Although it was only a select few in attendance for the July 1 party where Paul George announced that he was returning to Oklahoma City Thunder, most of the city might’ve said they were there to see George and Russell Westbrook smoke cigars and watch Nas perform. Gamble Thunder general manager Sam Presti’s trade for […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Off script
OK, readers; it’s Chicken-Fried joke time! Get ready for a real knee-slapper! Ahem ahem. Why didn’t the SUV know not to drive into the bookstore? We’ll wait … Are you ready for this answer? You’re not ready for this answer; you can’t be. Oh, so you really want the answer, huh? Well, here goes. Because […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Great riddance
On the afternoon of July 5, the Scott Pruitt voodoo doll that took up residence in Chicken-Fried News World Headquarters on February 17, 2017, started smoking. No, not cigarettes or blunts, but the kind of radiant heat-related smoking that suggests an impending explosion. The CFN team all turned to their smartphones and laptops, furiously checking […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Edmond high
Just when you thought things could not get any tougher on today’s youth, a brand-new problem is making its way to the hallways of Oklahoma schools. That’s right; our state’s new medical marijuana law is bound to expose innocent younglings to the irredeemably evil cannabis plant. As reported by NewsOK.com, Edmond Public Schools voted this […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Lamb fries
If you live in the Oklahoma City media market, you can be forgiven for thinking Lt. Gov. Todd Lamb was having the Oklahoma Governor’s Mansion measured for drapes and gun ranges. Lamb ads absolutely flooded OKC television viewers this spring. They started in April with the cute-but-benign “Go, Dad, Go!” spot featuring daughter Lauren and […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Teaching lessons
As the two-week teacher walkout failed to get the increased school funding that it hoped in April, teachers and Oklahoma Education Association licked their wounds around the rallying cry of “Remember in November.” If last week’s primaries were any indication, the education coalition is following through on its call to action. Two of the 10 […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Signs of times
On a recent dusky evening, the esteemed Chicken-Fried News panel gathered around its clairvoyant oracle, which we set up last Thursday in the office break room after Scott Pruitt’s voodoo doll got boring. “Oh ye mystical powers of the universe,” we howled in unison, “if’t be true that Oklahoma is a state locked in ceaseless […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Sitting pretty
The park itself won’t be open to visitors until next year, but 70-acre, $132 million Scissortail Park is beginning to feel more and more like a real thing. Mayor David Holt, MAPS 3 Citizens Advisory Board chair Tom McDaniel and Myriad Botanical Gardens and Scissortail Park executive director Maureen Heffernan gathered June 21 to unveil […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Catoosa Ratatouille
Fans of Pixar’s Ratatouille have been clamoring for a sequel to the loveable tale of the anthropomorphic rat that dreams of becoming a chef since it raked in over $600 million at the box office in 2007. It appears a Wendy’s franchise in Catoosa might have been taking those claims a little too seriously. Video […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Un-Trumped?
Is it possible that U.S. Rep. Steve Russell, a staunch conservative with an “A” rating from the National Rifle Association, is making tentative steps toward leaping off the Trump Train? Well don’t worry, you Glock girls and Beretta boys; the gun-manufacturing Oklahoma congressman and owner of Two Rivers Arms isn’t out to repeal the Second […]