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Bingman to Speak at Tuesday's ROC-WC Meeting
Aug 29, 2024
Republicans and Other Conservatives of Washington County, also known as ROC-WC, is holding their monthly meeting Tuesday evening with a very special guest speaker.
Appearing on Community Connection, ROC-WC Administrator Quinn Schipper and ROC-WC Co-Founder former State Sen. John Fo ... read more »
Washington County Woman Allegedly Breaks Child Custody Order
Aug 28, 2024
A Washington County woman has been arrested on violation of child custody court order charges. The child stealing charge is a felony. Last week, Hope Jones attempted to pick her three kids up from school early, but Jones and the defendant's father have a custody agreement.
Nowh ... read more »
Lankford Clarifies His Thoughts on Border Security Bill
Aug 28, 2024
Earlier this year, Oklahoma Senator James Lankford proposed a bill that would have provided funding to protect our southern border. It is Lankford's belief that as this bill was being moved forward in the House that Presidential Candidate for the United States, Kamala Harris had no desire to ... read more »
Arvest Foundation Supports Special Olympics Oklahoma
Aug 28, 2024
The Arvest Foundation recently announced a $5,000 contribution to Special Olympics Oklahoma.
The funds will support the upcoming Special Olympics by providing general operational support in facilitating outreach and programmatic support through statewide initiatives for over 10,000 athletes.
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OLLI Fall Courses Begin Soon
Aug 28, 2024
The Osher Lifelong Learning Institute, also known as OLLI, through Oklahoma State University keeps seniors active and social with several courses, travel and social activities geared toward adults 50 and better.
Appearing on Community Connection OLLI's Bartlesville Site Coordin ... read more »
COMMUNITY CONNECTION: Bartlesville Chamber of Commerce
Aug 28, 2024
The fall season is almost here and the Bartlesville Chamber of Commerce is getting ready for a slew of events for members and non-members alike.
Appearing on Community Connection, Judy Williams with the Chamber says the 2024 Business Expo and the September Business After Hour ... read more »
Live Election Results
Aug 27, 2024
Washington County Commissioner District 2 (10 of 10 reporting)
Corey Shivel 821 77.16%
Michael Colaw 243 22.84%
Nowata County Commissioner District 2 (4 of 4 reporting)
Brandon Wesson 148 55.43%
Timmie Benson (i) 119 44.57%
City of Pawhuska Proposition 1 (2 of 2 reporting) ... read more »
Shivel Wins Run-Off for Commissioner District 2
Aug 27, 2024
Corey Shivel overwhelmingly won the Republican run-off election for Washington County District 2 Commissioner by more than three-fourths of the vote.
According to unofficial results from the Washington County Election Board, Shivel received 821 votes, or 77%, during Tuesday's e ... read more »
Wesson defeats Benson in Nowata County Commissioner race
Aug 27, 2024
In the race for Nowata County Commissioner for District 2, Challenger Brandon Wesson defeated Incumbent Timmie Benson by 29 total votes, earning 148 votes. Wesson took 55.43% of the votes, while Benson had 44.57% and 119 votes.
Wesson told Bartlesville Radio on Tuesday night that he is happy ... read more »
Pawhuska Voters Approve Continuation of Sales Tax
Aug 27, 2024
The citizens of Pawhuska headed to the polls on Tuesday and decided to extend the existing one penny sales tax. Three quarters of a cent will continue going toward street and infrastructure improvements with the remainder going to economic development.
Here is Assistant City Manager Car ... read more »
Cherokee Nation Celebrating Holiday This Weekend
Aug 27, 2024
The Cherokee Nation will have one of their biggest celebrations of the year this weekend in Tahlequah to commemorate the signing of the Cherokee Nation Constitution in 1839. Principal Chief Chuck Hoskin Jr spoke with the News on 6 and said it's important to remember where we come from.
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Osage County Free Fair Quickly Approaching
Aug 27, 2024
The Osage County Free Fair is quickly approaching. The event will run from Tuesday, September 17th through Saturday, September 21st. In addition to Thursday and Friday's school day at the fair and carnival rides being open throughout the day, a roping event will take place on that Friday nigh ... read more »
First-Degree Murder Trial Continues
Aug 27, 2024
The first-degree murder trial of 21-year-old Bryson Towers began Monday with jury selection at the Washington County Courthouse. It continued on Tuesday with those jurors listening to testimony from the witness stand.
Towers is accused of shooting and killing 16-year-old Markus Sco ... read more »
Pawhuska Schools Holding Blood Drive on Wednesday
Aug 27, 2024
Pawhuska High School will be holding a blood drive on Wednesday for anybody looking to make an impact on someone's life. That event will take place at the school and will run from 8:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.
Donors will receive a T-shirt and a ticket to an amusement park of their choic ... read more »
Wilson Found Guilty in 2023 Kidnapping Case
Aug 26, 2024
A jury has found a Bartlesville man guilty of kidnapping in a case stemming from January 2023.
Quincy Wilson was convicted of the charge after a jury deliberated for about 30 minutes Thursday in Washington County District Court.
Court documents show that Wilson approached a worker a ... read more »