Chicken-Fried News

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

    ” “¦ I imagine that 2007 will be remembered as the year of the state centennial.”    “Mayor Mick Cornett at Jan. 17’s State of the City luncheon

One could say that a metro man recently arrested in an alcohol-related incident allegedly had more balls than was best, at least at one point.   According to a story in The Edmond Sun, Roy Eugene Underwood, 26, of Oklahoma City, was arrested after police officers found him having a sleepover in a running vehicle […]

In Oklahoma, we used to gripe that we didn’t get distinct-enough seasons. Well, forget that crap. Distinct enough for ya, now?   In the waning hours as the Jan. 12 storm bore down on the state, local Wal-Marts, Targets, Albertsons and other food stores were mobbed for bread, milk, pet food and toilet paper until […]

There are many magazines of which one would expect Oklahoma’s irreverent Sen. Tom Coburn could fill the pages. The NewRepublic, Time, Newsweek or something local like Oklahoma Today would seem logical.   But check out the February issue of GQ. While the British cover boasts a salacious shot of pop diva Beyonce and the U.S. […]