Vian
An EastOklahoma.com Investigation: Inside the $1.5 billion marijuana cartel that exploited rural eastern Oklahoma communities and turned local residents into unwitting accomplices The Phone Call That Changed Everything Brenda Kay Morrison was folding laundry in her double-wide trailer outside Sallisaw when her cell phone rang on a Tuesday
Vian
How One Small Town's Leadership Repeatedly Dismantled Its Own Police Department to Protect the Politically Connected An Investigation into Three Scandals, Two Police Departments That Quit, and One Family That Kept Getting Arrested The Arrest That Revealed the Pattern When Vian Mayor Dennis Fletcher was arrested on March
Vian
A Small-Town Mayor's Confrontation with Oklahoma's Controversial "Halo Law" On a brisk March evening at Ripley High School's baseball field, just west of Stillwater, Oklahoma, a minor parking dispute escalated into a test case for one of the state's most
Sallisaw
County assessor remains on the job despite removal charges as school losses mount, compliance failures continue, and a jury trial scheduled over a year ago still has no date It's been exactly one year since Brandy Dobbs (now Brandy Allen) was supposed to face a jury. On May
Tulsa
A comprehensive investigation into Governor Kevin Stitt's controversial midnight veto and the cascade of corruption allegations that defined his tenure On a late spring night in May 2025, as most Oklahomans slept, Governor Kevin Stitt made a decision that would crystallize his administration's troubled relationship with
Muskogee
Matt Muskrat's call to clean up local government raises questions about his own history A candidate with 2008 felony charges positions himself as the answer to corruption MUSKOGEE COUNTY, OK — Matt N Anna Muskrat has a message for Muskogee County voters: "DRAIN THE SWAMP!!!!!" The candidate
Feature Story
PAWHUSKA, OKLAHOMA — In September 2024, local rancher Bud Beaston sent a registered letter detailing allegations of corruption in Osage County to Oklahoma Attorney General Gentner Drummond, Governor Kevin Stitt, the U.S. Department of Justice, and thirty media outlets across the state. Only one reporter responded. The allegations involve a
Tulsa
How Epic Charter Schools Founders Allegedly Stole From Oklahoma's Children—And Bought Political Protection OKLAHOMA CITY — For nearly a decade, David Chaney and Ben Harris ran Oklahoma's largest virtual charter school like their personal piggy bank. They allegedly pocketed $55 million in taxpayer money meant for
Tulsa
An East Oklahoma Investigation into the GEER Fund Scandal In the spring of 2020, as Oklahoma schools shuttered and families struggled through the chaos of the COVID-19 pandemic, $39.9 million in federal emergency education funds arrived in Oklahoma with a clear mission: help students whose education had been disrupted
Tulsa
An eight-year federal lawsuit alleges a statewide extortion scheme that jails the poor while generating profits for law enforcement By EastOklahoma.com Investigative Team Kendy Killman became a prisoner in her own home, though she'd never been convicted of a violent crime. The Cleveland County mother of eight
Tulsa
When the voters' choice doesn't matter and inherited failures become grounds for prosecution OKEMAH, OKLAHOMA — Sheriff Logan Manshack's hands were steady as he typed out his resignation statement on May 6, 2026. But the words he chose were careful, deliberate — the language of a man
Tulsa
A drunken groping incident in Minnesota. Five billion dollars in utility bonds. And a commissioner who won't step down. THE BILLION-DOLLAR SCANDAL: How Allegations Against One Oklahoma Regulator Exposed a System Worth Questioning A drunken groping incident in Minnesota. Five billion dollars in utility bonds. And a commissioner