open on the Sabbath. Now drinkers in the neighboring state are on a Rocky Mountain high. “It was a tremendous benefit […]

It seems like every year, the Okie legislators spur a fight. The recent one’s a hootenanny. In this corner, weighing in with a considerable amount of public backing from House Bill 1804, is Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, apparently miffed at his “official English” bill getting the kibosh by the state Senate. In the other corner, […]

Either things have been running so smoothly that Muskogee’s residents didn’t care, or things couldn’t get any worse and they decided “what the hell.” History was made during last week’s election in Muskogee as a 19-year-old University of Oklahoma freshman became mayor of the town. John Tyler Hammons will spend his time combing through city […]

Forget corn or switchgrass. A Grove High School senior might have the answer to cutting prices at the pump: kudzu! Lindsay Marie Stewart, 18, posited using the plant invasive throughout the Southeast as a biofuel source at the 2008 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair this month in Atlanta. “It would give (landowners) a way […]

The criminal mind travels down its own path, leaving even the most skeptical cynics baffled at times. Take the annual May Fair festival, an event that has brought great art, tasty food and goodwill to Normanites for many years. Even the kiddos get in on the fun with an art contest for every school grade […]

Sigh. Another day, another alleged masturbating judge. Seriously. According to Tulsa police, Tulsa County District Judge Jesse Harris is charged with indecent exposure, in which he allegedly exposed himself in public to two women. The incident occurred at the Extended Stay motel in Tulsa, according to the affidavit. In that report, the police say one […]

Remember, when you care enough to send the very best, give a Hallmark card. Not ” repeat, not ” a severed dog’s head. According to an Oklahoman report, 24-year-old Rogers State University student Tywone Dion Parks is accused of dropping a disembodied doggie noggin on a pal’s porch in Claremore. Fellow student Christina Lynn Shipman […]