The Frontier answers your questions about political advertising
“Are they allowed to lie?” We asked readers what they wanted to know about campaign ads.
How millions raised for Black Lives Matter OKC ended up in one woman’s bank account
In the weeks after George Floyd’s murder, national bail funds routed millions to a small Oklahoma City protest group. A federal indictment now alleges the Rev. T. Sheri Dickerson spent donations on houses and travel. The charges come as progressive groups face increased scrutiny under the Trump administration.
Six Navy suicides in one year at Tinker Air Force Base
The Frontier wants to talk to service members and their families about access to mental health care at Tinker.
‘I’ll trade places with him:’ Ex-death row inmate pleads for brother’s freedom
The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board unanimously voted to reduce Tony Mann’s life-without-parole sentence after his younger brother — now free — told members Mann didn’t participate in the murder that sent them both to prison.
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Convicted of murder as a teenager, Wayne Thompson is free after more than four decades in prison
Oklahoma officials repeatedly rejected Thompson’s release, weighing the violent nature of the crime over his efforts to change. Now he has a second chance.
Attorneys ask a judge to fine the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health for lack of progress on reforms
Plaintiffs claim the state agency has provided false information about progress on promised reforms, leaving people with severe mental illness languishing in jails for months without treatment.
Running out of time, Oklahoma man’s family hopes for a chance at freedom
After serving more than four decades for first-degree murder, Tony Mann is applying for commutation. His younger brother, convicted for the same crime, is getting out of prison later this month.
