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Bartlesville Special Olympics Grand Area Young Athletes Event Saturday

Mar 05, 2024

Bartlesville Special Olympics invites you come play with them and bring all the kids ages 3-7!    This is the Grand Area Young Athletes event Saturday, March 9, from 9:30am to 11:45am to the Bartlesville High School Indoor Facility on Hillcrest Drive.   Registration ... read more »

CITY MATTERS with Mayor Dale Copeland

Mar 05, 2024

Bartlesville Mayor Dale Copeland was on our guest on KWON's CITY MATTERS program on Tuesday.   Mayor Copeland reviewed last night's city council meeting starting with the Bartlesville Education Authority issuing it's Educational Facilities Lease Bonds (Bartlesville Public ... read more »

Bartlesville Schools to Hold March 9 Job Fair

Mar 05, 2024

Bartlesville Public Schools will host its annual job fair on Saturday, March 9, 2024 from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the high school cafeteria commons. The entrance is just north of the Freshman Academy entrance at 18th Street on Shawnee Avenue. Administrators will be interviewing candidates for po ... read more »

Free Debris Pick Up Date Has Been Set For 2024

Mar 05, 2024

Spring cleaning is the part of spring everyone dreads, save those who actually like cleaning. As a home owner, renter, or property owner, yard work is apart of community work. It is also a way of keeping up the friendly competition between you and your neighbors. This year’s free debris ... read more »

Washington County Jr Livestock Show 2024

Mar 05, 2024

The Washington County Junior Livestock Show starts Thursday, March 6, at the Washington County Fairgrounds at 1109 N Delaware St, Dewey.   Thursday Schedule Starting at 9 am   Swine Show  Market Broiler Show  Meat Rabbit Show   Friday Sched ... read more »

BFD Chief David Topping to Retire

Mar 04, 2024

Bartlesville Fire Chief David Topping is retiring effective June 1, ending 35 years of service to the community.   City of Bartlesville Human Resources Director Laura Sanders announced Topping's retirement at Monday's City Council meeting.   After serving in the ... read more »

Study Shows Bartlesville Needs Nearly 250 More Housing Units

Mar 04, 2024

Bartlesville will need nearly 250 additional housing units over the next five years to keep up with projected population growth.   That's according to a new housing study unveiled Monday night at Bartlesville City Council meeting. Community Development Director Larry Curtis made ... read more »

Crews Battle Grass Fire on Northern Edge of Bartlesville

Mar 04, 2024

Crews are fighting a grass fire Monday in a mostly rural area on the northside of Bartlesville.   According to reports, the fire is located north of Herrick Street and Lupa Street, east of Virginia Avenue. Reports indicate crews are putting out hot spots currently, and no major struc ... read more »

Utility Rates Could Increase in Dewey

Mar 04, 2024

At Monday evening's city council meeting in Dewey, City Manager Kevin Trease informed the Council that he would be requesting an increase in utility rates at a future meeting. Trease cited that it had been several years since rates had been increased and that it was time the council take acti ... read more »

County-owned Buildings to get Examined in Osage Co.

Mar 04, 2024

A few weeks ago, the Board of Osage County Commissioners had agreed to allow Higgins Construction to inspect certain county-owned buildings. They will work with architects and engineers to make sure those buildings are in working order and this inspection is part of the deferred maintenance sched ... read more »

Woman Charged With Embezzlement Against Former Employer

Mar 04, 2024

A Bartlesville woman was seen in Washington County Court on Monday, as a probable cause affidavit alleges that she is facing possible charges of embezzling money from an employer.   In early February, officers took a report from two victims with whom Sherri Lynn Sauret used to work f ... read more »

Wash. Co. Man Charged With 1st Degree Manslaughter in July Collision

Mar 04, 2024

A traffic collision in mid July 2023 killed one and injured another. Toxicology reports have came back and show that Jesse Thornton had an Ethyl Alcohol Content of 0.117. As a result, Thornton is being charged with manslaughter in the first degree.   According to a probable cause aff ... read more »

Sample Ballots, Candidate List for March 5 Election

Mar 04, 2024

Oklahoma voters will head to the polls Tuesday for the Presidential Preferential Primary Election. Polling places will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Registered Republican voters are only allowed to vote on the Republican ballot and registered Libertarian voters are only allowed to vote on the Lib ... read more »

One Injured in a Nowata County Collision

Mar 04, 2024

  A South Coffeyville man is hospitalized following a collision on Sunday evening involving two vehicles in Nowata County.   OHP said in a release that the collision occurred at approximately 7:42 pm  on US-169 at County Road 6, approximately 4 miles south of South Coff ... read more »

Nowata County Commissioners Meet Monday Morning

Mar 04, 2024

The Nowata County Commissioners convened for a regular Monday morning meeting with the absence of member Troy Friddle. Chairman Timmie Benson and Vice-Chairman Paul Crupper continued on in what was a shorter meeting than usual. The Commissioners first approved a resolution on a 5-year CIRB Pl ... read more »