| In Southeast Oklahoma, a father-son reporting duo’s series on the county sheriff led to an explosive revelation.  Photograph by Joseph Rushmore for The New Yorker The McCurtain Gazette, which operates out of a storefront office sandwiched between a package-shipping business and a pawnshop in downtown Idabel, Oklahoma, is an increasingly rare thing in modern America: an independent local newspaper. In addition to covering the usual community gossip, small-town color, and odd animal encounter, the Gazette keeps a close eye on the area’s public officials, and its reporting has unearthed various instances of corruption over the years. “To most people, it’s Mickey Mouse stuff,” the paper’s owner and publisher explains. “But the problem is, if you let them get away with it, it gets worse and worse and worse.” But, as Paige Williams details in a riveting story from this week’s issue, none of the staff’s past reporting prepared them for what they would find—and the shocking retaliation they would face—when they began investigating a tip about low morale in the county sheriff’s office. Support The New Yorker’s award-winning journalism. Subscribe today » | 
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