One Redditor has nominated Picher, Oklahoma, as “the most toxic town in America,” and after looking at their photos and learning the history of the town, it’s easy to see why. The post about ...

KSNF/KODE — As the search for two missing Northeast Oklahoma teens enters its 25th ... and ultimately killed in a Picher mobile home belonging to Phil Welch, Jr. Welch, Jr., ...

Picher, Oklahoma, is emblematic of what happens when a mining boomtown goes bust. When the minerals were exhausted, companies left or went bankrupt. Slab, former home of Gloria and Tom Workman.

The Cherokee County town is adjacent to the Oklahoma border. On the other side of the border is Picher, which is being evacuated. The state of Oklahoma and the federal government have decided it ...