Sep 17-23, 2014

Sep 17-23, 2014 / Vol. 36 / No. 37

Chicken-Fried News: We’re No. 4!

  Chicago-based moving company Golan’s Moving and Storage knows a thing or two about moving. But where to live? USA Today reported the business estimated that about 43 million people move each year. With some help from online real estate database Zillow and user-sourced database Numbeo, the paper rounded up the “least expensive states to…

Carrie the weight

There are those who must have been at least a little trepidatious about the idea of Stephen King’s first novel being made into a musical.

Chicken-Fried News: Goat social

  What do you get when you hire goats to work for the city? A really great social media campaign. The Water Utilities Trust needed a way to take care of the out-of-control vegetation at the Hefner Canal and Langston University’s Goat Research Extension Program needed to watch its goats doing goat stuff, like eating…

Chicken-Fried News: We need more women in power

  A group of politicians recently gathered to state the obvious with a round-table-like discussion comprised of toothless actions and comments. Business as usual, right? Well, this time, the panel was comprised of women who have held public office in the state discussing the need for more women in politics. In 2013, a record number…

Chicken-Fried News: Westbrook put a ring on it

  Sorry ladies and gentlemen, but our sources tell us that Russell Westbrook is engaged to his longtime girlfriend Nina Earl. Not only did he pop the question, but he backed it up with a “six-piece elongated cushion cut ring with VVS clarity … and in total, the whole thing is worth $700k.” Most of…

Chicken-Fried News: Be wary of Rep. Bennett

  In classic Oklahoma Islamophobia fashion, Rep. John Bennett, R-Sallisaw, took to Facebook last week to offer a word of warning to his fellow brothers and sisters in Christ. “The Quran clearly states that non-Muslims should be killed,” Bennett wrote. “Be wary of individuals who claim to be Muslim American, be especially wary if you’re…

Climate march planned

Environmentalists will gather for the People’s Climate March at the Oklahoma City Municipal Building on Sunday at 1:30 p.m. The march is intended to negate what Peace House director and event organizer Nathaniel Batchelder calls the majority of state politicians’ “climate denial.” “There are virtually no scientists today that disagree with the premise that global…

Chicken-Fried News: Stop that racket!

  Note to those who cherish peace and quiet: Do not move anywhere close to OKC Downtown Airpark. Nearby residents are once again complaining about the concert venue’s noise pollution/racket, which was presumably being enjoyed by America’s degenerate youth at the Mystick Sanctuary electronic dance music festival earlier this month. Said residents — apparently treble…

Chicken-Fried News: Don’t pet the striped kitty

  “Right in front of the steps and there’s a skunk there. I just froze,” said Dave McCarthy, a resident of The Village. Skunk populations in the city of The Village have “skyrocketed” in recent months due to a cooler summer, reported KOCO. com. Officials from the Department of Wildlife said a dozen of the…


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