Chicken-Fried News

Some of us here at Chicken-Fried News are sci-fi aficionados, but it’s unsettling when a federal judge includes “Dr. Who” references in his rulings.   That’s what U.S. District Judge Ronald White did in a ruling commanding that former Oklahoma state Sen. Gene Stipe be remanded to the care of a prison hospital for evaluation. […]

Now, that’s a spicy poultry appendage!   The Muskogee Phoenix reported that an Oklahoman man ” and apparently his cast-iron digestive system ” took top honors at last week’s Wings to Go Homicide Hot Wing Challenge in Baltimore.   Representing a Wings to Go location in Muskogee, Mike Yoss of Connerville downed 20 hot wings […]

Some guys like to brag to their girlfriends about their past exploits. Usually it’s ill-advised ” but especially when the implied incident allegedly was with the girlfriend’s mom, as one guy found out in Chickasha.   According to the Chickasha Express-Star, Minco Police Chief Gus Handke recently responded to a call from a trailer park […]

The United States’ oldest female veteran of the Marines ” an Oklahoma woman ” died in Owasso this August.   Ninety-seven-year-old Maye Ryan passed away Aug. 13, following a brief hospital stay after she broke her hip in a fall, according to the Tulsa World.   Born May 18, 1910, in Red Oak, she graduated […]

A University of Oklahoma fan allegedly assaulted a Texas Longhorns fan by tearing his scrotum in a local bar, according to a recent story.   Allen Michael Beckett, 53, faces an aggravated assault and battery charge after the incident, which court docs indicate occurred in June at the Henry Hudsons Pub at 3509 N.W. 58th, […]

Everyone wants to find a way to make it into the Guinness book of world records. Ashrita Furman reportedly has the record for most deep knee bends in one minute while standing on a Swiss ball (it’s 30, if you really want to know). Suresh Joachim holds the record for the longest time spent ironing […]

Just when we stopped worrying about giant octopuses “¦   On CFN’s list of reasons not to go outside: 1. the sweltering heat, 2. the sweltering heat, 3. the sweltering heat. And now, 4. giant wasps!   Warns Samantha Snyder, horticulture educator at the Oklahoma County Oklahoma State University Cooperative Extensive Service, giant wasps are […]

The law wasn’t fuzzy for a cross-dressing man whom police say swiped a $1 pair of fuzzy dice from a local Dollar General store, per a recent story.   According to the McAlester News Capitol, the 19-year-old faces up to 30 days in jail and a $500 fine for alleged larceny of merchandise from a […]

The announcement that Fox Sports television is bringing in former University of Oklahoma head football coach Barry Switzer as an analyst did more than just raise eyebrows in the CFN department. It actually got Bucky out of his chair for a quick “Boomer Sooner” yell ” which set off the building alarm.   The charismatic […]

Well, it’s official: Oklahoma-born children adopted by out-of-state, same-sex couples exist after all. (Since 2004, it’s been questionable, when a state law began barring issuing them birth certificates.)   The Oklahoma State Department of Health said last week it won’t challenge a 10th Circuit Court of Appeals decision that affirmed a federal judge’s ruling that […]