Bartlesville Radio: The area’s best source for news, weather and sports!

Republican U.S. Senator Jim Inhofe says now is not the time to reduce the country's nuclear arms forces around the globe. Oklahoma's senior senator made the comments Wednesday in response to President Barack Obama's call during a speech in Berlin to reduce U.S. and Russian nuclea ... read more »

Osage County rancher, business leader, and the 16th inductee to the Oklahoma Agriculture Hall of Fame, John Hughes passed away at his home Wednesday morning. Hughes was recognized as a leader in Oklahoma agriculture over his lifetime, contributing to his community and the agriculture industry ... read more »

Two businesses joined the Bartlesville Chamber of Commerce Wednesday and celebrated with ribbon cuttings. Merle Norman Cosmetics, in the Food Pyramid Center, is the only cosmetic boutique in Bartlesville and hosts cosmetic products and a small spa with ionic foot baths. Owner Sherri Rust said tha ... read more »

Authorities have arrested a Chelsea man who they believe is responsible for the May theft of a pickup truck and 3,000 pounds of stranded copper stolen from a ranch near Chelsea. Rogers County sheriff's deputies aprehended 26 year-old Matthew James Fuller Tuesday and charged him with secon ... read more »

Washington County Associate District Judge Russell Vaclaw held a probable cause hearing Tuesday afternoon for 29-year old Terry Eugene Argo, who has been arrested for threats to kill, larceny, and possession of stolen property.  Bartlesville police were called to the Rolling Hills Apartments ... read more »

Justin Moss appeared before Washington County Special Judge John Gerkin for a probable cause hearing Tuesday morning. Moss has been charged with rape in the first degree for an event allegedly stemming from a game of 'Truth or Dare.'  According to the alleged victim, a 13 year old mi ... read more »

James Harley Carter was in Washington County District Court Tuesday morning for a probable cause hearing concerning two charges of possession of materials to manufacture controlled substances. Testimony was first heard from Sgt. Mike Shelts of the Bartlesville Police Department. Shelts is officer ... read more »

Owasso City Manager Rodney Ray is now due back in court next month to face charges of writing a bad 3 thousand dollar check and then lying to police about it.  Ray was supposed to appear in Tulsa County district court Tuesday morning but court records indicate Ray's arraignment was passe ... read more »

Bartlesville Municipal Airport now ie equipped with two emergency response vehicles.  ConocoPhillips purchased an Aircraft Rescue Firefighting truck for use at the airport. According to airport manager, Rick Boswell, the second vehicle will be available in case of an emergency situation ... read more »

The Dewey City Council approved their 2013-2014 budget Monday night at their regular weekly meeting. This comes after a successful public hearing last week about the proposed budget. In addition to passing the budget, City Manager Kevin Trease announced that sales tax revenues for the City of Dew ... read more »

The Bartlesville City Council Monday evening approved the Bartlesville Corporation Economic Development Contract and budget allocation for the BDC.  As part of the contract, the BDC requested $770,000 from the Economic Development Fund for general operations.  BDC President David Wood e ... read more »

The Bartlesville City Council accepted an application from Samantha Nikkel for approval of a rezoning from multi-family residential to office and a supplemental designation planned unit development and site development plan approval to construct a parking lot located at 401 Southeast Wyandotte.&n ... read more »

A Dewey woman is free on a $20,000 bond after being arrested for allegedly breaking into a restaurant.  50-year old Patricia Ann Davis is charged with second degree burglary and possession of methamphetamine.  Early Saturday morning, Bartlesville police were called to Outlaws Chophouse ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners Monday morning discussed a developing termite problem at the courthouse.  County Clerk Carol Rowe told the commissioners that the problem is at portion of the third floor.  The commissioners tabled the item until next week so county officials could get es ... read more »

Osage County Commissioners rescinded a resolution approved in February Monday morning.  The rescinding resolution overturned the board's previous decision to vacate a county road which started at the intersection of country road 4575 and county road 4700 in the area of State Highway 11 n ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners met Monday at the Washington County Courthouse Administration Building. After announcing a public hearing to be held in Ochelata regarding annexation of county land to be held June 26th at the Ochelata City Hall, the Commissioners moved on to actionable agenda ... read more »

A memo shows that the suspended Owasso city manager ordered the deletion of police videos of a field sobriety test in which the city's vice mayor was initially told by police that he was being arrested for driving under the influence - but eventually was driven home by an officer. The ... read more »

Emily Rainbolt repeated her title as grand prize winner at Saturday's Price Tower Egg Drop.  Competitors in three categories were judged for the best design, closest to the center of the target, and whether their design protected a raw egg so that it remained unbroken when dropped from t ... read more »

The Bartlesville City Council will hold a public hearing Monday night on a request from Samantha Nikkel to re-zone property at 401 SE Wyandotte from multi-family residential to office and add the supplemental designation of Planned Unit Development.  Nikkel wants to build a parking lot on th ... read more »

The Nowata County Board of Commissioners will revisit a resolution it passed on May 28th.  According to the agenda for Monday morning's meeting, the board of commissioners will modify the resolution that created an account for the Nowata  County Educational Facilities Authority.&nbs ... read more »

Osage Nation Attorney General Jeff Jones filed a formal ethics complaint against the tribe's chief Wednesday.  The Native Times is reporting that Chief John Red Eagle called an investigator with the attorney general's office and threatened to fire him if he did not stop a pending inq ... read more »

Tickets remain for next weekend's "Mad Hatter Party" to benefit Family Crisis and Counseling Center.  The annual event takes place at Hillcrest Country Club Saturday night.  Event Chair Brenda Williamson encourages everyone at least wear a large accessory such as a bow, fl ... read more »

Oilfield services company Baker Hughes Inc. says the number of rigs actively exploring for oil and natural gas in the U.S. increased by six this week to 1,771. The Houston-based company said Friday in its weekly report that 1,413 rigs were exploring for oil and 353 for gas. Five were listed ... read more »

Friday night’s OK Mozart Festival Concert at Woolaroc brought out an appreciative crowd.  The approximately 2-hour concert concluded with fireworks and was true to its theme of “America the Beuatiful”.   Artistic Director Constantine Kitsopolous and Amici New ... read more »

David Hawkins of Copan won lodging, entertainment, shopping and more Friday morning when this radio station drew his name as the winner of the My Dad Deserves It Contest.  Hawkins picked up certificates for two nights at the Omni Hotel & Resorts in Dallas, four tickets to the Dixie Stamp ... read more »

Another star-studded country music concert is planned to benefit victims of the deadly tornadoes in Oklahoma last month. Toby Keith announced Thursday that his Oklahoma Twister Relief Concert will be held July 6 at the University of Oklahoma's Gaylord Family-Oklahoma Memorial Stadium in ... read more »

Jane Phillips Medical Center has earned a prestigious certification from the world-renowned International Organization for Standardization. JPMC is now officially an ISO 9001:2008 Quality Management Systems certified organization. The designation recognizes that the hospital's policies, pract ... read more »

The Friends of the Frank Phillips Home hosted a flag raising ceremony Friday morning in honor of flag day.  Boy Scouts of America Troop 3 raised the flag at the Bartlesville landmark. This marks the beginning of a 4 week promotion of patriotism led by the Friends of the Frank Phillips home. ... read more »

The Bartlesville School Board spent nearly two hours Thursday night talking about the recommendations for school alignment from the Long Range Facilities Planning Committee.  The recommendations were the result of months of discussions, surveys, and public forums in the community on how to b ... read more »

The Blue Star Mothers hosted a flag raising Thursday afternoon at the Bartlesville Chamber of Commerce. Jonathan Eastman was there and filed this report. Flag day is always June 14th in honor of the adoption of the flag by the Second Continental Congress in 1777. ... read more »

The Bartlesville Regional United Way is asking area non-profit organizations to submit projects to be accomplished during their Day of Caring next month.  Day of Caring gives volunteers from businesses around the community an opportunity to help non-profits with tasks such as building mainte ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville received $1,317,020 in sales tax revenue from the State of Oklahoma in the month of June.  These dollars are derived from the City's 3% sales tax for sales occurring mostly in the last half of April and estimated sales for the first half of May.  The June re ... read more »

A preliminary hearing is set for a Bartlesville woman who was arrested in connection with her husband's stabbing death in April of 2013.  33-year old Stacy Ann Thompson is accused of stabbing her husband, 33-year old Bobby Richard Thompson.  Thompson was found in the front yard of a ... read more »

A Vinita man died Tuesday afternoon after working a job on the railroad tracks.  According to a Coffeyville, Kansas police report, 58-year old Danny Wills was loading coal into a railroad car on tracks located on the southside of Coffeyville near Eldridge and Brown Streets.  He was caug ... read more »

RAY SURRENDERS TO AUTHORITIES  6/12/13  7 AM  CHARLIE Owasso's City Manager has turned himself in to police. Rodney Ray was booked into the Tulsa County jail Tuesday afternoon. He's charged with passing a bogus check of more than $1,000, a felony, and with falsely r ... read more »

A Bartlesville man who faces a murder charge is again in trouble with the law after he allegedly got into a fight with an inmate.  21-year old Brandon William Capps is charged with assault with a deadly weapon and posessing contraband in the jail.  According to a court affidavit, a figh ... read more »

The balance sheet on Oklahoma's finances is looking better by the day. State officials say increased income tax collections are providing a boost to the Oklahoma General Revenue Fund used to fund state government. Secretary of Finance Preston Doerflinger reported Tuesday that total ... read more »

\r\n A $150,000 bond has been set for a Bartlesville man who allegedly molested a girl and led police on a chase.  23-year old Casey Adam Burns is charged with committing lewd acts with a minor, child endangerment, DUI, driving with a suspended license, and eluding a police officer.  Ac ... read more »

The unofficial results for Tuesday's special election show the ½ cent sales tax proposition for the City of Bartlesville passing with 76% voting for and 24% voting against. The sales tax will fund improvements to drainage downtown, preventative maintenance to city streets, and improvem ... read more »

A former physician assistant at the Claremore Veterans Center has pleaded not guilty to the neglect-related deaths of two patients. Kenneth Adams was formally arraigned in Rogers County District Court Monday, one week after the unsealing of an Oklahoma multicounty grand jury indictment that ... read more »

Oklahoma Private First Class Bradley Manning's court-martial for giving hundreds of thousands of documents to WikiLeaks has entered its second week. The trial resumed Monday under a fresh spotlight, as a new leak scandal unfolded in Washington involving another low-level intelligence emp ... read more »

The Dewey City Council met Monday night to discuss the proposed budget for the next fiscal year. The proposed budget for the city of Dewey comes in at just more than four million dollars. Some items on the budget include purchasing three to four computers for the police station and bullet-proof v ... read more »

A Bartlesville teen will leave for Mobile, Alabama on Sunday to compete in the 56th-annual Distinguished Young Women event. Rachel Wittenbach will participate in the finals of the 56th Distinguished Young Women competition later this month.   The event formerly called the Junior Miss co ... read more »

The Nowata School Board heard from Superintendent Kathy Berry an update of the building projects of the Middle School and the Gymnasium.  Berry said that construction on the new gym has been delayed because of the weather and is looking to be done by September.  Berry told the school bo ... read more »

Two weeks after the Owasso City Council put him on administrative leave, an arrest warrant has been issued on Owasso City  Manager Rodney Ray. Ray is charged with making a false police report and writing a bogus check for more than a thousand dollars. Ray allegedly wrote the check to Cle ... read more »

Bankruptcy could have an impact on the latest lawsuit involving The Focus Group and the advisor Larry Dearman.  Last Week, negotiations took place in Washington County District Court between attorneys representing more than 30 Focus Group clients who already have judgements pending the case. ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners Monday morning declared the county a natural disaster area due to the recent storms.  Commissioner Tim Kilpatrick said that the county could be eligible for FEMA assistance.  Governor Mary Fallin has already declared the county a disaster area.  In o ... read more »

The Boys and Girls Club of Bartlesville has begun it's busy season, summer, and needs your help. According to Mirelle Pierini, Director of Resource Development for the Club, they are currently serving 250 kids a day. Services provided include nutrition programs, fitness programs, art programs ... read more »

Brandon Dutcher, Vice-President of the Oklahoma Council of Public Affairs spoke to the Noon Rotary today at First United Methodist Church in Bartlesville. The OCPA is a public policy research organization, better known as a 'think tank'. The purpose of the speech was to introduce OCPA to ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners met Monday morning and among other items, created a new trust authority for Washington County.  After signing contracts with the State of Oklahoma Office of Juvenile Affairs and with Muskogee Youth Services regarding transportation and detention services, ... read more »

A Skiatook man is dead as a result of an incident Sunday afternoon at Skiatook Lake.  According to an Oklahoma Highway Patrol report 32 year-old Jeffrey Allen Clegg of Skiatook dove from the cliffs near Osage Park into the lake just before 4 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Clegg went under ... read more »

The 1/2 cent sales tax election is today and you may have some questions about where the money is going, how the projects were decided upon, and who made those decisions. Bartlesville Radio's Jonathan Eastman sat down with City Councilman for Ward 5, Dale Copeland and asked some of those ques ... read more »

You will have to allow time for a detour if you plant to trave State Highway 10 in Nowata County for the next couple of weeks.  According to the Oklahoma Department of Transportation, all lanes of east and westbound SH-10 will be closed at Cedar Creek – eight miles west of the Craig Co ... read more »

A Nowata County jury found Steve Kloehr guilty of perjury on Thusday.  According to the court record, District Judge Curtis DeLapp handed the case to the jury at 10:30 and nearly three hours later the jury sent a message that it had reached a verdict.  Judge DeLapp sentenced Kloehr ... read more »

Early voting for the June 11th special election has begun. According to the Washington County Election Board, voters registered in Bartlesville can vote Friday and Monday at the Washington County Courthouse. The Election Board's hours for voting are from 8-6 Friday and Monday. Voters are remi ... read more »

Jane Phillips Medical Center and BlueStem Cardiology have again been recognized for outstanding heart care by earning another Gold Quality Achievement Award from the American Heart Association. The honor is part of the American College of Cardiology’s “Get With The Guidelines (GWTG)&r ... read more »

The US Navy will name one of its two new combat ships the USS Tulsa. Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus announced Thursday that the ship is being built in Mobile, Alabama. The other ship to be built will be the USS Billings. The ships known as littoral combat ships - or LCS - are named to ... read more »

Oklahoma Treasurer Ken Miller says overall collections to the state treasury continued to grow in May compared to the same time last year.  Miller reported that total collections last month of nearly $884 million is a 2.9 percent increase over May 2012. That compares to an average month-over ... read more »

Oklahoma Sen. Tom Coburn has joined four other senators in promoting the replacement of $1 bills with $1 coins. Coburn joined fellow Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Mike Enzi of Wyoming and Democrats Tom Harkin of Iowa and Mark Udall of Colorado in introducing legislation to prom ... read more »

A Ramona woman who faces manslaughter charge failed to appear in Washington County District Court Thursday morning for a preliminary hearing.  24-year old Jessica Brunelle is charged with first degree manslaughter.  According to court records, Brunelle came in late to court and her matt ... read more »

The Center for Biological Diversity has challenged an Army Corps of Engineers permit that would grant ConocoPhillips permission to build a bridge to reach oil leases in the National Petroleum Reserve - Alaska. The bridge would be a 1400 foot span that would cross the Colville river, the country&# ... read more »

The 29th-season of Bartlesville's OK Mozart Festival opens officially Sunday afternoon as Orchestra-in-residence Amici New York takes the stage to play the score of the classic movie "The Wizard of Oz". Artistic Director for the Festival, Constantine Kitsopolous will conduct the ... read more »

The Oklahoma Department of Environmental Quality has announced several state lakes contain fish with high levels of mercury. Skiatook Lake and Kaw Lake are on that list.  According to DEQ statement, while the department recognizes that fish is an important part of a healthy diet, the agency ... read more »

Oklahoma Insurance Commissioner, John Doak has added Bartlesville to his list of locations for Senior Fraud Conferences this summer.  Doak will be in Bartlesville at the Community Center Thursday, July 11th. The conference topics include Medicare Fraud, Funeral Home Trust Fraud, Postal F ... read more »