Sierra Pfeifer
Sierra Pfeifer is a reporter covering mental health and addiction at KOSU.
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The number of people experiencing homelessness in Oklahoma City increased by 2.4% since last January, a sharp slowdown from last year's 28% increase. -
As lawmakers dig deeper, persistent financial mismanagement at Oklahoma's mental health agency is coming into focus. -
Lawmakers grew increasingly frustrated as the chief financial officer of Oklahoma's mental health agency repeatedly failed to provide details about the department's budget crisis. -
House Speaker Kyle Hilbert called the a committee meeting after the state mental health agency requested a supplemental $6.2 million appropriation, just weeks before the end of session. -
After taking a tour of the county jail, newly elected County Commissioner Jason Lowe and a group of spiritual leaders from Northeast Oklahoma City met outside the facility to share their impressions. -
House Speaker Kyle Hilbert announced the formation of a select committee to review the Oklahoma Department of Mental Health. It will be the fourth ongoing probe into the agency's spending. -
The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services is requesting an additional $6.2 million from the legislature this fiscal year to continue offering services through July. -
Funding for Tulsa's mental health crisis team has temporarily been restored — after the state abruptly informed a provider that two of its programs were on the chopping block. -
The Oklahoma Opioid Abatement Board is preparing to give out a new round of grants to statewide applicants. Soon, local governments will be able to take a bid at $29 million designated to address the opioid crisis. -
Wendell Grissom was the first Oklahoman to receive the death penalty in 2025. Grissom died by lethal injection Thursday morning at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester.
