Chicken-Fried News

An Oklahoma schoolteacher gave it his best shot, but fell just short of winning a $1 million prize for using his mind and creativity.   Rick DeRennaux, who teaches special education students at Bethany High School, made the finalists’ stage of the ABC program “American Inventor.” He was among three finalists; however, DeRennaux was the […]

No longer languishing in Oklahoma’s backwater dating scene, U.S. Rep. Mary Fallin, R-Oklahoma City, finally is getting a chance to let her hair down, according to a Washington, D.C., insider publication.   According to the July 24 issue of “The Hill,” Fallin, 52, is listed as one of the “50 Most Beautiful People on Capitol […]

Before Oklahoma can blow out her 100 birthday candles, one lawmaker is asking how much the party favors cost.   Rep. Mike Reynolds, R-OklahomaCity, called on the Oklahoma Centennial Commission to be more explicit about how much moolah is going toward 147 centennial projects announced recently.   “It’s not enough to tell the taxpayers where […]

After being buried in Florida for more than three decades, the remains of diminutive actor Michael Dunn have relocated to SunsetMemorial Park in Norman. So take that, Paris, with your Jim Morrison grave!   Dunn ” born Gary Miller in Shattuck ” is best known for his recurring role as the evil Dr. Loveless on […]

This actually would be funny if it didn’t involve federal prisoners.   A few inmates at the federal prison in El Reno apparently thought they could extort their way out of prison, according to an indictment detailed in the Tulsa World. It ended up landing the inmates with federal indictments.   Federal prosecutors allege the […]

One local woman wants Oklahoma City to “give peeps a chance.” She’s crying foul against zoning laws that prohibit owning chickens within city limits on land less than one acre.   The unidentified female has set up a MySpace page ” www.myspace.com/urbanchickens ” to gain support for her cause and establish a new pecking order. […]

Oklahoma City police recently investigated one of their own for text-messaging a female fellow officer about more than her beat.   The officer ” identified only as a sergeant with 14 years on the force ” text-messaged a female employee who “received a photo message on her cell phone from the suspect at approximately 10:15 […]

In an effort to stop wasteful spending ” after all, the government needs $135 billion for the war in Iraq ” Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn is going to go for the real big spenders: government mascots, according to The Associated Press.   According to the AP, Coburn thinks that the federal government is spending way […]

Perhaps attracted by our state’s cheap real estate, Thor is relocating to Oklahoma, where he will battle evildoers.   That’s right. Marvel Comics recently announced the resurrection of the comic series started in 1962 by Spider-Man creator Stan Lee, and will locate the hero in Oklahoma, according to a release from the company.   Disguised […]

A Midwest City woman details life as the wife of a convicted murderer in the August 2007 issue of Redbook magazine. Justeen Cosar met her hubby, Aaron, while accompanying a friend whose spouse was in the clink.   “I told Aaron that I worked as a court reporter and was a single mother of three […]