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A tornado reportedly touchdown in Osage County near Personia early Wednsday morning just after 5am. We are awaiting further confirmation at this time.   We are also awaiting damage reports from this violent storm.   Over 400 Verdigris Valley customers lost power in Osage ... read more »

Arvest Bank launched its annual million meals campaign on Tuesday. This is a two month initiative aimed at fighting hunger in the region. Proceeds raised through the two-month long event benefits more than 80 food partners, including Mary Martha Outreach in Bartlesville. Bartlesville’s Arve ... read more »

The Legislature recently completed one of our major deadlines. Thursday was our final day to pass House bills off the House floor. We spent many hours in the chamber considering and voting on measures, as well as several late evenings. I was glad to pass two of my bills this year before t ... read more »

The Bartlesville Police Department invites the community to join them for “A Day in the Park” on Saturday, April 26 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Lee Lake, 2200 SE Adams Blvd., across from Lowe’s. According to a news release, the BPD and other city departments have worked dilige ... read more »

The Justice Department announced Tuesday it will surge FBI assets across the country to address unresolved violent crimes in Indian Country, including crimes relating to missing and murdered indigenous persons. The FBI will send 60 personnel over a six-month period. This operation is the long ... read more »

The Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce hosted the April lunch and learn series, which featured Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner Glen Mulready as the speaker. Mulready recently visited Stillwater and Mannford, where homes were destroyed because of the wildfires. He talked about how important it is to be ... read more »

AFTERNOON UPDATE 4-1-2025   The potential for severe weather Tuesday night and early morning Wednesday has increased to a Level 3 out of 5. Two rounds of severe weather are possible. First, a dry line is expected to form ahead of a cold front in northeast Oklahoma and southeast K ... read more »

The Bartlesville High School presents the Spring Musical, "Les Misérables," at the Bartlesville High School Fine Arts Center, April 25-26 at 7pm and 27, at 3:00 pm.    Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Bartleswville High School student actors Carter Wells, Soph ... read more »

April is Child Abuse Prevention Month. April is also Sexual Assault Awareness Month.    Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION,  Rhonda Hudson and Yocelin Claybourn with Ray of Hope Advocacy Center talked about raising awareness for both issues.Rhonda said, "Our hope for th ... read more »

At Monday's Osage County Commissioners meeting, the sheriff's office informed the Board of an emergency plumbing issue they are facing. Sheriff Bart Perrier informed the Board of the steps that were involved in order to get this resolved.     IT Supervisor for the Sh ... read more »

The Price Tower will be auctioned through a bankruptcy sale, according to a social media post by Cushman & Wakefield Commercial Oklahoma, a commercial real estate agency. The iconic Bartlesville building that was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructed in 1956 as the headquarters o ... read more »

Voters will head to the polls on Tuesday, April 1, 2025, for the Copan School, Town of Copan, Town of Ochelata and the Town of Ramona Election. The polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Washington County Election Board Secretary, Yvonne House recommends voters with questions about their el ... read more »

Washington County elected officials and Bartlesville Radio received a sneak-peak tour Monday of the new Emergency Operations Center on Bison Road.   The complex includes a command center, fire truck bays and a warehouse. The command center has been built to withstand winds from an ex ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is facing misdemeanor charges after allegedly being passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle.   44-year-old Bo Skaggs was charged with actual physical control of a vehicle while intoxicated.   According to the Bartlesville Police Department, Skaggs was ... read more »

At Monday's Board of Osage County Commissioners meeting, Dalton Higgins with Higgins Construction Management provided an update as to the progress being made on the courthouse annex and improvements to the exisiting courthouse.    Higgins began by talking about when he hopes ... read more »