After deaths at Tulsa Municipal Jail, a wrongful death lawsuit targets the private contractor
The mother of a 23-year-old man claims jail employees failed to adequately monitor him after he told them he had recently attempted suicide.
Sorting fact from fiction in Oklahoma’s Republican governor debate
Did Gentner Drummond donate money to Joe Biden? Did Mike Mazzei support a bill to end the Electoral College? We checked the facts.
Toxic Ground: How oil field pollution is threatening Oklahoma
About half of all Oklahomans live within a mile of an oil and gas site. A new documentary from The Frontier and ProPublica exposes the failure of state regulators to protect residents from a massive underground pollution crisis.
What are your questions for The Frontier about voting?
The Frontier is partnering with collaborators — including KOSU, Focus: Black Oklahoma, Tulsa Flyer, The Oklahoma Eagle, and La Semana — to answer your questions about voting.
State clears homeless camp in Norman but has offered no housing funds for displaced residents
The sweep displaced dozens and gave local shelters and other service providers little time to prepare.
We fact-checked GOP candidates for Oklahoma attorney general
After Jon Echols and Jeff Starling debated, we checked the facts and found a few statements that weren’t entirely true.
Oklahoma’s 211 hotlines secure state funding
The hotlines have relied on private donations for years after an economic downturn led to budget cuts.
Oily sludge is flooding their dream home. Oklahoma regulators say they can’t help.
The Merediths were forced to abandon their house after it filled with black goo, reaching gas concentrations at explosive levels. Despite evidence of oil and gas pollution, the state “wanted to act like it would go away,” the family says.
Special Projects
Purged: Oklahoma’s Toxic Wastewater
Across Oklahoma, oilfield wastewater has continued to surface from the ground — even as regulators failed to contain it. This investigation examines how oversight fell short, how contamination spread and how families were left to navigate the consequences.
Fields of Green: A Frontier and ProPublica investigation into Oklahoma’s medical marijuana black market
Chinese criminal networks have taken over much of the illicit marijuana market in Oklahoma, stoking a wave of crime that includes violence, money laundering and human trafficking. And authorities suspect some of those involved have links to powerful forces in the Chinese state.
Shot by Shot: Tracking Oklahoma police shootings in 2024
There have been at least 25 police shootings in Oklahoma this year, at least 14 of which have been fatal.
Listen Frontier
In a new Listen Frontier episode, councilors break down the moratorium, the tradeoffs and what success looks like when it ends.
