At a time when citizens are demanding more training and accountability from their law enforcement, Canadian County Sheriff Chris West announced open applications for his all-volunteer “sheriff’s posse.” Nothing could be more tone-deaf than calling for a return to Wild West tropes during a time when Black people are demanding that they stop being murdered […]
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Gov. Stitt issues Safer at Home order for 19 Oklahoma counties
Today, Gov. Kevin Stitt issued a Safer at Home order saying all vulnerable Oklahomans should avoid leaving home except to get essentials like groceries and medicine through April 30. Stitt’s order closes nonessential businesses (businesses involving close contact, such as hair salons, spas, gyms and tattoo parlors) in 19 counties by 11:59 Wednesday for 21 […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Es-Tate auction
Chicken-Fried News loves happy endings, but it’s taking so long for Tate Publishing & Enterprises founder Richard Tate and his son, former CEO and Oklahoma Gazette cover model Ryan Tate, to go to trial, the team is starting to not believe in them anymore. But while the preliminary hearing for the Tates on matching sets […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Woeful web
An Oklahoma woman and an out-of-state man’s failed relationship was taken all the way to court after he sued her for trip expenses.
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Goodwill Industries of Central Oklahoma receives grant to help veterans
The organization will use the funds from the Supportive Services for Veteran Families Program to help homeless and imminently homeless veterans and their families.
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Chicken-Fried News: Mustang speedy
A local man was arrested recently in Canadian County after reaching 208 mph in a police chase on the Kilpatrick Turnpike.
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Rayo OKC revels in surge of local soccer interest
Rayo OKC’s April 2 opener was the first professional sports event in the history of Yukon.
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Canadian County Children’s Justice Center offers a unique collection of resources that appears to have a major impact on the decrease in adult crimes.
Canadian County Children’s Justice Center offers a unique collection of resources that appears to have a major impact on the decrease in adult crimes.
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In cars
His frustration stems from TV coverage of the EF3 tornado that swept through sections of Central Oklahoma on May 31. That’s when Morgan urged viewers who couldn’t get underground to a shelter to “leave south Oklahoma City and go south. Do it right now.” A little later, Morgan repeated that a tornado warning was in […]
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A bright idea
Credit: Mark Hancock Driving down Route 66 can be like a 70 mile-per-hour history lesson, where vestiges of the state’s past stand out along 400 miles of highway. In Yukon, a 100-plus-year-old flour mill visible from the Mother Road is a symbol of local pride and community spirit. Crowning the old building is a sign […]