Chicken-Fried News

What’s the world coming to if you can’t make a joking threat against an entire city anymore? This Friday won’t be a beautiful day for the film “A Beautiful Day.” That’s when it was set to make its world premiere at Muskogee’s Bare Bones International Independent Film and Music Festival, according to an AP report, […]

With Oklahomans catching NBA fever, everyone is throwing their two cents ” including Mr. “My Two Cents” Ogle himself ” into what the name of the eventual Oklahoma City basketball team should be. The signs are looking pretty good that fast NBA action will make Oklahoma a permanent stop. The Oklahoman sports columnist Berry Tramel […]

In the world of sexually subjugating one’s fellow human beings, the Custer County sheriff’s office under Michael Burgess was allegedly a hoppin’ place, according to an affidavit. Filed in Custer County District Court on April 16, the affidavit cites 35 felony counts against Burgess, who recently stepped down as sheriff. The counts include 14 of […]

Aah, springtime, when flowers are blooming, breezes gently flutter the leaves of trees, and sunlight caresses the earth. When April showers bring “¦ morel mushrooms, and intrepid ‘shroom hunters on a quest for the flavorful fungus. Never mind that the tan to dark-brown morel features a deeply pitted, cone-shaped cap that resembles a shriveled ” […]

Malcolm Kelly is known for his Velcro palms, but the sure-handed wide receiver didn’t hold his tongue after a frustrating workout before NFL scouts last week. Instead of drawing attention to his remarkable hands, Kelly’s tryout and subsequent tantrum reportedly drew more attention to his knee and mouth. Kelly, who opted to forgo his senior […]

Although a lot of people in Oklahoma City knew him as “Father Tony,” the pope has decided to call him “Bishop.” The Rev. Anthony Taylor, priest of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Oklahoma City (previously the pastor at St. Monica Catholic Church in Edmond), has been named by the Vatican as the bishop of the […]

When Hollywood legend Charlton Heston passed away April 5 and people reminisced about some of the Oscar winner’s iconic film roles ” “Ben-Hur,” “The Ten Commandments,” “Planet of the Apes” ” Chicken-Fried News couldn’t help but think his best performance came in 1994, playing himself. In the fall of that year, Heston made a quick […]

Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, recently proposed an amendment to a Senate bill, asking for Oklahoma to quit providing any state services in foreign languages. Just what does that mean? Well, according to Terrill, it means not having to worry about providing driver’s license testing in other languages. It seems that would include Persian, also known […]

The head of the journalism school at Oklahoma State University is attempting to remove a college student from a governing board over a measly $25-per-day dispute. According to a story written by the Student Press Law Center, OSU J-school director Tom Weir sent a letter to Jessie Markovetz telling her she would have to leave […]

For a while, a tornado that damaged homes, buildings and power lines in the north metro last week was looking a lot more delicious than dangerous. An apparently hungry NewsOK.com reporter filed a next-day weather article updating Internet readers about damage caused by tornadoes that moved through the area on March 31. In the story, […]