Tuesday, September 22, 2026 • Spring starts at 7:05 p.m. Highs around 84. ⛅

We received 220 votes on the Monday poll, “Who should get priority when private landowners and nearby residents are competing for the same water source?”

🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Nearby homeowners and communities (72)
🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ Landowners with water permits (24)
🟨🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️ Whoever has the oldest legal claim (53)
🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️⬜️ The state should limit everyone’s use (32)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Not sure (39)

New poll question at the bottom of today’s newsletter. (You can also suggest a poll question by emailing me at [email protected].)

By Brianna Bailey, The Frontier
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Daniel Hanchett said his family is still pushing for criminal charges in connection with the 2022 death of his wife, Shannon, at the Cleveland County Detention Center, including against former and current employees of the private health care contractor TK Health. 

TK Health, formerly known as Turn Key Health Clinics, was co-founded by former State Rep. Jon Echols, who is now the Republican nominee for Oklahoma attorney general. Today, the company provides medical care at 143 jails in Oklahoma and 13 other states. The Frontier and The Marshall Project previously published an investigation into deaths at jails that contract with the company for medical care.  

Daniel Hanchett appeared at a press conference in Oklahoma City on Monday with  Nick Coffey, who is running as a Democrat for state attorney general against Echols.

“I’m concerned that if Mr. Echols is elected, there will not be any accountability, considering many of these people are his employees or former employees,” Daniel Hanchett said. 

TK Health said in response to questions that Echols now owns about 2% of the company and is not involved in day-to-day operations. The Frontier also reached out to Echols’ political campaign, but did not receive a response.  

Daniel Hanchett’s attorney Dan Smolen said that if elected, Echols would oversee the state multi-county grand jury. The state attorney general has the power to seek criminal indictments against TK Heath employees in connection with deaths at county jails, Smolen said.  

“If he’s elected, who decides whether his company gets investigated,” Smolen asked. “Is he going to recuse from those investigations? Is he going to hold his own employees accountable?”

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👀 See also: Attorney describes TK Health as ‘entity of chaos, cruelty and corruption’ (KFOR)

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