Oklahoma City Thunder received an early visit from the Ghost of Christmas Past last week when Carmelo Anthony arrived in town for the rival Houston Rockets game, and it gave them a glimpse of how their present might be, if not for a shrewd offseason move by general manager Sam Presti. Oklahoma City fans gave […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Good night, Princess
An Okie-bred animal has done it again. One Oklahoma woman’s social media post went viral and made national headlines shortly after she outted her dog, Princess, for sneaking away each night to play stray at a local McDonald’s where customers and employees fed her massive quantities of fries and burgers. Oklahoma City resident Betsy Reyes […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Okie Whitey
In one of those bizarre twists that only further proves that every weird story in Americana can be traced to include Oklahoma, James “Whitey” Bulger — one of the country’s most infamous crime bosses — will likely take his final breaths in Oklahoma, the same state where his syndicate of gangsters committed crimes that sent […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Pence on fire
Many ages ago when, as J.R.R. Tolkien wrote in The Hobbit, this ancient planet was not quite so ancient, the editor-in-chief/Sauron of Chicken-Fried News received his high school diploma during a mostly dignified ceremony at Tulsa’s Mabee Center, the flying saucer-shaped mini-colossus on the southwest corner of Oral Roberts University. The event was perfectly somber […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Nowata, no supplies
On the list of crimes committed by a county sheriff in Oklahoma, embezzling $6,000 worth of donated school supplies is relatively low, but it made headlines last week. Tulsa World reports that Nowata County Sheriff Kenny David Freeman was arrested on one charge of embezzlement after his election campaign gave away donated school supplies during […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Cam scam
Smile for the camera! That’s the caption Oklahoma City police posted with a photo of a man they said stole over 50 lottery tickets from a Circle K gas station in Oklahoma City recently. The photo shows the man looking frustrated and attempting to turn off or tear down the convenience store’s security camera. While […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Stitt show
As grizzled veterans of election coverage, the Chicken-Fried News War Room analysts know that endorsements during political campaigns are hard-fought and sometimes make about as much sense as the last skit on any given Saturday Night Live episode. And last week, we were left scratching our heads so much we drew blood. You see, we […]
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Chicken-Fried News: The thin wooden line
Oklahoma is one of 19 states in the country that still allows corporal punishment to be used to discipline school students, but when does a paddling become full-on child abuse? We at Chicken-Fried News — call us hippies if you want — think it’s as soon as the paddle comes off the wall, but an […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Wild showdown
A showdown of sorts took place recently within the parameters of Oklahoma City Zoo. Lions, tigers and bears were not involved. Instead, a Second Amendment advocate challenged the zoo’s no-gun policy by bringing his gun in and openly carrying. Zoo officials said they believe that their policy does not violate any laws, but Don Spencer, […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Handmaid University
Intolerance doesn’t always march on Southern cities bearing tiki torches while chanting, “You will not replace us.” Sometimes it toils quietly, seemingly benign, in quiet places of authority and trust. And in a recent story broken by OU Daily, sometimes it is responsible for shaping tomorrow’s legal minds. On Sept. 30, OU Daily reported that […]