Listen Frontier: Looking back on our first year
Publisher Bobby Lorton and Editor in Chief Ziva Branstetter talk about the wild ride they’ve been on since launching The Frontier one year ago, changing the journalism landscape on the Great Plains.
For the Frontier April 22, 2016
Publisher Bobby Lorton and Editor in Chief Ziva Branstetter talk about the wild ride they’ve been on since launching The Frontier one year ago, changing the journalism landscape on the Great Plains.
Dylan Goforth April 21, 2016
Just minutes before firing a fatal gunshot that would reverberate through the sheriff’s office for more than a year, Robert Bates was “dozing off” in his patrol vehicle, two deputies testified Thursday.
Ziva Branstetter April 20, 2016
When the first witness took the stand Wednesday, the majority of the media members covering the trial were locked out of the courtroom.
Ziva Branstetter April 18, 2016
The sheriff’s office says it has no records showing Robert Bates’ gun was tested as required by policy after a fatal shooting last year. Some say the agency and prosecutors aren’t interested in testing the gun now because of a pending civil lawsuit, despite its importance in a criminal case.
For the Frontier April 17, 2016
City Councilor Phil Lakin’s not eager to discuss building a bridge over the Arkansas River, but he does have strong opinions about where one should not be built: anywhere that would dump traffic onto South Yale Avenue.
For the Frontier April 15, 2016
On this Listen Frontier, we discuss the upcoming sheriff election, drama that’s played out between mayoral candidates, and the Robert Bates trial.
For the Frontier Kassie McClung April 14, 2016
Data analysis by The Frontier shows that nearly a Boone Pickens stadium packed full of Oklahomans are living with serious lead levels in their drinking water supply.
Ziva Branstetter April 13, 2016
The statement raises the question about whether Bates was carrying a weapon that had a modified trigger, meaning it would be easier to discharge.
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