Tulsa World: Special Projects

Special Projects
SemGroup goes bankrupt SemGroup is alleged to have lost $2.4 billion in hedged trading on oil futures markets. On this site, you will find all of the stories, art and graphics included in the Tulsa World's coverage of the SemGroup collapse, as well as court documents from its bankruptcy filing.	True Blue Someone who has never run a grocery store is doing it because his community needs one. Scott Smith is putting his faith into something real -- the Blue Jackalope. Read the story and watch a video and slide show.	Back into a corner Most rural volunteer fire departments struggle, but one in Osage County found a way out. Read the story and watch a video and slide show.
Lost Lives: A Decade of Tulsa Homicides Read the Tulsa World exclusive that looks at the cases, the victims and the families left behind. Watch videos and search a database of homicides from 1997 to present.	Oklahoma Heroes An online memorial to the Oklahomans who were killed in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.	Idol Moments Complete coverage of 'American Idol' including interviews with David Cook, video, slide shows and more.
Election 2008 Complete coverage of the 2008 election, including the latest headlines, primary results for each state, video and more.	Oral Roberts: The Man. The Mission. The Ministry. In celebration of Oral Roberts' 90th birthday, the Tulsa world has created a Web site dedicated to his life and career as an evangelist. View a complete archive of stories written about Roberts, watch videos, slide shows and view an interactive timeline.	Inside Clear Creek Monastery The monks came to Oklahoma looking for solitude, to escape from the rest of the world, protected by muddy roads and low-water dams and the sheer distance from any major highway. By some estimates, more people have climbed Mt. Everest than slept inside these cloistered walls.
BOK Center Construction This page is dedicated to the construction and development of the new BOK Center, which is a $178 million project funded through the Vision 2025 initiative. Here you will find the latest headlines and slide shows of construction progress and on the artists selected to create works specially for the arena.	ORU Lawsuit Read all of the ORU lawsuit coverage, download PDFs of documents and watch video and slide shows.	House Bill 1804 Read all of the coverage on House Bill 1804, watch videos and read a special series on Casa Blanca.
Puppy Profits Read the investigative series on puppy breeders, search a database of licensed breeders and dealers compliance inspections by the U.S.D.A., and watch a slide show and videos.	A Question of Care Read the investigative series on the state's child-care system and search a database of inspection reports.	What the state pays The searchable database shows names, agencies, job titles and salaries.
Growing Old Read all of World Project Editor Ziva Branstetter's three-part series looking into assisted living in Oklahoma.	Going to prison Prison officials won't let anyone even take a close-up photo of the front gate at the Lexington Assessment and Reception Center, where all Oklahoma inmates begin their sentences, no matter the crime. Until now, only the guards and the inmates themselves ever got a good look at the other side. Here, for the first time, the Tulsa World follows one prisoner through the gate.	Tulsa City-County Restaurant Inspections More restaurants and other places that serve food are failing food safety inspections, a Tulsa World review of government data indicates. Health inspectors flunked 235 Tulsa County food establishments during 2007. That's a 50 percent increase over the previous year.
Evolution of a caricature Watch a time lapse presentation of Tulsa World Art Director Dave Carman creating a caricature of Sam Harris.