Chicken-Fried News

Ten songs we really weren’t in the mood to hear on our iPods last week: “The Power” by Snap! any version of “Baby, It’s Cold Outside” “Blackout” by Scorpions “Staying Power” by Barry White “Light My Fire” by The Doors “Dancing in the Dark” by Bruce Springsteen “Lights Out” by Peter Wolf anything by Canned […]

Dear Gov. Brad Henry:   On behalf of the Chicken-Fried News world headquarters, we greatly thank you for cutting your Hawaiian rendezvous short and touring our post-ice storm neighborhood Dec. 12. Some Oklahomans say you have made great things happen since taking over the governor’s desk. Well, the now-illuminated desks at 3701 N. Shartel certainly […]

Out of the town of Ada comes a high-speed chase in which one can just “¦ hear the banjos playing in the background.   It began, according to the Ada Evening News, when someone reportedly stole an older-model Chevy from a business at the 400 block of S. Mississippi Avenue where the owner had parked […]

At least one pundit has equated Oklahoma Republican Sen. Tom Coburn to a “skunk” recently ” and, no, gentle readers, that’s not a reference to his hair.   As part of his hold on dozens of bills that would increase spending without cutting costs, Coburn is “the man most responsible for obstructing” a bill that […]

Mayhem caused by Garfield County vandals has moved into the city of Enid, according to a story published in The Oklahoman.   The first wave of vandalism came after hoodlums stole two trucks from Rite-Way Construction late on Nov. 24 and used them for an overnight “vandalism spree” that caused $100,000 in damage and killed […]

The Cowboy nation of Oklahoma went searching from shore to shore to find a new head honcho. Turns out, they didn’t have to go far out of the valley to rope their own John Wayne.   V. Burns Hargis, a banker and political pundit, rode into Stillwater and lassoed the job. It’s one he knows […]

Mayhem caused by Garfield County vandals has moved into the city of Enid, according to a story published in The Oklahoman.   The first wave of vandalism came after hoodlums stole two trucks from Rite-Way Construction late on Nov. 24 and used them for an overnight “vandalism spree” that caused $100,000 in damage and killed […]

The chief executive officer of McAlester Regional Health Center appears to be struggling with a case of what Bucky refers to as extremely long “letteritis,” complicated by “complaineropia,” according to a recent story in the McAlester News-Capital.   The newspaper, according to the story, recently demanded through the Open Records Act an accounting of all […]

Here at the CFN news desk, we’re disturbed to discover the existence of ” it seems ” a few people in Oklahoma City-ville with hearts two sizes too small.   According to a KOCO-TV Channel 5 report, police are looking into an attack recently made on a homeless man downtown. The assailants took the man’s […]

With nominations for the 50th annual Grammy Awards announced recently, several Oklahomans found their names on the list.   Vince Gill’s four-disc “These Days” is up for Album of the Year. Although he faces stiff competition from Kanye West, Amy Winehouse and Foo Fighters, CFN intern Bucky ” an ace Grammy predictor since the days […]