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Chicken-Fried News: Seeing gold

Facebook and other social media platforms can sometimes morph into places where loose circles of friends complain about society’s various woes. Yet on occasion, some truly heartwarming content can seep through and become viral. One such instance occurred in late May, when 12-year-old Oklahoma City resident Darci Lynne Farmer shared her impressive ventriloquism act on […]

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Made for TV

But there’s much more to Ness’ story, including the little-known fact that he tried to solve the case of America’s first true serial killer, the Cleveland Torso Murderer, in 1935. New York Times’ bestselling author and professor William Bernhardt read the factoid in a biography about Ness and was curious enough to start researching Ness’ […]

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You get Mom, I’ll take Dad

BY DEAN ROBBINS Multi-camera, laugh-track sitcoms have been in decline, but The Millers is one that works (7:30 p.m. Thursday, CBS). Nate (Will Arnett) and Debbie (Jayma Mays) have always kept their distance from their insufferable parents (Beau Bridges, Margo Martindale), but that becomes impossible when Mom and Dad break up. She moves in with […]

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What about Bob?

Bob Dotson is the epitome of the phrase “people person.” He started his career in Oklahoma City with KFOR (then WKY) in 1969. His unique journalism style of letting everyday people do the talking garnered Oklahoma its first National Emmy. In 1975, he left to work with NBC, where he honed his craft and created […]

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For sale: KFOR

KFOR and its sister station, KAUT Channel 43, are among 21 stations up on the block by Oak Hill Capital Partners, the parent company of Local TV LLC. “I can’t say anything about it. All I can tell you is we’re for sale,” said Joe Kozlowski, KFOR’s creative services director. A spokesman for Local TV, […]

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