Brittany Harlow

journalist
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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Judge rules April Wilkens to remain in prison until September hearing

Oklahoma
(TULSA, Okla.) Room 413 was so packed at the Tulsa County Courthouse on Tuesday that people were turned away, forced to wait in the halls to learn if April Wilkens would be released from...

Federal funding cuts jeopardize access to Indian Boarding School history

National
(NATIONAL) The Indian Boarding School Era lasted over a century. It was a time of forced assimilation of Native American children and the attempted erasure of Native American culture,...

Transcript: One Year Later! Financial Crisis for Mental Health Providers

Oklahoma
“So you're, A, not getting paid for the work that you've been doing, and B, having to take away time from providing care to patients…”  One year after VNN Oklahoma interviewed two mental...

“That tornado took every bit of security I had”: Life after the Holdenville tornado

Oklahoma
(OKMULGEE, Okla.) After being caught in a deadly tornado one year ago, Candace Harjo says her daughter Ryleigh cannot feel raindrops on her skin without being triggered.  “The rain...

More than 300 Mvskoke killed in steamboat wreck honored in Louisiana

National
Photo Courtesy: West Baton Rouge Museum Story Snapshot 📷 A new historical marker in Louisiana now honors 311 Mvskoke people who died in the 1837 Monmouth steamboat wreck during forced...

Lawyers argue survivor’s incarceration is “unlawful” following passage of Oklahoma Survivors’ Act

Oklahoma
Story Snapshot 📷 After 27 years in prison for killing her abuser, April Wilkens is seeking release under the Oklahoma Survivors' Act. Her legal team has filed a petition to transfer her...

Community comes together to honor Aubrey Dameron

Oklahoma
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) On February 6, the Facebook page “Missing-Aubrey Dameron from Grove, Oklahoma” changed its name to “Remembering Aubrey Dameron from Grove, Oklahoma”, a digital...

Governor’s office receives backlash for misinforming “meme”

Oklahoma
(OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla.) “It's happening again in Tulsa,” Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt posted on Facebook Friday morning. “The Muscogee Creek Nation is undermining the State and city's...

MMIWG2T Historical Reporting Project participants announced

Oklahoma
(TULSA, Okla.) Six participants have been selected for Verified News Network’s (VNN) Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit and Transgender People (MMIWG2T) Historical...

First person retried and released from prison under Oklahoma Survivor’s Act

Oklahoma
Photo Courtesy: Oklahoma Appleseed Center for Law & Justice (SEMINOLE, Okla.) After serving 34 years of a life sentence without parole, Lisa Moss was released from Mabel Bassett...