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

Director of the Oklahoma Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs, Darrell Weaver handed Sheriff Rick Silver the keys to a car that was seized as a result of drug activity.  Weaver says the state program puts assets in the hands of law enforcement agencies that may not have the budget to buy ... read more »

On Thursday, August 7, and Friday, August 8 from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m., students in the Pawhuska school district can stop by the Pawhuska United Methodist Church for free school supplies. They are going to be available at the church’s family life center, and they will be set up for all grad ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is in jail on a 50 thousand dollar bond for breaking into an apartment and stealing some guns. Joel Aaron Scarlett was arraigned Thursday in Washington County District Court facing charges of burglary, driving on a suspended license, possessing stolen property and possessing a ... read more »

Oklahoma schools are receiving their allocation for the new fiscal year, and districts are receiving an increase of about $38 per student.      The state Department of Education announced Wednesday it has released its allocations to school districts for the 2015 fiscal ye ... read more »

U.S. Senator Tom Coburn, M.D. has announced he be in Bartlesville as part of his final series of town hall meetings in the state before resigning from the U.S. Senate at the end of the current Congress.  According to Coburn, one of the highlights of serving as a U.S. Senator for Oklahoma is ... read more »

One man is dead after an accident involving a brush hog. Two men were mowing a field underneath electric wires Thursday morning when the mowing attachment became tangled in a guy wire. One of the men attempted to move the guy wire free from the mower when it became electrified. Both Bartlesville ... read more »

Funding has now become available for the first phase of Pawhuska’s Streetscape beautification in downtown. The Oklahoma Department of Transportation has approved a $476,000 grant for the project after the application was first sent out almost three years ago. According to the City o ... read more »

On Wednesday, the Pawhuska city attorney, Jesse J. Worten III, was to appear in Municipal Court over his driving while under the influence of alcohol citation. This comes after last week’s release of a video and police report of an incident that happened back on July 3 following an acci ... read more »

Four people were injured with two being lifeflighted to St. Francis Hospital in Tulsa after a car versus truck collision in Pawhuska Wednesday morning. According to the Oklahoma Department of Public Safety, it happened around 10 a.m. on SH11 on county road 2518 approximately 1.7 miles south o ... read more »

Bartlesville Mayor Tom Gorman is cautiously optimistic when he talks about the July sales tax check from the Oklahoma Tax Commission.  Gorman commented on a KWON Community Connection that while Bartlesville is up by 10 percent when compared with the same month last year, he doesn’t see ... read more »

A man already in jail for alleged domestic abuse found himself in more trouble Wednesday during his arraignment in Washington County District Court. 22 year old Brandon Brown appeared via closed circuit television before Special Judge Kyra Williams for formal arraignment on charges stemming from ... read more »

Two Dewey residents were arraigned before Special Judge Kyra Williams Wednesday on various drug violations. 52 year old Bradley Wade Smith and 57 year old Betty Louise Ratliff both appeared before Special Judge Williams, Smith on charges of distribution of a controlled dangerous substance and int ... read more »

Osage Nation officials are currently in the process of accepting applications for several grants that would provide funding for emergency services equipment that would be used throughout Osage County. The grants are known as the Targeted Services Grants and will help with services including f ... read more »

A probable cause hearing took place Tuesday afternoon for Brad L. Cummins, who was arrested on a protective order violation.  Bartlesville police were called on a possible disturbance at a home in the 200 block of NW Cass.  According to a court affidavit, Cummins' dad told the polic ... read more »

This Sunday, July 27th the Pawhuska Ministerial Alliance will be holding their ‘Singspiration!’ community fundraiser event that is held each year. It will be taking place at the First Presbyterian Church in Pawhuska starting at 6:30 p.m. with various types of Christian music being ... read more »

On Saturday, July the 19th, 29-year-old Peter Bighorse of Pawhuska was injured when his truck overturned near the intersection of Grandview Drive and 15th street in Pawhuska. He was traveling southbound on Grandview when he approached 15th street and attempted to make a left hand turn. & ... read more »

The Pawhuska City Council met Monday evening to discuss several items on their latest agenda, including an executive session to discuss the job performance of City Manager Paul McAlexander, and it appears he will remain in that position for the foreseeable future. The executive session was no ... read more »

The Bartlesville City Council spent most of Monday night's meeting hearing presentations on the history and development of previous park studies and park development master plans approved by previous city councils.  Interim Park and Recreation Director Lisa Beeman went over park plans da ... read more »

Bartlesville’s own Taylor White was named the 2014-2015 Cavalcade Queen on Sunday in what was the closest finish in the history of the “world’s largest amateur rodeo” event. Before Sunday’s conclusion, White was in first place along with Ponca City’s Lauren ... read more »

A Dallas man is in custody after he allegedly attacked a nurse with a wrench.  51-year old Alan James Morrison is charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, destroying private property, and assault and battery.  Bartlesville police were called to the Adams Park Rehab cent ... read more »

A $25,000 bond has been set for 34-year old Denorvice Howard The Second, who is charged with possession of marijuana.  Bartlesville police was on patrol Sunday afternoon when they saw a man lying on the ground next to an utility box at the intersection of Hensley and Santa Fe.  Accordin ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners Monday morning approved a resolution to apply for a $40,000 Rural Economic Action Plan Grant in District Three.  The funds will be used to develop a strip mall in South Coffeyville.  Commissioner Tim Kilpatrick explained what work needs to be done.  ... read more »

The Osage County commissioners met Monday morning to discuss and take possible action on several new items on their agenda. One of the first items on the agenda to be discussed was whether or not they would approve a bid for the new Osage Tourism Social Media Program. The commissioners re ... read more »

Oklahoma Governor Mary Fallin called on the Obama Administration over the weekend to keep its promise to the people of Oklahoma and close the facility housing illegal immigrant minors at Fort Sill after its 120 day lease.  The facility began housing illegal immigrant minors on June 13. At th ... read more »

Someone took 49 wheels off of 19 trucks at an auto dealership over the weekend.  Bartlesville Police Chief Tom Holland says trucks at Patriot Auto were found up on concrete blocks on Sunday.  Police say the investigation into the incident continues.  If you have information on the ... read more »

A new report from the National Parks Service shows that more than 1 million people visited Oklahoma's national parks in 2013 and spent $17.2 million.        Oklahoma has three national parks: Washita Battlefield National Historic Site, Chickasaw National Recreatio ... read more »

The Oklahoma unemployment rate was down one-tenth of a percentage point to 4.5 percent in June.        The figures released Friday by the Oklahoma Employment Security Commission show that while the number of Oklahomans without a job decreased, so too did the number of ... read more »

Yvonne House, Secretary of the Washington County Election Board, says that voters in Washington County have until 5:00 pm, Wednesday, August 20, to apply for absentee ballots for the August 26 Runoff Primary Election.   House urges voters who want to vote absentee to apply early.  A ... read more »

Several items are on tap for Monday's Bartlesville City Council meeting.  According to the agenda, a public hearing will take place to provide an opportunity for public comment regarding a proposal for the creation of Increment District number nine.  After the public hearing, the ci ... read more »

A Mounds man died in an accident just before 6:30 Saturday morning in Washington County.  The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports a semi driven by a Mississippi man was leaving a parking lot 2.3 miles north of Ramona on U.S. 70 to go southbound on the highway.  A car driven by 39 year-old J ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville has implemented the poly cart program for over a year and things have been going well.  During a recent City Matters Program on KWON, Public Works Director Keith Henry gave an update on the poly cart program.  You can hear more from Henry on our website at bartl ... read more »

Drug charges have been filed for a Bartlesville man who was arrested earlier this week on a drug bust.  36-year old Edwin Clinton Young The Second is charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine, possession of firearms during commission of ... read more »

A homeless Bartlesville man who was wanted for failure to register as a sex offender has been arrested.  52-year old Gary Lee Gipson appeared in Washington County District Court on the arraignment docket Friday afternoon and charged with the crime.  Bartlesville police was looking for G ... read more »

More than two thirds of Oklahomans think that there isn't enough regulation concerning wind power in the state. According to results from soonerpoll.com, 68% of those polled believe that there should be more regulation to ensure that turbines are properly maintained in order to avoid possible ... read more »

The Osage Ballet known as “Wahzhazhe” is set to be coming back with two additional performances at two Oklahoma venues including Miami and Skiatook. Happening at the Skiatook High School on July 18, 19, and 20, the show will have three separate performances with one going on each ... read more »

The principal chief of the Cherokee Nation says the tribe will soon begin work on a new casino in northern Oklahoma near the border with Kansas.  Principal Chief Bill John Baker says the new casino in South Coffeyville will create about 100 jobs in the area. Groundbreaking on the casino is e ... read more »

A federal appeals court has ruled for the second time that states cannot prevent gay people from getting married.        A three-judge panel of the 10th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver on Friday has found a ban on same-sex marriage in Oklahoma violates the U.S ... read more »

A National Transportation Safety Board report on an Oklahoma plane crash that killed two Kansas men says a part of the aircraft was found more than a mile from the crash site.      The April 7, 2013, crash killed retired gynecologist Ronald Marshall of Manhattan, Kansas, ... read more »

Second District Oklahoma Congressman Markwayne Mullin, a member of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, applauded the Committee for approving several bills aimed at reining in the Environmental Protection Agency's authority, providing regulatory certainty, and maintaining a ... read more »

  Oklahoma consumers are more positive when it comes to their views on the economy when compared to those in neighboring states of Arkansas and Missouri.   In a survey sponsored by Arvest Bank, all three trailed the national consumer sentiment index for June as reported by Thom ... read more »

Rogers State University will begin offering its first graduate program this fall when up to 20 students begin work on a master of business administration degree.      Professor Bert Tollison says enrollment for the new MBA program will be capped at 20 students. Tollison t ... read more »

The Bartlesville High School music department will host the eighth annual Bruin Camp for incoming freshman Tuesday afternoon from 1 to 5 at Bartlesville Mid-High School.  The camp is open to all incoming Bartlesville Mid-High School ninth graders.  The annual program allows students to ... read more »

A $500,000 bond has been set for a Bartlesville man who was arrested on a drug bust.  36-year old Edwin Clinton Young The Second has been arrested for possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of methamphetamine, possession of drug paraphernalia, possession of a firea ... read more »

The Pawhuska Huskies will be holding the second annual “Night of Champions” event on the evening of Tuesday,  July 22 at the Ormand Beach Memorial Stadium. The event was held last year as a celebration to wrap up the summer football training program for the junior high and hi ... read more »

Video has surfaced allegedly showing the Pawhuska city manager telling a police officer not to arrest a man for drunk driving who also turned out to be the city attorney. 
 
 The video has since gone viral throughout the Osage County community. The officer who made the st ... read more »

A Bartlesville man was taken to custody after having illegal drugs in his home.  49-year old Robert Wayne Grayson, Jr. is charged with possession of methamphetamine and possession of drug paraphernalia.  Bartlesville police were called to a home in the 400 block of West 9th Street where ... read more »

A Bartlesville man has been arrested for allegedly not registering as ordered.  50-year old Richard Joseph Wright is charged with failure to register as a sex offender.  On July 4th, the suspect told Bartlesville police that he was homeless, but would be staying at Motel 6 located in th ... read more »

A group called Oklahomans For Health was in Bartlesville Wednesday to get signatures for a petition to make Medical Marijuana legal in the state of Oklahoma.  The ballot item would ask that applicants who have a disease that can be treated by marijuana for a list of specific conditions be al ... read more »

Two lanes of Highway 75 were closed for about an hour Wednesday afternoon just south of Bartlesville due to a multiple vehicle accident. According to an officer on the scene, one vehicle was waiting to turn west onto Rice Creek Road while a second vehicle was waiting to turn onto highway 75. The ... read more »

Ken Parker, former Independence, Kansas Police Chief, was formally sentenced in Montgomery County District Court Tuesday as part of a plea agreement with the County Attorney's office. According to KOAM-TV Parker was charged in January with perjury, official misconduct, misuse of public fu ... read more »

The Bartlesville Police Department's Special Operations team and members of the Washington County Sheriff's office served a search warrant early Wednesday morning on a home located in the 1000 block of SE Macklyn. Police Investigators and Task Force members performed surveillance on the r ... read more »

Bartlesville police have seen an increase in auto burglaries over the last couple of weeks.  Chief of Police Tom Holland says many times when police catch the burglars they end up being high school students who walk around after dark checking for unlocked cars. Holland says you can take ... read more »

A Bartlesville woman is in custody for allegedly attacking an officer.  23-year old Lindsey Anne Silver is charged with assault and battery on an officer.  According to a court affidavit, while being processed to go to jail, Silver became uncooperative with the Washington County Sheriff ... read more »

A Bartlesville woman has been arrested for allegedly threaten to kill two people.  26-year old Shannon Leigh Maddox is charged with assault and battery on a police officer, two counts of threaten to perform an act of violence, resisting an officer, and escape from an arrest.  Bartlesvil ... read more »

Bartlesville Crime Stoppers needs your help to locate a convicted sex offender.  52 year-old  Gary Lee Gipson was released from the Oklahoma Department of Corrections wearing an ankle monitor.  According to information from the Bartlesville Police Department, Gipson cut the monitor ... read more »

The Cherokee Nation celebrated a milestone Tuesday with the topping out celebration at the Cooweescoowee Health Center in Ochelata. The ceremony celebrates the placement of the final piece of steel on the building. Decked out with the US flag and the Cherokee Nation Flag as well as a ceder tree a ... read more »

The Osage Hills Hiking Club will be holding a “July New Moon Day” hike on Saturday, July 26th at Osage Hills State Park. The hike will be sponsored by the Osage Hills Hiking Club in collaboration with the management and staff at the park, and it’s open to the public. Registr ... read more »

Friday, August 1, 2014 is the last day to apply for voter registration in order to be eligible to vote in the August 26 Democratic Runoff Primary Election, Osage County Board Secretary Andrea Conner said today. Conner said that persons who are United States citizens, resident of Oklahoma, and ... read more »

An Ochelata man was arrested on a warrant for allegedly attacking his girlfriend.  24-year old Gary Wayne Nichols, Jr. is charged with domestic assault and battery by strangulation, and domestic abuse assault and battery.  Back in March of 2014, Bartlesville police were called to invest ... read more »

Pawhuska’s St. Thomas Episcopal Church will soon be receiving some much needed roof renovations. Work is expected to begin in late August or September with the current roof being replaced with a peaked roof instead of a flat one. The church also wants to add a stairway leading to an ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners Monday morning approved to go out for bids for demolition and removal of the old storage building.  Last week, the commissioners thought the best interest to protect old county records was to tear down the old Star building next to the courthouse and build a s ... read more »

The Osage County commissioners met on Monday morning for their regularly scheduled business meeting. The meeting started with a Cavalcade update from the leader of the Cavalcade amateur rodeo event. More than 25,000 people are expected to attend this week’s event, and the fairground ... read more »

The first retail business to receive an incentive from the Bartlesville Development Corporation will host a grand opening this weekend.  Dollar General will celebrate the opening of its new location at 397381 W. 3000 Rd in Ochelata Saturday morning at 8 with free prizes and special deals.&nb ... read more »

This year's Inter-State Fair hosts a very special night for some very special people in Coffeyville.  The fifth annual Buddy Barrow show for people with developmental disabilities will take place on Wednesday evening, August 13 at 6:30 at the show ring at Walter Johnson Park. The bar ... read more »

The Bartlesville City Council will act on a re-zoning application Monday night.  Ambler Properties will go before the council with a request to re-zone property at 311 and 313 Virginia Avenue from Single Family Residential (RS-5) to General Commercial/Planned Unit Development.  The coun ... read more »

Citing cuts in state funding, the Oklahoma Department of Tourism and Recreation says it is ending its lease for Walnut Creek State Park in northeastern Oklahoma.      The department says the park in Osage County costs more to maintain than it brings in in revenue. The age ... read more »

Congressman Jim Bridenstine toured the Health and Human Services facility housing Unaccompanied Alien Children (UAC) at Ft. Sill on Saturday. U.S. Representative Marsha Blackburn of Tennessee joined him on the tour.  The Congressman says he was there to gain an understanding of the condition ... read more »

Washington County Commissioenrs will take up a parking agreement with Rogers State University when they meet this morning.  The board of commissioners will also hear a presentation from Terry Westmoreland of Carpenter-Belknap and Associates.  Community Development Officer Mitch Antle wi ... read more »

Oklahoma Lt. Governor Todd Lamb recently returned to Washington D.C. to attend a conference about school safety.  During this week's KWON Community Connection program, the committee wanted to know from Lamb how Oklahoma handles school safety.  You can hear more from Lamb on our webs ... read more »

After spending four hours of deliberations, a Washington County jury found Frederick Asa Tracewell not guilty of assault and battery on a police officer and not guilty of failure to yield for an emergency vehicle.  However, Tracewell was found guilty of an improper turn and recommended a fin ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is in custody after being arrested for allegedly breaking into a home and taking a car.  29-year old Johnny Steve Gonzalez is charged with first degree burglary, unauthorized use of a vehicle, and obstructing an officer.  Bartlesville police were called to investigate ... read more »