Brianna Bailey
@briokc.bsky.social
Managing editor for @readfrontier.bsky.social. I report on Oklahoma and live here too.
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@propublica are hosting two free events in OKC and Tulsa to discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater. RSVP here 👇👇👇👇
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@propublica are hosting two free events in OKC and Tulsa to discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater. RSVP here 👇👇👇👇
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Overpressured and Underregulated: a Frontier and ProPublica event
Join nonprofit newsrooms The Frontier and ProPublica to discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater.
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November 10, 2025 at 7:57 PM
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@propublica are hosting two free events in OKC and Tulsa to discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater. RSVP here 👇👇👇👇
www.readfrontier.org/overpressured/
@propublica are hosting two free events in OKC and Tulsa to discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater. RSVP here 👇👇👇👇
www.readfrontier.org/overpressured/
The crime is called felony murder. Prosecutors don't actually have to prove that you killed or intended to kill anyone to get a conviction.
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A brother confessed to murder and got life without parole. Tremane Wood got death
Death penalty
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November 6, 2025 at 9:05 PM
The crime is called felony murder. Prosecutors don't actually have to prove that you killed or intended to kill anyone to get a conviction.
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The crime is called felony murder. Prosecutors don't actually have to prove that you killed or intended to kill anyone to get a conviction. www.readfrontier.org/stories/a-br...
A brother confessed to murder and got life without parole. Tremane Wood got death
Death penalty
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November 6, 2025 at 9:04 PM
The crime is called felony murder. Prosecutors don't actually have to prove that you killed or intended to kill anyone to get a conviction. www.readfrontier.org/stories/a-br...
“We didn’t know what it was or if it would harm anyone,” one area resident said.
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It smelled like a ‘buried body.’ A small town was overwhelmed by fumes from an oil waste disposal facility
Residents near Enid say the smell of an oilfield waste disposal site made them feel sick. State officials weren’t sure who was in charge of enforcement.
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November 3, 2025 at 3:48 PM
“We didn’t know what it was or if it would harm anyone,” one area resident said.
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Seven years after I first started writing about Wayne Thompson's case, I got to see him walk out of prison a free man today. www.readfrontier.org/stories/conv...
Convicted of murder as a teenager, Wayne Thompson is free after more than four decades in prison
Oklahoma officials repeatedly rejected Thompson’s release, weighing the violent nature of the crime over his efforts to change. Now he has a second chance.
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October 27, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Seven years after I first started writing about Wayne Thompson's case, I got to see him walk out of prison a free man today. www.readfrontier.org/stories/conv...
He fell into the blades of an auger at a poultry plant and died. He was a father, an immigrant, and a contract worker on the night shift.
His name was Leovigildo Ramírez Castillo — and his story should shock us all.
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His name was Leovigildo Ramírez Castillo — and his story should shock us all.
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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.
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October 26, 2025 at 3:25 PM
He fell into the blades of an auger at a poultry plant and died. He was a father, an immigrant, and a contract worker on the night shift.
His name was Leovigildo Ramírez Castillo — and his story should shock us all.
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His name was Leovigildo Ramírez Castillo — and his story should shock us all.
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Months before a man fell into an auger and died, another worker warned of lax safety practices at an Oklahoma poultry plant. www.readfrontier.org/stories/an-i...
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.
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October 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
Months before a man fell into an auger and died, another worker warned of lax safety practices at an Oklahoma poultry plant. www.readfrontier.org/stories/an-i...
Private donations have kept Oklahoma's resource hotlines running for nearly a decade while state money has been on hold.
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211 hotlines call on Oklahoma lawmakers for state funding
Private donations have kept the resource hotlines running for nearly a decade while state money has been on hold.
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October 21, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Private donations have kept Oklahoma's resource hotlines running for nearly a decade while state money has been on hold.
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Reposted by Brianna Bailey
Most youth who lack permanent housing in the state don’t fit the federal housing department’s definitions of homelessness and often don’t qualify for services.
Less help for Oklahoma homeless youth unless they’re sleeping in a shelter or outside
Most youth who lack permanent housing in the state don’t fit the federal housing department’s definitions of homelessness and often don’t qualify for services.
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October 13, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Most youth who lack permanent housing in the state don’t fit the federal housing department’s definitions of homelessness and often don’t qualify for services.
Here are 5⃣ key takeaways from @readfrontier's investigation into Tulsa police officers suspected of driving under the influence. www.readfrontier.org/stories/five...
Five things to know about The Frontier’s investigation into Tulsa police officers suspected of driving under the influence
We got the officer disciplinary records that the Tulsa police union didn’t want the public to see.
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October 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Here are 5⃣ key takeaways from @readfrontier's investigation into Tulsa police officers suspected of driving under the influence. www.readfrontier.org/stories/five...
The Tulsa police union went to court to try to stop @readfrontier.bsky.social from getting these records. www.readfrontier.org/stories/tuls...
Tulsa police disciplined six officers suspected of driving drunk, some weren’t criminally charged
Most officers suspected of driving under the influence received suspensions ranging from three to 16 days, records the Tulsa police union tried to keep secret show.
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September 29, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The Tulsa police union went to court to try to stop @readfrontier.bsky.social from getting these records. www.readfrontier.org/stories/tuls...
Oklahoma has a long way to go on a plan to improve wait times for people with severe mental illness in the criminal justice system, and still can’t provide an accurate count of how many are stuck in jails waiting for treatment and for how long, consultants said.
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Report: Oklahoma plan to reform mental health treatment ‘marred by inconsistencies,’ flawed data
Months after a deal to end a class-action lawsuit over treatment for people with severe mental illness, the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health still can’t provide an accurate count of how many peopl...
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September 26, 2025 at 10:31 PM
Oklahoma has a long way to go on a plan to improve wait times for people with severe mental illness in the criminal justice system, and still can’t provide an accurate count of how many are stuck in jails waiting for treatment and for how long, consultants said.
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As of Thursday afternoon, Ryan Walters's office had issued no official announcement on his departure to his Oklahoman constituents, who elected him with 56% of the vote in 2022. Calls to his press secretary went straight to voicemail. www.readfrontier.org/stories/ryan...
Ryan Walters has yet to answer questions about his pending resignation
A small, celebratory group gathered outside the state education building with signs that read ‘Bye Bye Ry-Ry’ and ‘NO LYIN’ RYAN.’
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September 26, 2025 at 2:48 PM
As of Thursday afternoon, Ryan Walters's office had issued no official announcement on his departure to his Oklahoman constituents, who elected him with 56% of the vote in 2022. Calls to his press secretary went straight to voicemail. www.readfrontier.org/stories/ryan...
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. @cliftonhowze.bsky.social and Allison Herrera find out why.
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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.
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August 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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. @cliftonhowze.bsky.social and Allison Herrera find out why.
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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.
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Some Oklahoma towns still ticket tribal citizens, in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling
Some Oklahoma towns still ticket tribal citizens, in violation of a U.S. Supreme Court ruling.
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August 14, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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.
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Reposted by Brianna Bailey
Carrie Simpson, 54, expected to get high with friends that night in April on the first floor of a white turn-of-the-century house with asbestos siding that had been converted into apartments.
But things didn’t go as planned.
But things didn’t go as planned.
In Enid, a fatal overdose highlights a lack of drug treatment options
There’s a shortage of drug treatment programs in Western Oklahoma. Many people don’t have transportation and the nearest provider is in another town.
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July 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Carrie Simpson, 54, expected to get high with friends that night in April on the first floor of a white turn-of-the-century house with asbestos siding that had been converted into apartments.
But things didn’t go as planned.
But things didn’t go as planned.
Reposted by Brianna Bailey
As Trump ramps up deportations, some immigrants spend time in an Oklahoma for-profit prison.
As Trump ramps up deportations, some immigrants spend time in an Oklahoma for-profit prison
Cimarron Correctional Facility in Cushing houses federal detainees awaiting deportation proceedings.
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July 29, 2025 at 2:28 PM
As Trump ramps up deportations, some immigrants spend time in an Oklahoma for-profit prison.
Youth homelessness in Oklahoma has increased by nearly 40% in the past five years but there's not enough shelter beds or funding for housing programs to keep up with demand www.readfrontier.org/stories/nowh...
Nowhere to go: Oklahoma's growing number of homeless youth have few options
Services for homeless youth aren't keeping up with growing demand in the state.
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July 17, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Youth homelessness in Oklahoma has increased by nearly 40% in the past five years but there's not enough shelter beds or funding for housing programs to keep up with demand www.readfrontier.org/stories/nowh...
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking a federal judge to fine some of the nation’s largest poultry companies tens of millions of dollars and order them to stop spreading bird waste in sensitive areas that drain into the Illinois River.
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Oklahoma is asking a federal judge to fine big poultry companies millions for polluting the Illinois River
The state is asking the court to cap the application of bird waste, penalize poultry companies for violating the state’s anti-pollution law and order them to pay for cleanup.
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July 10, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond is asking a federal judge to fine some of the nation’s largest poultry companies tens of millions of dollars and order them to stop spreading bird waste in sensitive areas that drain into the Illinois River.
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We want to hear from parents and educators in rural Oklahoma concerned about the future of drama, music and visual arts in schools.
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Help us report on arts education at rural schools
We want to hear from parents and educators in rural Oklahoma concerned about the future of drama, music and visual arts in schools.
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July 9, 2025 at 5:53 PM
We want to hear from parents and educators in rural Oklahoma concerned about the future of drama, music and visual arts in schools.
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Reposted by Brianna Bailey
New story this morning by Kevin Eagleson
Immigration attorneys say they’re seeing a growing number of green card holders detained for past criminal convictions, some for cases that are years old.
Immigration attorneys say they’re seeing a growing number of green card holders detained for past criminal convictions, some for cases that are years old.
An Oklahoma father planned to get married but now faces deportation
Immigration attorneys say they’re seeing a growing number of green card holders detained for past criminal convictions, some for cases that are years old.
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July 7, 2025 at 3:16 PM
New story this morning by Kevin Eagleson
Immigration attorneys say they’re seeing a growing number of green card holders detained for past criminal convictions, some for cases that are years old.
Immigration attorneys say they’re seeing a growing number of green card holders detained for past criminal convictions, some for cases that are years old.