At the Tulsa city jail, preventable deaths and hidden records
Tulsa city officials are blocking access to records that could answer basic questions about events leading up to detainee deaths.
Five takeaways from our investigation into the Tulsa Municipal Jail
Tulsa Mayor Monroe Nichols has ordered a review of jail operations after we uncovered a series of deaths at the facility.
They were arrested for misdemeanors. Then they died in Tulsa’s city jail.
After Brian Bonner died from a treatable illness in Tulsa’s city jail, records reveal a pattern of preventable deaths and ignored warnings.
The hidden costs of losing local investigative journalism
From exposing corruption to challenging secrecy, research shows why local investigative journalism matters. Reader support makes our work possible in Oklahoma.
An immigrant’s death at an Oklahoma poultry plant highlights dangerous conditions for workers
Current and former employees describe a punishing pace of work and questionable safety standards at a Heavener plant where recent immigrants fill a constant need for laborers.
Oklahoma marijuana farms pose a threat to national security, officials tell Congress
At a congressional hearing, witnesses and lawmakers called for the federal government to take stronger action against illicit marijuana farms and cited reporting by The Frontier and ProPublica.
Tulsa Mayor says budget cuts won’t derail his goal of eliminating homelessness
Mayor Monroe Nichols spoke to The Frontier about his first months in office and tough decisions on the city budget.
Before embezzlement scheme was revealed, Tulsa schools executives secretly planned departure of the man involved
A state investigator raised questions about how much school leaders knew about a scheme to defraud Tulsa Public Schools of at least $800,000 before notifying the police, documents show.
