Chicken-Fried News

According to Robert G. Kaiser, associate editor at The Washington Post, the president routinely signs autographs as he’s leaving the Chamber of the United States House of Representatives after his State of the Union address. That doesn’t mean it looks subtle when these signature shenanigans are shown on national television.   Oklahoma’s own U.S. Rep. […]

A married biker couple in Medicine Park (near the Wichita Mountains, dear geographically challenged) are seeing success with their motorcycle shop despite gripes from local churchgoers, according to an article published in The Oklahoman.   After briefly considering opening a coffee shop/law office (a hybrid business popular in nearby cosmopolitan cities like Lawton, Fletcher and […]

Oklahoma City Mayor Mick Cornett was feeling quite lyrical delivering his State of the City address Jan. 31 before bigwigs at the Cox Business Services Convention Center.   Cornett delivered a speech that covered four main topics: education, health, the future Core to Shore project and the proposed Ford Center upgrade. That heavy subject matter […]

What creatures might one never spot but sound like a million smoke detectors with their batteries running out? That would be the “Cajun chorus frog,” a newly discovered species native to eastern Oklahoma.   Former Oklahoma Gazette intern Althea Peterson reported the “ribbiting” story in the Tulsa World (she done us proud!).   Its discovery […]

Former KWTV Channel 9 sportscaster Chris Harrison has a new gig to keep him out of the soup kitchen lines between seasons of ABC’s “The Bachelor”: as host of Fox’s latest game show, “The Moment of Truth.”   The show, which premiered Jan. 23, submits contestants to a battery of 21 personal questions, increasing on […]

We at CFN love positive feedback. Nothing warms the cockles of the heart more than sincere appreciation from the community.   CFN is all about giving. In that spirit, we’d like to share a recent CFN letter from Edmond resident Katy Jones. The Jan. 16 CFN she references was about John Cleese, a member of […]

There’s hardly anything funnier than when elected officials get caught acting like the laws they write don’t apply to them. And with our lawmakers, the funny bone is constantly tickled.   Members of the state House of Representatives shared a philosophy more akin to Leona Helmsley than your friendly neighborhood CPA when they failed to […]

Although CFN is avoiding endorsements during this political season, we want to mention that a new presidential candidate lives right here in River City!   Er, it’s actually Ponca City, but he’s an Oklahoma resident! Independent candidate Richard Fleharty reportedly needs 40,000 signatures to get his John Hancock on the ballot, according to News9.com. Fleharty, […]

Every day, thousands upon thousands of times over, a line gets snagged on an underwater obstruction. It’s just not every day that the obstruction turns out to be a stretch limo. And a Hummer limo at that.   That’s what happened to Bob Faulker at Lake Texoma recently, according to a report by area station […]

A strange sight took place in the Crown Heights neighborhood during the morning hours on a recent Thursday.   One of Crown Heights’ more prominent residents is Democratic Party activist Mike Turpen and his wife, Susan. Along with being a good Democrat, Mike Turpen served the state as attorney general in the Eighties and ran […]