Okemah residents told researchers about marijuana growers showing up with wads of cash to buy property at inflated prices. Real estate values increased more in areas with high numbers of marijuana farms, the study found.
Only six records remain to be released to The Frontier following Wednesday’s hearing. The records show disciplinary actions by the Tulsa Police Department against its officers. Tulsa’s Fraternal Order of Police has fought against the release of the records.
After a prosecutor dropped criminal charges against former staff at the Robert M. Greer Center in Enid, civil suits blame abuse for one death and injuries including a broken femur and blinding.
The City of Tulsa is withholding 66 pages of police officer disciplinary records after the police union went to court to stop their release.
Oklahoma was required to create a special office to help with missing and murdered cases involving Indigenous people under a 2021 state law, but federal funding legislators planned for never materialized.
Attorneys for John Fitzgerald Hanson said he had undiagnosed autism, and another man was more culpable for the crime. Hanson’s execution is set for June.
The Tulsa Police Department has already released over 100 pages of records to The Frontier that show disciplinary actions for officers who were found to have violated agency rules.
TK Health told county officials the company would exit the jail at the end of June, but gave no reason. There has been a history of complaints about access to medical care at the facility.
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.
There have been at least 25 police shootings in Oklahoma this year, at least 14 of which have been fatal.
There were at least 25 fatal police shootings in Oklahoma in 2023.
When the 2026 election rolls around, it will be 20 years since Oklahoma last elected a Democrat as governor. Cyndi Munson thinks she can change that.
