Judge orders poultry companies to pay for cleanup in longstanding Illinois River lawsuit
The judgment also permanently limits the application of bird waste to fields in the region.
Oklahoma’s data center boom is about to hit the grid — and your power bill
A wave of big data centers is triggering a scramble for new electricity generation. OG&E and PSO are pushing to charge ratepayers more as they race to keep up.
Why we chase the stories others miss — and the big ones everyone follows
From floating the Illinois River to tracking political dark money, The Frontier’s reporting this year shows why independent journalism matters — and why reader support keeps it alive.
Tulsa to pay $26.25 million to man wrongfully convicted of rape after decades-long fight
The settlement comes after William Henry Jamerson spent more than two decades in prison for a rape conviction that was overturned last year.
Oklahoma tribes step in to feed citizens as federal shutdown threatens food aid
Tribal nations, including the Cherokee, Choctaw, Muscogee and Seminole are deploying funds to ensure their citizens don’t go hungry — and urging state leaders to do the same.
Tulsa city court limits public access to court records and requests for information can take weeks or months
Tulsa Municipal Court says requests may take one to three business days to complete, but it took 30 days for The Frontier to get records.
Despite tribal citizenship, traffic tickets for Freedmen descendants to remain in city court
A deal between the City of Tulsa and the Muscogee Nation doesn’t apply to Freedmen descendants who don’t have documentation of a degree of Indian blood.
Some Oklahoma towns still ticket tribal citizens, in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Five years after a landmark ruling that found much of eastern Oklahoma is Indian Country, tribal nations are still fighting with towns over who has jurisdiction to prosecute traffic violations and other municipal charges.
