‘Nobody did shit to prepare:’ Protesters shut down jail trust meeting
Protesters shut meeting down over the use of CARES Act funds at Oklahoma County jail.
Cell by Cell: The Oklahoma County jail is in crisis
The Oklahoma County Detention Center changed hands in the middle of a pandemic. Now it’s struggling with staffing and funding to combat the virus.
Green Party presidential nominee sues for access to the ballot in Oklahoma
Oklahoma requires a $35,000 filing fee for alternative presidential candidates or signatures from 3 percent of voters in the last gubernatorial election, laws Howie Hawkins says are designed to keep him off the ballot.
These Hospitals Pinned Their Hopes on Private Management Companies. Now They’re Deeper in Debt.
At least 13 hospitals in Oklahoma have closed or experienced added financial distress under the management of private companies. Some companies charged hefty management fees, promising to infuse millions of dollars that never materialized.
Her boyfriend allegedly killed her 2-year-old son, but she’s charged with murder
Officials believe it was Trent who dealt the boy a series of fatal blows. But he killed himself before police could place him under arrest. Rebecca Hogue is now charged with first-degree murder in her son’s death.
She needed lifesaving medication, but the only hospital in her Oklahoma town did not have it
Mabel Garcia went to the only emergency room in Texas County, Oklahoma, which didn’t have a drug for heart attacks and strokes. She was airlifted to a larger hospital that gave her the drug she needed, but it was too late. She suffered brain damage.
The only hospital in Mangum was failing. They promised to help but only made it worse.
Rural Oklahoma communities are desperate to protect their vulnerable hospitals and hand the reins to management companies that say they’re turnaround experts. Instead some companies failed the hospitals, bled them dry and expedited their demise.
This Oklahoma hospital has only 8 nurses left. They double as the janitors.
Eight nurses are the overwhelming majority of employees who remain at Haskell County Community Hospital. The future of the 25-bed hospital, which has been whittled down to operating only an emergency room since 2019, is increasingly grim.
