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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 👇👇👇👇
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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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Protect and Swerve: Tulsa police disciplined six officers suspected of driving drunk, some weren’t criminally charged
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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November 10, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Protect and Swerve: Tulsa police disciplined six officers suspected of driving drunk, some weren’t criminally charged
Join us in OKC (Nov. 18) and Tulsa (Dec. 1) for Overpressured and Underregulated, free events hosted by @readfrontier and @propublica where we'll discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater.
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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 5:45 PM
Join us in OKC (Nov. 18) and Tulsa (Dec. 1) for Overpressured and Underregulated, free events hosted by @readfrontier and @propublica where we'll discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater.
www.readfrontier.org/overpressured/
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A brother confessed to murder and got life without parole. Tremane Wood got death
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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 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
A brother confessed to murder and got life without parole. Tremane Wood got death
www.readfrontier.org/stories/a-br... By Ashlynd Baecht @readfrontier.bsky.social #TremaneWood
www.readfrontier.org/stories/a-br... By Ashlynd Baecht @readfrontier.bsky.social #TremaneWood
A new law requires continued treatment for death row prisoners too mentally ill to execute, even those who have been persistently psychotic for decades.
He thinks the trooper he killed is still alive — Oklahoma can’t execute him unless he understands his crime
A new law requires continued treatment for death row prisoners too mentally ill to execute, even those who have been persistently psychotic for decades.
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November 10, 2025 at 2:06 PM
A new law requires continued treatment for death row prisoners too mentally ill to execute, even those who have been persistently psychotic for decades.
Newsrooms in Oklahoma are shrinking, and most reporters don’t have the chance for the long reporting days needed to tell in-depth stories.
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Newsrooms in Oklahoma are shrinking, and most reporters don’t have the chance for the long reporting days needed to tell in-depth storie
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November 7, 2025 at 2:31 PM
Newsrooms in Oklahoma are shrinking, and most reporters don’t have the chance for the long reporting days needed to tell in-depth stories.
Tremane Wood’s case has become a flashpoint over the state’s use of the death penalty as Gov. Kevin Stitt weighs whether to grant mercy.
A brother confessed to murder and got life without parole. Tremane Wood got death
Death penalty
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November 7, 2025 at 12:57 PM
Tremane Wood’s case has become a flashpoint over the state’s use of the death penalty as Gov. Kevin Stitt weighs whether to grant mercy.
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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.
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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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Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. announced Oct. 29 that the tribe would dedicate $6.5 million to ensuring its citizens who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits would still receive food.
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.
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November 5, 2025 at 7:27 PM
Cherokee Nation Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr. announced Oct. 29 that the tribe would dedicate $6.5 million to ensuring its citizens who receive federal Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program benefits would still receive food.
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In southwest Oklahoma, a couple found that due to contamination from oil field waste, their drinking water contained a cancer-causing chemical at 6x the EPA’s limit.
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Have you also noticed polluted water in your community? Tell ProPublica and @readfrontier.bsky.social your story:
Help Us Report on the Impact of Oil Field Waste in Oklahoma
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground in Oklahoma. For years, residents have filed complaints and struggled to find solutions. We need your help to understand the full scale...
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November 5, 2025 at 4:27 PM
In southwest Oklahoma, a couple found that due to contamination from oil field waste, their drinking water contained a cancer-causing chemical at 6x the EPA’s limit.
Have you also noticed polluted water in your community? Tell ProPublica and @readfrontier.bsky.social your story:
Have you also noticed polluted water in your community? Tell ProPublica and @readfrontier.bsky.social your story:
Police credit Flock cameras with reducing violent crime. But after millions spent, the data tells a murkier story — and the system may violate the law.
Tulsa’s surveillance gamble
Police credit Flock cameras with reducing violent crime. But after millions spent, the data tells a murkier story — and the system may violate the law.
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November 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Police credit Flock cameras with reducing violent crime. But after millions spent, the data tells a murkier story — and the system may violate the law.
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November 4, 2025 at 9:10 PM
Now through the end of the year, your donations will be matched up to $1,000 through the collaborative fundraising movement Newsmatch. We can earn up to $12,000 with your help. Please consider donating to support our mission of independent journalism that shines a light on Oklahoma.
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.
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.
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November 4, 2025 at 2:25 PM
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.
At one point, a local resident sent state regulators photos of animals that the resident said had wandered onto his land, covered in oil.
But the smell from the out-of-state waste was “above and beyond anything that was imaginable,” he said.
But the smell from the out-of-state waste was “above and beyond anything that was imaginable,” he said.
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 7:49 PM
At one point, a local resident sent state regulators photos of animals that the resident said had wandered onto his land, covered in oil.
But the smell from the out-of-state waste was “above and beyond anything that was imaginable,” he said.
But the smell from the out-of-state waste was “above and beyond anything that was imaginable,” he said.
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“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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A lot of hard work goes into making sure our reporting is accurate and fair. We spend weeks and sometimes months digging up records and convincing people to talk. Then there’s writing, rounds of edits and fact-checking.
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We’re small but scrappy and your donations keep us going
Now through the end of the year, your donations to The Frontier will be matched.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:26 PM
A lot of hard work goes into making sure our reporting is accurate and fair. We spend weeks and sometimes months digging up records and convincing people to talk. Then there’s writing, rounds of edits and fact-checking.
Your donations help fund this work. And every dollar counts.
Your donations help fund this work. And every dollar counts.
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.
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.
www.readfrontier.org
November 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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.
He was originally sentenced to death for the murder of his brother-in-law, Charles Keene, who family members said was a violent abuser.
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 31, 2025 at 10:54 PM
He was originally sentenced to death for the murder of his brother-in-law, Charles Keene, who family members said was a violent abuser.
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Current and former employees at OK Foods, an Oklahoma poultry plant, describe a punishing pace of work and questionable safety standards. Garrett Yalch reports via @readfrontier.bsky.social:
Immigrant’s Death at Oklahoma Poultry Plant Highlights Dangerous Working Conditions
Current and former employees describe a punishing pace of work and questionable safety standards.
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October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Current and former employees at OK Foods, an Oklahoma poultry plant, describe a punishing pace of work and questionable safety standards. Garrett Yalch reports via @readfrontier.bsky.social:
They are legally in the U.S., but earlier this year, President Donald Trump ended the humanitarian parole program that gave them their status. Since then, the family has faced a legal and emotional rollercoaster as their case moves through the federal court system.
A family without a country
They are legally in the U.S., but earlier this year, President Donald Trump ended the humanitarian parole program that gave them their status. Since then, the family has faced a legal and emotional ro...
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October 31, 2025 at 2:15 PM
They are legally in the U.S., but earlier this year, President Donald Trump ended the humanitarian parole program that gave them their status. Since then, the family has faced a legal and emotional rollercoaster as their case moves through the federal court system.
Join nonprofit newsrooms The Frontier and ProPublica to discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater. The event is free - sign up at the link below.
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.
www.readfrontier.org
October 30, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Join nonprofit newsrooms The Frontier and ProPublica to discuss how oil and gas extraction is contaminating Oklahoma’s groundwater. The event is free - sign up at the link below.
Leovigildo Ramirez Castillo's death shines a light on the hazardous conditions faced by the thousands of workers, many of them immigrants, who keep eastern Oklahoma’s poultry plants running at breakneck speed — jobs that are often low-wage and high-risk.
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 30, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Leovigildo Ramirez Castillo's death shines a light on the hazardous conditions faced by the thousands of workers, many of them immigrants, who keep eastern Oklahoma’s poultry plants running at breakneck speed — jobs that are often low-wage and high-risk.
Service providers say added regulations could hinder their ability to help people in need.
Oklahoma lawmakers push ahead with plans to propose state oversight of homeless shelters
Service providers say added regulations could hinder their ability to help people in need.
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October 30, 2025 at 1:58 PM
Service providers say added regulations could hinder their ability to help people in need.
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For years, people working for the state agency charged with regulating Oklahoma’s oil and gas industry have warned about the dangers of high-pressure injection. But agency leaders have not fined any company for wastewater leaks in the last 5 years. @nickbowlin.bsky.social @readfrontier.bsky.social
Toxic Wastewater From Oil Fields Keeps Pouring Out of the Ground. Oklahoma Regulators Failed to Stop It.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from old wells. Experts warn of a pollution crisis spreading underground and threatening Oklahoma’s drin...
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October 30, 2025 at 3:47 AM
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I know there are so many things going on in the firehose of horrors, but really worth stressing that abandoned oil and gas wells are a serious problem that is not going away and is in fact getting worse! They are poisoning land and communities for generations to come.
Toxic wastewater from oil fields keeps pouring out of the ground. Oklahoma regulators failed to stop it.
Salt water laced with cancer-causing chemicals, a byproduct of oil and gas drilling, is spewing from Oklahoma oil wells.
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October 29, 2025 at 7:55 PM
I know there are so many things going on in the firehose of horrors, but really worth stressing that abandoned oil and gas wells are a serious problem that is not going away and is in fact getting worse! They are poisoning land and communities for generations to come.