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A Bartlesville man is in jail for the second time in less than a year. 79-year old Everett Hayes was taken into custody on Saturday evening on an alleged misdemeanor DUI charge and being in possession of a controlled dangerous substance.    Police officers were dispatched to the ... read more »

The Cherokee Nation has been awarded a $1.3 million grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for cleanup planning across multiple sites within the reservation.  The grant is part of EPA’s Brownfields Multipurpose, Assessment, and Cleanup Grant Programs, which h ... read more »

A fire broke out Friday around 5 p.m. in Ramona at a commercial auto repair shop, resulting in the total loss of the building. Fire departments from Ramona, Ochelata, Oglesby, and Owens, along with Washington County Fire Department and Emergency Management, swiftly responded to the scene. Fir ... read more »

A Washington County man found himself in the Washington County Jail on four misdemeanor charges that he allegedly committed on Christmas Eve. Jacob Moore was arrested on charges of larceny, possession of drug paraphernalia, driving with a canceled or suspended license and assault and battery with ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Monday morning. At that meeting, the Board will consider renewing Osage County Tourism Director Mary Beth Moore's contract. That is a 12 month contract. There will also be discussi ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners convened for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Thursday for a standard meeting. There was one utility permit signed at the meeting and a resolution was signed allowing Thomas Smith to be a volunteer for the Osage County Fairgrounds during ... read more »

Tri County Tech is gearing up for an exciting spring semester, with a range of new and continuing programs designed to meet the growing demands of the local workforce. Appearing on KWON's COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Randall Jones with Tri County Tech talked about upcoming opportunities for adults s ... read more »

Dink's Pit BBQ hosted a free Christmas dinner on December 25, from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., in an effort to alleviate some of the loneliness that often accompanies the holidays. Co-owner James Curd Jr. said that it's their way of giving back to the community. He said that they served abo ... read more »

Deputy Chief Andrew Ward has confirmed that 68-year-old Clara Jean Louis, who was the subject of a Silver Alert earlier Christmas Day, was found deceased north of the Oak Park area outside Bartlesville city limits. The investigation is ongoing in coordination with the Osage and Washington County ... read more »

Friends Indeed provided free Christmas Day dinners from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. on Dec. 25, at the Church of Christ on Adams Blvd.   With the idea that no one should spend Christmas alone, Friends Indeed, a non-profit based in Bartlesville, was created to bring Christmas cheer to tho ... read more »

CLICK HERE FOR A RECORDING OF "A VISIT FROM ST. NICHOLAS."   Join us tonight on KWON AM 1400, 93.3 FM and 95.1 FM for what we hope is a new Christmas Eve tradition.   During the KWON 5 o' Clock News Hour, we will have a special reading of  "A Visi ... read more »

Every sheriff's office across all 77 counties in Oklahoma have received grants ranging from $150,000 to $300,000 from state Attorney General Gentner Drummond's office.   Osage and Washington counties each received $300,000 and Nowata County received $150,000. In all, $18 mill ... read more »

The Osage Nation Education Department has began offering a driver's education for enrolled high school students within the Osage Nation. The program is set to start in January and partners with the Safer Driving School in Hominy. For those wishing to participate in the program, which will ... read more »

The Bartlesville Area History Museum will host its inaugural ‘Noon Year’s Eve Party’ from noon to 2 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 31. Bartlesville’s very own world-class storyteller Fran Stallings will entertain with tales of wit and wisdom as we say goodbye to 2024, and ring in 2025 ... read more »

Tri County Tech is proud to announce the 2024 recipients of the prestigious PEO (Philanthropic Educational Organization) Program for Continuing Education (PCE) scholarship: Shelby Sturgeon and Angela Wooten, both students in TCT’s Practical Nursing program. Shelby and Angela were nomina ... read more »