According to a story from News9.com’s “INsite Team,” some Oklahomans are getting energized from a mysterious drink tied to Russia. Labeled “Tunguska Blast,” the beverage is being credited for helping one man lose 35 pounds and quit smoking. “I personally take 2 ounces in the morning and 2 ounces in the evening and I have […]
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Arrest foils former University of Oklahoma student’s birthday plans
Breathe a sigh of relief, University of Oklahoma grads, et al. The Norman U still exists. But for a while, said school’s officials seemed to be in doubt, after a slew of disconcerting messages in chalk and on fliers blanketed the campus. “On April 21, all operations at OU Norman will cease,” fliers reportedly distributed […]
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State winemakers closer to wrangling distribution rights
Oklahoma winemakers are tantalizingly close to bringing the fruits of their labor to market. The tiny state wine industry has been struggling for years for the right to ship wine directly to:” retailers, ” restaurants, ” bars and ” individual consumers. “We’re still working on it,” said Rep. Danny Morgan, D-Prague. “We’re as close (to […]
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Oklahoma legislature decides to make skirt shots illegal
As if state government didn’t already have too much of a hand in lady business, Tulsa County has made it even easier to invade a female stranger’s privacy, dismissing a felony charge against a man who, according to a Tulsa World report, snapped a photograph under a woman’s dress with his cell phone. Darwin D. […]
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Holocaust survivor to speak at public remembrance
Eliezer Ayalon is the only member of his family to have survived the Holocaust. Because he had a work permit when the Nazis liquidated the Radom, Poland, ghetto in 1942, he was not sent to die in Treblinka with his family. Instead, Ayalon survived five different concentration camps in Poland and Austria before his last […]
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Basketball, city execs praise SuperSonics deal
Jim Couch was exhausted. The Oklahoma City manager had just culminated weeks of intense negotiating, ending with rapid sessions of late-night deal making, to bring professional basketball to the city. During a telephone interview with Oklahoma Gazette, the exhaustion and stress of the moment finally got to Couch when asked how he would fight off […]
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Tripping out
With the recent rash of flight cancellations by airlines suddenly inspecting planes, an increasing number of frustrated travelers may have been finding themselves with too many hours to kill. First, of course, they probably must stand in a long, slow-moving line to find out whatever it is that they’re supposed to do to get booked […]
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Warning, Muskogee, OK’ movie trailer causes FBI ruckus
What’s the world coming to if you can’t make a joking threat against an entire city anymore? This Friday won’t be a beautiful day for the film “A Beautiful Day.” That’s when it was set to make its world premiere at Muskogee’s Bare Bones International Independent Film and Music Festival, according to an AP report, […]
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CFN wants to name that new Oklahoma City basketball team
With Oklahomans catching NBA fever, everyone is throwing their two cents ” including Mr. “My Two Cents” Ogle himself ” into what the name of the eventual Oklahoma City basketball team should be. The signs are looking pretty good that fast NBA action will make Oklahoma a permanent stop. The Oklahoman sports columnist Berry Tramel […]
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New workout equipment worth the ‘weight’ at John Marshall
With one counting off “uno, dos , tres,” a handful of John Marshall High School students cut a ribbon to dedicate the school’s newly equipped weight room Tuesday, made possible through alumni donations. Bob West, a 1957 graduate of the school who went on to start as quarterback at the University of Tulsa, gave more […]