IMPACT: A judge has ordered the release of video from a man’s fatal struggle with jailers after we sued
For more than a year, Pottawatomie County officials have denied access to the records in connection with the death of Ronald Gene Given.
In rural Oklahoma, suspicions run high while vaccination rates stay low
Dewey County has the lowest COVID-19 vaccination rate in Oklahoma. Locals say politics, mistrust of government and Facebook are to blame.
Oklahomans We’ve Lost: A fierce mama bear
“You do not mess with her kids or grandkids at all. You just don’t do it.”
Oklahomans We’ve Lost: A gifted guitar player who never met a stranger
“Just a good guy who would help anyone.”
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She spent six months in an Oklahoma jail waiting for mental health treatment
Growing demand for beds means there’s a long waiting list for people with severe mental illness trapped in the state’s criminal justice system.
Details are scarce on how Oklahoma’s plan to privatize Medicaid will affect mental health services
The company with exclusive contract to oversee the state’s Medicaid program for kids in state custody said it plans to cut the use of in-patient treatment by offering more preventative care, but won’t release details.
An Oklahoma prison will close as the federal government moves away from using private facilities
The small town of Hinton will lose its largest employer in the closure.
