Sierra Pfeifer
Sierra Pfeifer is a reporter covering mental health and addiction at KOSU.
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The director of Black Lives Matter's Oklahoma City chapter is accused of stealing millions of dollars in donations meant to pay bail for people arrested while advocating for social justice. -
Oklahoma County Commissioners have tapped CREOKS Health Services, a Tulsa-based mental health nonprofit, to oversee completion of the county's new Behavioral Care Center. -
As Norman becomes a center of a free speech debate, OU students are rallying behind the instructor suspended for giving an essay a failing grade. -
Tribal nation citizens can still use identification cards issued by federally recognized tribes to travel by plane, even as new federal Real ID requirements continue to roll out at airports. -
Two local nonprofits that serve people experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma received multimillion-dollar grants from the founder of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, and his wife. -
Norman City Council members unanimously approved a $74,290 deal to buy more than three acres for a permanent homeless shelter in late November. -
As many as 150 people could lose housing in Oklahoma City under new federal guidelines about how to use homelessness assistance funds, local officials say. -
Oklahoma City's mental health system is overburdened and underutilized, according to a recent community needs assessment. -
Another Oklahoman is filing for resentencing under the Oklahoma Survivors' Act, a law designed to account for the role domestic abuse may play in criminal cases. -
The state will continue to face monthly fines unless it significantly decreases wait times for people in the criminal justice system waiting in county jails for mental health treatment.
