The Frontier

Oklahoma parole board rejects clemency for death row inmate Kendrick Simpson

Victims’ families and the sole survivor urged the Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board to reject clemency for the man sentenced ...
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As calls grow, Oklahoma’s 211 hotlines could get long-sought state money

The proposal would provide at least $3 million in state funding to keep the free, statewide hotlines operating around the ...
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‘I’ll trade places with him:’ Ex-death row inmate pleads for brother’s freedom

The Oklahoma Pardon and Parole Board unanimously voted to reduce Tony Mann’s life-without-parole sentence after his younger ...
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A fragile aquifer, a proposed mine and a fight over Oklahoma’s water

State regulators are reviewing a proposal to expand sand mining over the Arbuckle-Simpson aquifer, despite Oklahoma’s ...