Chicken-Fried News

Here we go, again. Or, excuse us, ere-hay e-way o-gay, gain-ay. Yup, celebrate non-English phrases now, dear etro-may esidents-ray, because state Rep. Randy Terrill, R-Moore, is again proposing making English the official language of Oklahoma.   According to The Associated Press, Terrill said last week the planned legislation would mandate all official state government business […]

There’s strange stuff coming out of Oklahoma’s higher courts these days: for instance, the ruling stating that it’s OK to stick a camera into a female’s business.   Oh, yeah. A recent ruling by the Oklahoma Court of Criminal Appeals tossed out the case against Riccardo Gino Ferrante, charged in 2006 of taking photographs up […]

A Taco Bell in Edmond is making headlines after police busted a couple of employees for allegedly lighting up a couple of hooters.   According to The Edmond Sun, an anonymous caller who had driven through the drive-through (!) smelled a strong odor of marijuana wafting out from inside the restaurant. (Dude, did you hear […]

One of the student mascots for the Oral Roberts University Golden Eagles will no longer be flying during basketball games. Seems one of the students who wears the oversized eagle costume, with a head the size of a Mini Cooper, got into a tussle with an opposing team’s mascot and wound up getting his feathers […]

What new release will you be taking home from the DVD store next Tuesday? The Disney family hit “Enchanted”? Will Smith’s post-apocalyptic blockbuster “I Am Legend”? Or will it be “Fingerprints”?   Yeah, “Fingerprints.” You know, the horror thriller about the ghosts of dead kids who push cars across railroad tracks? No? Stars Lou Diamond […]

Reaction to Oklahoma Gazette’s March 5 story, “Pipe dream,” was as varied as the spellings of Sequoyah’s name.   The article detailed how the ubiquitous usage of Sequoyah began with him as the namesake of a proposed state for American Indians. A sidebar showed that his name does not reside in the annals of the […]

Gum. It’s the new duct tape.   Per a recent research study published in Urology (yup!), chewing pieces of gum apparently helps people recovering from gastrointestinal surgery to be able to go more speedily “¦ to pot.   Researchers tracked 102 patients undergoing gastrointestinal surgery, giving half five pieces of gum to chew each day […]

The roof, the roof, the roof is on fire up in Stillwater. And let us tell you, all the police up there apparently have a lot of time on their hands.   According to a recent story in the Stillwater NewsPress, three law enforcement agencies ” three! ” converged on four dudes sitting on their […]

A deputy for the Rogers County sheriff’s department took a long trip to pick up a convicted felon. But a judge basically made the trip pointless when he released the embezzler as soon as the deputy brought her to court.   The Claremore Daily Progress tells the story of Cynthia Izon, 44, who was convicted […]

In a recent phone interview with KJ-103’s “TJ, Janet & Jrod” morning show (jeez, that’s a lot of J’s!), tween superstar Miley Ray Cyrus (OMG!!!) admitted that a lot of guys come to her concerts “¦ but not exactly the kind she’d like.   Cyrus, the singing star of Disney Channel’s improbably successful “Hannah Montana” […]