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63 Nowata High School graduates walked across the stage Friday night in a packed Nowata High School Gymnasium.  Valedictorian Flordeliza Brown presented some moments during her high school career.  She told the crowd that life is a crazy ride and nothing's guaranteed.  Salutato ... read more »

A Silver Alert issued for 73 year-old Kenneth Charter of Barnsdall has been cancelled.  Charter is diagnosed with Alzheimer’s and went missing at about 2:30 Friday afternoon.  The Osage County Sheriff’s Office reports  he returned home at 8 o’clock Friday evening. ... read more »

Join KWON KYFM KRIG KPGM at the rescheduled Turtle Races at noon at Honda of Bartlesville parking lot.  Originally scheduled 2 weeks ago and postponed, due to weather, the annual Turtle Races will go rain or shine.  First place will win $250 from Honda of Bartlesville.  T ... read more »

The testing and flushing of fire hydrants continues in Bartlesville.  Beginning on Monday, May 20th, city crews will begin testing and flushing hydrants at the following areas: Caney River going east to U.S. Highway 75 from Adams Blvd. to the Northern City Limits.  The second location i ... read more »

An Ochelata man facing drug charges has waived his preliminary hearing and is bound over for formal arraignment.  Leon Eugene Williams was arrested in February of 2013 for endeavoring to make methamphetamine, possession of methamphetamine, and possession of paraphernalia.  Christiana Jo ... read more »

State officials say Oklahoma's unemployment rate dipped below 5 percent in April.  The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission says the state's unemployment decreased by one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.9 percent last month. That remains well below the national unemployment rate ... read more »

Republican House Speaker T.W. Shannon is joining a growing chorus of conservatives opposed to a set of public education principles known as common core state standards. Shannon announced Thursday that with just two weeks left in the legislative session he is unveiling a measure to repeal a 2 ... read more »

First District Congressman Jim Bridenstine has introduced the first bipartisan Congressional term limits legislation in more than a decade.  Bridenstine introduced the proposed Constitutional amendment, House Joint Resolution 45, with fellow freshman Congressman Beto O’Rourke of Texas. ... read more »

Bartlesville Police continue to ask for your information concerning a possible homicide Wednesday night.  Officers responded to a report gunshots in the area of Adeline and Margarite streets in Northwest Bartlesville. Police Captain Jay Hastings says discovered 46 year-old Douglas Wayne ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville's sales tax collection was down last month, but saw a slight increase in May compared to this time last year.  During Monday's City Matters Program on KWON, city  finance director Mike Bailey said overall the collections are up slightly.  City Manag ... read more »

Nowata CAN will be hosting a Community Garden Build Day on Sunday, May 19th from 2-5 P.M. at the Nowata County Fairgrounds.  The group will be building a fence, filling the raised beds with soil, and putting down mulch on the paths between the raised beds.  There will be a cookout to fo ... read more »

A bill designed to make low-price retail events like "Black Friday" sales legal in Oklahoma has been approved by the Oklahoma Senate.  The Senate voted 29-16 Wednesday for the Unfair Sales Act by Oklahoma City Republican Senator David Holt.  Holt says under a current law origi ... read more »

Bartlesville Police Responded to a call of possible gunshots Wednesday night in the area of Adeline and Margarite streets in Northwest Bartlesville. Officers arrived on scene in the 100 block of NW Margarite and discovered a 46 year old man had been shot while working on a car in the front yard o ... read more »

Gas prices across Oklahoma are up sharply during the past week - rising 20 cents per gallon.  Triple-A Oklahoma reports the average price for a gallon of self-serve regular on Tuesday is $3.58 - compared to $3.38 a week ago.  Triple-A spokesman Chuck Mai (MAY) says the reason for the sp ... read more »

Bartlesville Regional United Way Executive Director Michael Cole had good news to report during Tuesday afternoon's United Way Annual Meeting and Awards Ceremony.  Cole told those in attendance the local organization is ranked number 12 in the nation. Cole says the local United Way c ... read more »

Law enforcement agencies across the state will take part in the annual “Click It or Ticket” mobilization May 20th through June 2nd, cracking down on drivers and passengers who are not buckled up according to state law.   According to statewide Occupant Protection Coordinat ... read more »

Nowata County voters renewed the 1 percent sales tax to pay for road improvements on Tuesday.  According to the unofficial vote result, the measure passed by a vote of 319 to 120 for 72.7 percent of participating voters.   All four propositions passed in the City of Nowata.  P ... read more »

Two Dewey residents are in custody after officers found marijuana inside a car.  18-year old Joshua Dean Eastham and 21-year old Whitney Joy McLain are charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute.  Eastham is also charged with driving with a suspended license and ... read more »

A $25,000 bond has been set for 45-year old Kimberly Joanne Parks, who is charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, making an improper turn, and defective equipment.  Bartlesville police Monday afternoon conducted a traffic stop on Adams Blvd. for a brake light not ... read more »

Bartlesville's cardiologist, Dr. Stan DeFehr is the first recipient of Jane Phillips Medical Center's Physician of the Year Award.  Dr. DeFehr received the honor during a breakfast meeting at the hospital.  The doctor was out of the country when the result of the 677 ballots ... read more »

ConocoPhillips is making significant progress on delivering its plans for growth in volumes and margins.  During its Annual Shareholders Meeting, the company reaffirmed its goal to consistently deliver strong, predictable returns to shareholders. Company Chairman and Chief Executive Offi ... read more »

Nowata School Superintendent Kathy Berry had some exciting things to bring up during her superintendent's report to the school board Monday evening.  Berry said that both the football and practice fields will be re-surfaced, the Track and Field program will be receiving new track uniform ... read more »

A Bartlesville man who was free on a $100,000 bond for a pending rape case is back in custody.  39-year old Jacky Ray Harper is charged with three counts of violation of a protective order.  According to a court affidavit, Harper's ex-girlfriend was driving to work when the suspect ... read more »

Voters in Nowata County will be going to the polls Tuesday to decide whether or not to extend a one-cent sales tax.  The tax was passed five years ago with those funds to be used to improve county roads. Polls will be open Tuesday from 7 A.M. to 7 P.M.  ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners Monday morning awarded the concrete bid to Mid Continent and awarded Outlaw Builders the 10-wheeler dump truck.  The truck is a 1989 model for $22,000.  In other items, the commissioners approved a resolution of disposing of equipment to be used in the Ju ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners met Monday morning and had a fairly light  agenda, with few items needing action.  One item of note was a letter from the Association of County Commissioners Of Oklahoma Insurance Programs Administrator telling the commission that the latest appraisal ... read more »

What started out as a normal "Rise and Shine" assembly Wednesday morning at Bartlesville's Wilson Elementary School turned out to be very surprising when a few guests made their way into the school gym.  Members of the Bartlesville Public School Foundation presented school prin ... read more »

Bartlesville High School senior, Nicole Biddinger placed first in the category of Life Sciences at the National Junior Science and Humanities Symposia Competition in Dayton, Ohio. Biddinger will compete in two more science competitions over the upcoming weeks including the International Susta ... read more »

Guests from Nowata, Ponca City, and beyond gathered Saturday night at the Mullendore Cross-Bell Ranch to raise money for Bartlesville’s Elder Care.  Auctioneer Roger Skelly and Dan Gilliam  raised nearly $24,000 during the live auction of 15 items ranging from a one-of-a-kind wate ... read more »

72 Oklahoma Wesleyan University students received their diplomas Saturday morning.  Commencement speaker Wendel Weaver told those in attendance how grateful he was that the graduates laid their educational foundation at Oklahoma Wesleyan. He pointed to the school's mission statement whic ... read more »

Bartlesville High School senior, Kayla Cary has been named a Gates Millennium Scholarship recipient.  The Gates Millennium Scholarship is awarded each year to students to promote academic excellence and provides help with the expenses a college education can incur.  Cary received a ... read more »

The 7.1 billion dollar budget passed by the Oklahoma House is being called a large compromise.  State Representative Steve Martin on KWON's Capitol Call program said nobody who voted on the bill got what they wanted.  Representative Earl Sears says the house, the senate, and the gov ... read more »

Bartlesville police arrested a 16 year-old Bartlesville High School student after a small explosion in the school parking lot.  School officials say no one was injured and only minor dames was done to property.  Administrators worked with police to investigate the incident.  Classe ... read more »

27-year-old Christopher Alan Pool is charged with felony animal cruelty and making threats to harm others.  Pool was arrested when police were called to a home in the 700 block of Brentwood.  He was accused of punching his grandmother's dog. Pool reportedly grabbed the dog by the co ... read more »

A report was issued this week about rednecks so we sent Jonathan Eastman out to find out more about them. To find the full article from Movoto, click here. ... read more »

The City of Barnsdall has hired its third police chief in a 17-month period.  The city tapped John Ferguson to head the department.  Ferguson previously an investigator for the Osage County Sheriff 's Office and has 31 years of experience in law enforcement. The new chief will b ... read more »

Cassie Rowe of Bartlesville won the Grand Prize Friday morning in the radio station's My Mom's Priceless Contest.  The prize package includes a night at the Inn at the Price Tower, a gallery tour and tower tour for two, a $20 Copper Bar gift certificate, flowers from Flowerland, a Pa ... read more »

You can get your first look at the movie shot last year in and around Bartlesville and Pawhuska.  The trailer for the movie August: Osage County was released Friday.  The two and a half minute preview gives glipses of several area buildings and homes in the background of action from the ... read more »

The new leadership for Sunfest says they are right on track for Bartlesville's annual arts celebration.  In an interview Thursday, Natalie May said that things are where they should be right now despite some early setbacks. May said that Sunfest will be an event for all ages, with events ... read more »

A Washington County jury Wednesday evening found a Wann man not guilty on all charges from a 2011 case. After spending several hours of deliberations, 67-year old James Harvey Miller was found not guilty on three counts of lewd acts to a child under 16 and not guilty of furnishing an alcoholic be ... read more »

Bartlesville High School Junior Nakia Smith received a thousand dollars in scholarships and received the honor of second place at the Oklahoma Boys & Girls Club State "Youth of the Year" competition.  Smith was Bartlesville's 2013 "Youth of the Year".  Sm ... read more »

The Phillips 66 Board of Directors has declared a quarterly dividend.  Phillips 66 will pay a dividend of 31 and a quarter cents a share to shareholders.  The dividend is payable on June 3rd to shareholders of record as of the close of business on May 20th.    The company ... read more »

Copan residents will have to deal with a street closure.  Copan Utilities Superintendent Jeff Jones reports that Copan has closed Eden Street between Hickory and Chestnut for an indefinite period of time. Jones reports that the closure was based upon the pothole feeling soft when it was cros ... read more »

A $100,000 bond has been set for a Bartlesville man who allegedly was caught lying to police.  40-year old Franklin Hughes is charged with provideing false sex offender registration information.  Bartlesville police learned that Hughes was released from prison last Friday and was report ... read more »

A $7.1 billion general appropriations bill to fund state government for the upcoming fiscal year has cleared its first hurdles among rank-and-file legislators.  Separate House and Senate committees easily passed the bill on Wednesday, despite opposition from Democrats and a few Republicans.& ... read more »

Bartlesville's Downtown Program was recognized Tuesday in Oklahoma City during the 24th-annual Oklahoma Main Street Awards Banquet.  Each award presented falls under one of the four points of a Main Street program - Organization, Promotion, Economic Restructuring or Design. Under th ... read more »

The polycart system is less than a week old and Bartlesville's Public Works Director Keith Henry says that although his crew is busy things are going well. In an interview Wednesday, Henry said that the majority of questions that have been asked have been about pickup times and dates.  H ... read more »

Work on the Goff Play Tower in Sooner Park could soon get underway. Bartlesville Interim Director of Parks and Recreation Lisa Beeman says that after originally budgeting 65 thousand dollars and raising another 80 thousand, the process for updating the tower is underway. The structural engineerin ... read more »

The Bartlesville Police Department has received several new complaints in the past two weeks concern a phone scam. Police Captain Jay Hastings says the scam involves a person calling an elderly victim claiming a grandchild or other relative has been arrested in another state and needs bond money. ... read more »

Bartlesville School District's Special Olympics competitors got a rousing send-off Wednesday morning.  The event was held at 7 in the circle drive in front of the main high school entrance.  Groups on hand included the Bruin Brigade Marching Band, the BHS National Honor Society, mem ... read more »

Nearly 70 current and retired Oklahoma Highway Patrol troopers are visiting legislators and urging them to pass a bill to give them a pay raise.  The troopers visited the Capitol on Tuesday and encouraged lawmakers to revive a bill that would give a 16 percent pay raise to all Department of ... read more »

The Oklahoma House has approved a bill to create a defined contribution option for state employee retirement benefits.  The proposal would allow state employees hired after July 2014 to choose between the defined contribution option and the current defined benefit system. The House approved ... read more »

The Dewey Public Works Authority met Monday night and had a short agenda. Both items on the agenda were presented by City Manager Kevin Trease. The items were asking the Authority to approve initiating the bidding process for work on the wastewater treatment plant and on the new water tower.  ... read more »

The Dewey City Council met Monday evening and had a range of business to cover. First, Pat Hopkins of Peter's True Value presented a letter to the Council stating the intent to purchase more than 3 acres of land for a new building that would include 17 thousand square feet of space, 11 thousa ... read more »

The Dewey Board of Education met Monday evening and had a full slate.  The meeting started with recognition of the Students of the Month from each grade.  The Board then went into executive session to interview construction managers for projects associated with the latest bond issue and ... read more »

The Bartlesville City Council Monday evening approved a recommendation from the Bartlesville Development Corporation on a $150,000 incentive for Husky Portable Containment.  The recommendation takes the form of a forgivable loan for Husky to help fund their construction cbuilt.osts.  Th ... read more »

An Oklahoma congressman is proposing cutting $20 billion in spending over 10 years for the nation's food stamps program in the latest farm bill.  Republican U.S. Congressman Frank Lucas, the chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, tells the Tulsa World that the proposed reductions t ... read more »

The Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra performed the last concert of their season, celebrating Elton John. Together with the Jeans 'n Classics and the Bartlesville Choral Society, The Symphony performed some of John's best known songs.  The Symphony also held the drawing for their raffl ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners Monday morning approved all asphalt bids upon price and availability.  Four vendors submitted bids.  In other action, the commissioners approved a juvenile detention center contract from Sac and Fox Nation for fiscal year 2014.  The cost is $21.11 pe ... read more »

Wednesday is Bike to School Day in Washington County.  Bike to School Day is a celebration of National Bike Month and almost a thousand schools in 49 states and the District of Columbia have signed on to participate. Two Bartlesville schools -- Wilson Elementary and Central Middle School ... read more »

Osage County Commissioners signed a Memorandum of Agreement between the Osage Nation and Osage County for a road project known as the L.B. May and Mud Creek Bridge project Monday morning.  The much needed road construction will allow that 'truck route' to re-open and take the majorit ... read more »

A proclamation topped the agenda for this morning's Washington County Board of Commissioners meeting.  The document proclaims this week as Oklahoma Home and Community Education Week.  The board also approved a cooperative agreement with the Wildlife Services of Oklahoma's Depart ... read more »

The film-version of Tracy Lett’s Pulitzer-winning play, August: Osage County is due out on November 8th and the first glimpse you’ll get of the movie shot in and around Bartlesville is the movie poster.  The image is that of a house which apparently has the roof blown off by all ... read more »