NBA players’ ghost stories about The Skirvin Hilton Oklahoma City, 1 Park Ave., are the basis of a recently announced movie starring Boston Celtic Kyrie Irving and produced by Imagine Entertainment. The hotel, opened in 1911, has been the setting for several disturbing stories in the past century. Some stories, like the mysterious death of […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Walkout block-out
Last year’s nine-day teacher walkout made national headlines, drawing tens of thousands of teachers and supporters to the state Capitol where they demonstrated their support for increasing public education funding. The monetary outcome fell far short of what educators requested, largely because legislators preferred to compare teachers to whining children rather than consider even for […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Moldy mansion
Remember a few years ago when former Gov. Mary Fallin’s daughter Christina received criticism for living in a trailer on the governor’s mansion property? It turns out the trailer might’ve had better living conditions than the mansion itself. According to News 9, the mansion has fallen into such state of disrepair that it might not […]
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Chicken-Fried News: True pastime
Although baseball is still referred to as “America’s pastime,” the metrics surrounding the game’s star power are reaching crisis levels. Last year, ESPN released its ranking of the 100 most popular athletes in the world, and it did not include a single baseball player. (Russell Westbrook checked in at No. 34.) The proverbial “hot stove” […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Sooner grown
Among the Oklahoma-centric news alerts this month were the all-too-usual national embarrassments: fracking-induced earthquakes, negligent parenting, prison violence and Kevin Stitt sworn in as governor. But a closer look at Oklahoma’s mentions revealed something unexpected: In at least two areas, our state is something of a progressive trendsetter. A Jan. 9 Associated Press story on […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Bats crazy
Oklahoma Department of Transportation (ODOT) has a project to rebuild a stretch of Oklahoma Highway 16 between Okay and Wagoner, and (surprise) it’s going to take longer than anticipated. But this time, bats are to blame. Kind of. Although ODOT studied the Highway 16 project and took precautions years before, some factors like Oklahoma’s rainy […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Oh, deer
An Oklahoma woman looking for a love connection got a hefty fine instead and didn’t even land a date. Well, maybe a court date. The woman, whose identity is being protected by Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation Game Wardens, started chatting with 24-year-old Cannon Harrison on Bumble, a location-based dating app where only women can […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Penguin, pachyderm purloined
Two iconic and colorful mascots were stolen from Oklahoma City businesses in the span of a week, and the crack team here at Chicken-Fried News thinks it might be more than a coincidence. First, in the early morning hours of 2019, a person (who had likely had too many champagne flutes to ring in the […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Snow patrol
In its first month of operation, Oklahoma City Streetcar could take a cue from the U.S. Postal Service’s unofficial motto of “neither snow nor rain nor gloom.” The streetcar’s operations have been thwarted due to street flooding, icy conditions and clueless parking jobs from people who don’t know what it means to stay inside a […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Science diet
On Jan. 2, University of Oklahoma meteorologist with the extremely scientific first name Kelvin Droegemeier was approved in a U.S. Senate voice vote to become President Donald Trump’s chief adviser on all things science. For those not familiar with voice votes, it’s kind of like an Applause-O-Meter used during talent competitions or rap battles, or […]