How could it not? A recently widowed 18-year-old mother in Blanchard shot a man dead after he broke into her house. On New Year’s Eve, Sarah McKinley called 911 after a Blanchard man, Justin Shane Martin, allegedly tried breaking down the front door. McKinley, who was in the trailer home with her 3-month-old son, had […]
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Falling down
Falling chunks of limestone on the building’s southeast side have forced workers to set up scaffolding and fencing. That exterior damage, coupled with needed electrical wiring and plumbing repairs, has an estimated price tag of $130 million, according to state Department of Central Services officials. Gov. Mary Fallin, for one, has floated the idea of […]
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All-Star-struck
Oklahoma City fans have until Jan. 31 to vote for Kevin Durant, James Harden, Serge Ibaka, Kendrick Perkins and Russell Westbrook via text message or online at nba.com. Charles Barkley and Shaquille O’Neal will be on hand for the starter selection broadcast by TNT on Feb. 2, ostensibly because the network execs figured their viewing […]
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Rejects’ rebound
While we’ve since matured, the “Swing, Swing”-ing All-American Rejects have showed no sign of the same. Most recently, the world saw the band coasting on the success of their last big hit, 2009’s “Gives You Hell,” which spent four weeks at No. 1, despite being more obnoxious than a Kern family reunion. But the band’s […]
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Time out
Misty Kimbrough was the subject of the state Department of Education-sanctioned audit, released Jan. 4. The report alleged that Kimbrough, whom the department let go in June, falsified travel expenses and was reimbursed for charges she did not incur. The audit revealed that she was reimbursed for a hotel stay and travel expenses in Oklahoma […]
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Go back to iSchool
New to town and not sure where the school is located? Don’t panic: The app comes complete with GPS mapping. Is your kiddo not great about bringing home information on upcoming events? Say goodbye to those days of missed PTA meetings, last-minute science projects and cranking out two dozen cupcakes the night before a school […]
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It’s a gas, gas, Gassaway
Mike Gassaway, one of the most colorful and controversial defense attorneys ever to dominate an Oklahoma County courtroom (he last made a CFN appearance three and a half years ago, when he was disbarred by the Oklahoma Bar Association for, among other things, accepting sexual favors as payment for representation), plays the part of the […]
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iBabysitter
There’s an app that will gauge your performance based on pitch and such (if you actually download this and remember to switch it on before sexy time, our guess is that your score ain’t gonna be too impressive, sport). But we digress. Anyhoo, apparently there’s even an app for baby-sitting. (Obviously for after you’ve seduced […]