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Non-brand name football season is back, baby! And that means one thing: billionaires making taxpayers pay for private stadium — wait, no: fried chicken wings! Great wings are a lot of work to make, and you're busy cheering for {Athlete Embroiled in Scandal} to lead {Problematic Team Name} to [Unlicensed Big Game Name Redacted], so to save you research, I ate chicken wings at nationwide take-out spots. This guide guarantees you'll get wings worth your time and dollar so you can focus on the fandom.

HARVEY, Ill. (WLS) -- The former food service director for a south suburban school district pleaded guilty to stealing $1.5 million worth of chicken wings over a 19-month period, court records show. Vera Liddell, 66, who worked for Harvey School District 152 for more than 10 years, has been sentenced to nine years in prison. Liddell was responsible for placing orders with Gordon Food Services, a main supplier for the district, according to prosecutors. She placed orders for the chicken wings from July 2020 to February 2022, billing the district but keep the food, prosecutors said. An audit last year...

A man in Ohio said he had to go to the ER after a bone in a boneless wing got lodged in his throat. The man sued the restaurant, its supplier, and a chicken farm, but he lost his case. He appealed the ruling twice. This week, Ohio's Supreme Court agreed with the lower courts. A restaurant in Ohio was found "not negligent" for injuries sustained by a man who found a bone in wings that had been advertised as "boneless," Ohio's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday.

Join us as we look back at all the bold-faced names we've lost in 2023… Denny Laine — the British singer-guitarist best known from his time with the Moody Blues and Wings — died on Dec. 5 after a week in the ICU following a lengthy battle with interstitial lung disease, his wife, Elizabeth Hines, announced. The Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member was 79. Former bandmate Paul McCartney took to Instagram to honor his old friend, writing, "I am very saddened to hear that my ex-bandmate, Denny Laine, has died." "I have many fond memories of my time...

Denny Laine, the British star musician who co-founded the iconic rock bands The Moody Blues and Paul McCartney's Wings, has died. He was 79.

He refuses to chicken out. The man who claims that the boneless wings at Buffalo Wild Wings are nothing more than chicken nuggets asked a judge not to throw out his class-action lawsuit because it would only fuel the restaurant’s disrepect for poultry lovers. Aimen Halim’s lawsuit made headlines across the nation since it was filed last March, with Buffalo Wild Wings appearing to mock his claims on social media. “‘We don’t give a ^%^%,'” the company said in an Instagram post in May, explaining: “Buffalo Wild Wings on when people say boneless wings aren’t wings.” The restaurant chain then...

No bones about it, Aimen Halim is very unhappy with Buffalo Wild Wings. He’s so upset that the Chicago man recently filed a class-action lawsuit against the Atlanta-based chain, accusing the company of a “clear-cut case of false advertising.” In his lawsuit, Halim says he bought food at a Mount Prospect Buffalo Wild Wings restaurant earlier this year and was served boneless wings that were not, in fact, de-boned wings.

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Crime Former school official accused of embezzling $1.5 million worth of chicken wings January 31, 2023 / 7:27 AM / CBS News A former official in a school district in the Chicago suburb of Harvey is accused in a bizarre scheme involving more than $1 million worth of stolen chicken wings, CBS Chicago reports. Vera Liddell is the former director of food services at Harvey School District 152. The Cook County State's Attorney's office alleges that Liddell launched an embezzlement scheme that resulted in the theft of wings that cost more than $1.5 million in taxpayer money. The alleged scheme...

The food service director of an impoverished Illinois school district was charged with stealing $1.5 million of food — most of which was chicken wings. Vera Liddell, 66, allegedly began stealing from the Harvey School District during the height of COVID-19, local TV station WGN reported. The station reported that Liddell ordered more than 11,000 cases of chicken wings for the district with school funds, but took all the poultry for herself. “The food was never brought to the school or provided to the students,” court records claimed.

NAPLES, Fla. — A Florida man is accused of pulling a gun on restaurant employees when his online order of chicken wings was nearly an hour late, authorities said. Matthew James Davis, 35, of Naples, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to Collier County Sheriff’s Office online booking records. The sheriff’s office said that Davis threatened employees at a Wingstop restaurant in Naples, WINK-TV reported. According to an arrest affidavit, Davis placed an online order for chicken wings at 8:39 p.m. on Aug. 27, 2021. The store promised...

NAPLES, Fla. — A Florida man is accused of pulling a gun on restaurant employees when his online order of chicken wings was nearly an hour late, authorities said. Matthew James Davis, 35, of Naples, was arrested on Wednesday and charged with two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, according to Collier County Sheriff’s Office online booking records. The sheriff’s office said that Davis threatened employees at a Wingstop restaurant in Naples, WINK-TV reported. According to an arrest affidavit, Davis placed an online order for chicken wings at 8:39 p.m. on Aug. 27, 2021. The store promised that...

From the 13 minute video:"Weird History is going to get some wings at the Hooters restaurant. While many people may be turned off by the idea of a restaurant called Hooters, the history of Hooters is actually full of weird facts that may make even those most resistant willing to give it a chance. Founded on April Fool’s Day in 1983, the original “restaurant” has expanded into several different business ventures: the brand sells merchandise and a yearly calendar, boasts a Las Vegas casino hotel, and hosts a yearly swimsuit pageant."

If you ever need a wingman, Blake Johnson is your guy. As executive sous chef at the Fazio Pub, at Champion Hills, a private golf community in North Carolina anchored by a pristine Tom Fazio design, Johnson plays a key role in a kitchen that turns out spot-on clubhouse fare. Though elements of the menu shift with the seasons, one item never changes “or else there’d be a mutiny,” Johnson says. No one messes with the chicken wings. The preparation is beautifully simple. The wings are par-baked until they’re just cooked through, then deep fried to order and tossed with...

Some topics are just too important to go unsaid – despite how controversial they are. A Lincoln, Nebraska, man has gone viral after making a very passionate plea for something that has been on everyone’s mind since the invention of finger foods: boneless chicken wings. More specifically, the term “boneless chicken wings” and what it really means. Adler Christensen arrived at a Lincoln City Council meeting and took the floor to demand we do away with the verbiage “from our menus and from our hearts” in place of something more accurate, such as “buffalo-style chicken tenders,” “saucy nuggs” or even...

There are a lot of problems in the country right now, from police shootings of unarmed civilians to a pandemic that has killed over 184,000 Americans. But one man in Lincoln, Nebraska, recently addressed a city council meeting to draw attention to the most important problem facing the world today: boneless chicken wings. Ander Christensen, a citizen—nay, a hero—of Lincoln, stood up on Monday to draw attention to the absurdity of boneless chicken wings. Children are being indoctrinated to believe these fowl concoctions are something more than just chicken tenders. And Christensen has had enough with this crime against the...

The Wuhan coronavirus lockdowns have produced the spectacle of politicians unilaterally deciding what businesses are essential, what products these so-called essential businesses may sell, and -- now in New York -- which foods are considered "substantive" for purposes of selling alcohol. In New York, as in many other states, bars are required to have food available as a condition for selling alcohol. But during the current lockdowns, Gov. Cuomo made a new rule requiring patrons to purchase a food item in order to purchase an alcoholic beverage. The requirement is reportedly aimed at reducing curbside boozing during the coronavirus pandemic....

DEKALB COUNTY, Ga. — An employee at a Georgia fast-food restaurant shot a customer who was unhappy with his order, authorities said. The shooting happened around midnight at the Checkers off Candler Road in DeKalb County. The manager told Holloway the shooting started over a chicken wing order. Two men placed their order at the walk-up window and became upset when the order was wrong, according to the manager. She said they tried to remake the order when the two men started yelling at employees. The manager said they opened the window back up, and one of the men threw...

The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office posted an eviction notice Tuesday, April 16, 2019, on the main entrance doors of Hooters of Fresno. Hooters in Fresno appears to be closed for good. At least at its current location in northeast Fresno across the street from River Park. The Fresno County Sheriff’s Office posted an eviction notice Tuesday on the main entrance doors of the restaurant. Based on documents filed with the Fresno County Superior Court, property owner DeWayne Zinkin claimed Fresno Owl, Inc. (the Valencia-based ownership group that owns Hooters of Fresno) had not paid rent throughout 2019 and owed more...

Hundreds of passengers were forced onto the runway in Austin on Wednesday evening when a United plane's wing struck an American Airlines flight. United flight 898 was taxiing from Gate 19 to the runway for its flight to Austin at around 8:20pm when it clipped American flight 2675. That plane had just landed from JFK and was taxiing to Gate 21. One of the United flight's passengers told KXAN that after the nasty scrape the pilot came on over the intercom and admitted that he was at fault. Scroll down for video