Oklahoma is still struggling with killing its people — quickly and intentionally, at least. If you recall the last two executions in Oklahoma, which were definitely cruel and highly unusual, you might remember that the lethal injections did not go according to plan. Clayton Lockett and Charles Warner were supposed to go numb and become […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Columbus circling
Last week, Gov. Kevin Stitt signed a bill into law that merges Native American Day and Columbus Day into one holiday, which is like honoring vegan awareness and slaughterhouse operators at the same time. Stitt, who is a member of Cherokee Nation and the only governor in the country who is a recognized member of […]
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Chicken-Fried News: No class
Less than two years after being acquitted for manslaughter, former Tulsa police officer Betty Shelby, who shot and killed unarmed Terence Crutcher in September 2016, is scheduled to teach a National Rifle Association pistol-shooting course at Tulsa’s United States Shooting Academy. While we could accuse NRA of having impure motivations here, we will just offer […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Bad actor
There was no indication of anything but a tragic accident, but as France’s Notre Dame cathedral burned last month, Videodrome sleazebag TV exec turned real-life right-wing Twitter tumor James Woods tweeted “Whether by design or accident, the great and glorious history of Christianity is being eradicated from the face of the new Europe. #Heartbreak.” To […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Modern-day Oklahoma!
After decades of being defined to outsiders by the whitewashed original Rodgers & Hammerstein musical, Oklahoma! is getting modern-day trappings on a new television series as a reimagined version takes its turn on Broadway. Skydance Media announced last week that it reached an agreement with Oklahoma! rights holders to produce a modern-day show with new […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Good poo
Oklahoma City Zoo and Botanical Garden is finally selling its poo. We are not sure who asked for this, but we are glad it is here. Two years ago, the zoo’s horticultural curator Lance Swearengin “looked up at the zoo’s ever-growing mountain of organic plant and animal waste” and saw gold. Brown gold, but gold […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Number crunch
Regardless of whether you believe in numerology, one number might have a significant influence over your lifetime in Oklahoma City: your ZIP code. A recently released study by Oklahoma City-County Health Department calculates life expectancy rates for OKC residents and reveals a nearly 18-year gap between the lowest and highest rates. While a resident of […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Precious returns
The library at Oklahoma Baptist University had to be surprised when a package arrived containing all three books of the Lord of the Rings (LOTR) series that had been missing from its shelves since 1972. The anonymous book thief is apparently quite the J.R.R. Tolkien collector; a similar package containing a first-edition of The Hobbit […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Smoking gun
The so-called “constitutional carry” bill has not gone into effect yet, but some gun-loving trolls are already parading their firearms around public areas to “prepare people.” Richard Hubbard was booked on charges of pointing a firearm with intent and obstruction of justice earlier this month, News on 6 reported. A woman called police after witnessing […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Help needed
University of Oklahoma (OU) is looking for a director of payroll and employee services, and they only want the best of the best. OU has not had the best semester, having faced scandals left and right. But the university wants to move past its milquetoast responses to racism, pay inequity, layoffs and bad finances by […]