Oklahoma’s weather the past few weeks has been pretty crazy. Well, it is always kind of crazy, but it has been the kind of crazy that makes meteorologists pant through potential tornado reports on live TV. Thankfully, many of the state’s meteorologists have been in Oklahoma long enough to learn from past mistakes and know […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Toga! Toga!
The boys in Delta Tau Chi have gone too far. Following reports of chauvinist comments and sophomoric pranks this term, two members were recently caught on an open microphone making light of an alleged sexual harassment incident. By “the boys in Delta Tau Chi,” we actually mean “the fully grown men who serve as elected […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Ten Amendments
A new monument at the state Capitol has been approved, but do not roll your eyes just yet — it will have nothing to do with any religion. The new monument will instead highlight the Bill of Rights. A nonreligious, relevant, politically important monument at the building where our state lawmakers go to make laws. […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Spot on
Measles was declared eradicated in the United States in the year 2000, but the disease has its highest infection rate in the U.S. since 1994, thanks to rising misinformation surrounding vaccinations. We thought we got rid of measles in 2000, but it’s back, as last week, Oklahoma became the 23rd state to report a case […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Teacher strikes
While everybody was abusing the new “gender swap” filters, a Del City High School teacher was captured on Snapchat taking down a student. The video shows a student wearing a mask opening a classroom door and spraying the unsuspecting teacher with Silly String as part of what is a very uncreative, untimely and insensitive prank. […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Snake eyes
Doorbell cameras are an important line of home security, allowing people to see who is at the door even when they are not at home. When doorbell camera footage makes the news, it is often for something weird like that guy in California who licked a doorbell for a few hours and then walked away. […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Still smokin’
Thanks to Oklahoma’s Legislature, which Fox 25 reported failed to pass the Oklahoma Workplace Clean Air Act this session, we will continue to be among the dwindling number of cool states that allow you to smoke inside bars. Call us the last of a dying breed. While some might argue we would be a lot […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Accompanied minors
Parents in search of a good bottle of wine or a high-end selection of spirits will no longer have to leave their kids tied up outside the liquor store. You can forget about needing to leave a note on the window of your car that says, “Don’t worry; the A/C is on and he’s listening […]
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Chicken-Fried News: High steaks
Gov. Kevin Stitt is getting to work on the big issues. The first piece of legislation he signed into law was “constitutional carry” in February. Since, he has approved more than 300 other laws dealing with medical cannabis, abortion, agency autonomy and, well, guns again. But one piece stands above the pack, proving Stitt’s “top […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Hold the phone
Countless hands have been wrung raw over the negative influence the ever-present cellphone has on modern life, but Oklahoma Department of Corrections is worrying about them more than the Momo challenge. Earlier this month, The Oklahoman reported that the department has confiscated nearly 1,800 contraband phones from inmates since the beginning of the year and […]