If 2019 had a breakout star, it was almost certainly The Mandalorian’s Baby Yoda. The unofficial star of Disney+’s new Star Wars spinoff, Baby Yoda instantly captured the hearts of millions with its cuteness. It quickly went on to become a meme of its own, and people went as far as to say they would […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Wrap battle
A recent revision to the Byng Public School District dress code was featured on Vice this month. “Since their sophomore year, Is’Abella Miller and Delanie Seals have been at odds with the administration at Byng High School in Ada, Oklahoma, over what they perceive to be a violation of their rights: a school rule that […]
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40 years: Ruby headlines
Oklahoma Gazette debuted in October 1979 as a “journal of contributions to Oklahoma’s quality of life.” It was 12 pages under the guidance of publisher Bill Bleakley, editor Cynthia Emrick, managing editor Mary R. Grace and businesses manager Stephanie Emrick. Stories appeared without a byline in the first issue, but many of them dealt with […]
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Living Legacy
Shortly after midnight on Dec. 18, 2017, 20-year-old Ada-born musician Connor Hicks died in a traffic accident on a foggy two-lane road in Seminole County. A little over a year later, Legacy, a collection of his previously unreleased songs, gives listeners one more chance to hear new music from Hicks. “We actually had a few […]
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Modern modes
Visual Voices: Contemporary Chickasaw Art 10 a.m.-5 p.m. Tuesdays-Wednesdays and Fridays-Saturdays, 10 a.m.- 9 p.m. Thursdays, 1-5 p.m. Sundays through Sept. 9 Fred Jones Jr. Museum of Art 555 Elm Ave. chickasawartists.com 580-889-0587 Free Five years ago, the last monolingual Chickasaw language speaker died in Ada at the age of 93. The loss was monumental […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Textbook kerfuffle
Remember opening up a newly issued textbook and flipping to the inside page to see who else has used the book? Maybe your secret older crush used it a few years ago and you can use it as an icebreaker that leads to a long relationship. You can only dream! A 7-year-old in Ada became […]
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Radio DJ recalls Blake Shelton’s early days ahead of the country superstar’s homecoming
Shelton plays consecutive nights 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Chesapeake Energy Arena, 100 W. Reno Ave.
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Chicken-Fried News: Hazardous ’Homa
The good news is Oklahoma City isn’t the most dangerous city in the state.
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Edmond playgrounds get “facelift” to accommodate all students
Edmond Public Schools work with a local design and manufacturing company to make its recess time accessible to elementary students.
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Chicken-Fried News: Flexible fuzz
Ada Police Department’s newest recruit is an old CPR dummy who sits in a car all day. And he has already been in an accident.