Sierra Pfeifer
Sierra Pfeifer is a reporter covering mental health and addiction at KOSU.
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The state of Oklahoma is making insufficient effort to fix a system that keeps people languishing in jail instead of getting mental health treatment. -
State lawmakers repealed rules allowing sex marker changes on state driver's licenses. A lawyer working with trans Oklahomans said it's a "significant blow" to their rights. -
The Oklahoma Department of Mental Health is moving patients from an aging facility in Norman to a newly renovated behavioral health campus. -
Oklahoma lawmakers are considering relaxing state restrictions on the sale of unpasteurized milk. -
Oklahoma lawmakers are considering a bill to make a controversial anti-parasitic drug available over the counter. If passed, pharmacists will be able to supply ivermectin without a prescription. -
Attorneys for former death row inmate Richard Glossip are again asking an Oklahoma County judge to release him on bond while he awaits a third trial in a high-profile murder case. -
Kendrick Antonio Simpson is scheduled to be killed by lethal injection at 10 a.m. Thursday at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester. -
Voters in 60 Oklahoma counties cast ballots in dozens of local elections Tuesday. -
Jail officials say a 22-year-old man died in custody at the Oklahoma County Detention Center in January. His death is the first in more than six months, but follows in a long line of deaths at the troubled facility. -
With the 2026 legislative session starting Monday, lawmakers have thousands of bills to consider. Here is what to expect, and what Oklahoma's public radio reporters are following.
