In the most famous scene in the movie version of The Fugitive, Harrison Ford’s Dr. Richard Kimble escapes Tommy Lee Jones’s Samuel Gerard by taking a death-defying plunge off the side of a dam. One difference between that cinematic scene and a real fugitive case that played out at Will Rogers World Airport is that […]
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Chicken Fried News: Well done
Oklahoma City mayor David Holt completed a “personal mission” and made national news last month when he convinced Will Rogers World Airport to stop selling shirts reading, “Nothing Tips Like a Cow.” In a pair of celebratory tweets dated Feb. 21 (you’ll have to scroll past a bunch of junk about street repair and something […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Airplane drunk
In Oklahoma City, we tend to arrest drunk people on the ground. They’ve had too much fun in Classen Curve, are out for a big night downtown or have put away too many and wandered out of the alcohol zone with a drink in their hands at a festival. They usually don’t come from the […]
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Chicken-Fried News: Ables’ commission
If any Chicken-Fried News team members imbibe on a few hard drinks of brown liquor and we’re not at our respective manors or in the bunkroom at CFN World Headquarters, then we call a cab or a rideshare or get one of the sobriety enthusiasts on our team to take us home. It’s not just […]
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Destination Oklahoma offers tours that shed light on the vibrant history of downtown OKC
Destination Oklahoma is a branch of event management company factor 110.
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Frontier Airlines returns to OKC
The budget airline will offer nonstop flights to Denver, Orlando and San Diego by the end of the year.
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Former Vietnamese orphans reunite 41 years after finding refuge in Oklahoma
Eighteen of 23 former Vietnamese orphans brought to the U.S. in the final days of the Vietnam War were able to attend a recent reunion in Oklahoma City.
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“That’s the great thing about the communion of music,” she said. “Being able to share thoughts while watching others travel.”
“That’s the great thing about the communion of music,” she said. “Being able to share thoughts while watching others travel.”
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Food Briefs: cocktail class, new t location, Carne Diem and more
A cocktail class kicks off at Ludivine, Oklahoma food is promoted in Germany, Marc Dunham leaves Francis Tuttle’s culinary school, a new restaurant opens in the airport and Carne Diem heats guests up on Friday.
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News Briefs: direct flights to Seattle, Ten Commandments monument and more
Alaska Airlines creates direct flights to and from Seattle, the Ten Commandments monument must be removed from Oklahoma Capitol grounds and more.