Chicken-Fried News

Perhaps not as famous (or infamous?) as the man who squeezed into his ex-wife’s wedding dress, but right up there in oddity, a small Oklahoma college recently auctioned off a year’s worth of tuition on eBay.   Schooling at Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville found a place on the site’s “other” category alongside voltage converters […]

A bill that the state House’s General Government and Transportation Committee passed last week has ruffled the feathers of many of the state’s American Indian tribes (you know, the people who lived in Oklahoma ” not to mention the nation ” first). House Bill 1423, proposed by Rep. George Faught, R-Muskogee, calls for a recognized […]

For the second year running, Miss America is an Okie. University of CentralOklahoma music theater sophomore Lauren Nelson, 20, won the hearts of the pageant judges ” including “Hardball”‘s Chris Matthews ” last week as the contest’s 80th “crownee.” She belted out Phil Collins’ “You’ll Be in My Heart,” stood up for protecting kids from […]

It was a strange feeling for many reporters, and some former reporters. A strange presence felt, which caused peculiar feelings to creep among the crowd members.    At a recent press conference in the state Capitol, there were a few familiar faces, but they were standing in unfamiliar places. Gov. Brad Henry was addressing the […]

Former Federal Emergency Management Agency head Michael “Brownie” Brown, who was offered up for excoriation following the Hurricane Katrina disaster, said it was White House strategy that had a lot to do with how wrong things went, according to The Associated Press.   (Why do we care, you ask, dear Chicken-Fried News reader? Well, Brownie, […]

It probably doesn’t get worse than a child-custody battle when your ex allegedly gets naked pics of you. Ask DelawareCounty deputy Krista Brady’s former husband, according to a recent story.   According to the story in The Joplin Globe, Brady, 33, a deputy with the DelawareCounty sheriff’s department in Jay, became involved in a custody […]

Hey, Jude. There’s something in the way she moves down in Chickasha.   According to the Chickasha Express-Star, George Harrison’s sister, Louise Harrison, visited Chickasha recently to promote a concert by a Beatles tribute band, the Liverpool Legends.   According to the story, Harrison joined the would-be moptops, who were playing a concert at the […]

It seems like just four weeks ago, Chicken-Fried News was reporting about Oklahoma’s official sweetheart Carrie Underwood getting snugly with Dallas Cowboys quarterback Tony Romo. Oh, because it was just four weeks ago.   But now online reports say the romance is kaput, assuming there ever was one at all.   Said Underwood to the […]

Park rangers are cautioning folks coming to the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge near Lawton to consider conditions, pack accordingly and tell their friends where they’re going.   That’s probably an understatement to a 50-year-old Texas man who climbed the refuge’s MountScott in the midst of the recent ice storm, according to The Associated Press.   […]

CFN’s heard of buried treasure and buried bodies. But, “¦ a buried Belvedere?   Yup, a Belvedere. As in a brand-new (kind of), gold and white, 1957 Plymouth Belvedere ” you know, iconic Fifties look, with wings.   Buried in Tulsa.   In the county courthouse lawn.   Say what?   According to a recent […]