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Authorities in northeast Oklahoma are investigating after someone stole a rural department's fire truck and set it on fire. Avant Fire Department Chief Gene Atkins says the vandal or vandals also ransacked the volunteer fire department's office at the station. The charred fire t ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is in custody after he allegedly hit his father in law in the face.  21-year old Joshua Sacha Fabri is charged with domestic abuse assault and battery.  Bartlesville police were called to investigate a family dispute in the 1500 block of Southwest Oak Avenue.  Ac ... read more »

4:34 PM UPDDATE: Officers have now cleared the scene at Bartlesville High School. The backpack was checkd by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol Bomb Squad and it apepars that it only contained school supplies. The student in custody has been released and a suspicious incident report was made. No th ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville received $1,291,982 in sales tax receipts from the State of Oklahoma in the month of December.  These dollars are derived from the City's 3% sales tax for sales occurring at the cash register mostly in the last half of October and estimated sales for the first ha ... read more »

TransCanada has begun injecting crude oil into its $2.3 billion pipeline between Cushing and the Gulf Coast.      The company says that Saturday's development means the 485-mile pipeline is another step closer to commercial operation.      The ... read more »

Oklahoma's workers compensation law is in the midst of a court challenge. Justices asked numerous questions Tuesday during oral arguments concerning the law's constitutionality.  The law is particularly important to Lieutenant Governor Todd Lamb.  He says the worker's compen ... read more »

Phillips 66 has announced a strategic joint development agreement with one of the world leaders in algae-based Green Crude oil production -- Sapphire Energy.  The agreement is aimed at taking production of algae crude a significant step toward commercialization. Under the agreement, the ... read more »

The Oklahoma Transportation Commission has approved several road constructions contracts, including a nearly $38 million plan to improve parts of U.S. 60 near Pawhuska.  During its monthly meeting Monday, the commission awarded a contract to Sherwood Construction Co. Inc. to improve a nearly ... read more »

The Oklahoma Employment Security Commission reports that the state's unemployment rate is up for the month of October.  According to the commission, most of Oklahoma's 77 counties reported unemployment rate increases.  Nowata, Osage, and Washington counties saw their rates ... read more »

Pawhuska Chamber of Commerce Director Mike McCartney has announced the winners of Saturday night's Pawhuska’s Annual Christmas Parade of Lights.  In the For-Profit category the Tolsen Agency took first place followed by the Historic Whiting Bed and Bath in second place and Sister&r ... read more »

Speaker of the Oklahoma State House of Representatives T.W. Shannon was in Bartlesville Monday spent some time speaking with our own Charlie Taraboletti. During the discussion, Shannon touched on the state sales tax collections. Shannon says that although the collections are not meeting estim ... read more »

Nowata County Commissioner Tim Kilpatrick brought up to other commissioners Monday morning about a complaint from the Fair Board.  According to Kilpatrick, the complaint is that the Fair Board's meeting agenda hasn't been posted at the bulletin board in front of the courthouse and at ... read more »

Bartlesville High School students Olivia Culver and Stephen Phillippe have been named Rotary Students of the Month for the month of December.  Culver is the daughter of David and Christina Culver.  She has been a four-year girls varsity basketball team member, and currently serves as a ... read more »

The construction of the new gymnasium will be the main item that will be discussed during Monday's Nowata School Board meeting.  According to the agenda, the board will hear from Mike Stacy of the Stacy Group regarding timelines for completion of the new gym.  There has been many de ... read more »

A light agenda is planned for Monday's Nowata County Commissioners meeting.  According to the agenda, the commissioners will go over the Nowata EMS Mutual Aid Agreement and go over the Fair Board proposal to the Walton Foundation.  The agenda doesn't say whether or not the commi ... read more »

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Although the snow has stopped and crews have been out clearing roads driving can still be dangerous. With single digit temperatures (forecast) overnight, wet roads will refreeze overnight, causing problems. Bartlesville Police Chief Tom Holland explains that black ice could be a problem.  ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is in custody after he allegedly attacked his wife.  32-year old Suluki Sutton is charged with domestic assault and battery by strangulation.  According to a court document, the authorities were called on a family domestic claims that Sutton choked his wife.  Cou ... read more »

The Bartlesville Kiwanis Christmas Parade set for Saturday evening has been postponed until Saturday, December 14th. President of the Downtown Kiwanis Club, Mike Dronyk cites the low temperatures and wind-chills that are expected as the reason. The parade will follow the same schedule as set for ... read more »

Northeast Oklahoma woke up to a little snow on the ground Friday morning.  Washington County Commissioner Mike Dunlap says county crews are out patrolling the roadways to help with traction. Dunlap says Washington County is well supplied and plans are in place to deal with more whether ... read more »

A Bartlesville woman who was arrested in connection with her husband's stabbing death in April is scheduled for trial on January 13th, 2014.  33-year old Stacy Ann Thompson is accused of stabbing her husband, 33-year old Bobby Richard Thompson.  Thompson was found in the front yard ... read more »

An Ochelata man who was arrested in connection of a Bartlesville man's death will go to trial scheduled for January 13th, 2014.  Toby Joshua Farris is charged with first degree manslaughter.  The charge is in connection with the September 9th traffic death of 68-year old Robert Bade ... read more »

The threat of inclement weather has postponed Saturday afternoon's Nowata Christmas parade.  Chamber Executive Director Skyler Waters the parade will now be held Saturday afternoon, the 14th, at 2 o'clock.  Waters asks organizations that have submitted entries to confirm tha ... read more »

Naomi Lanier has been named the Grand Marshall for Saturday's Bartlesville Christmas Parade.  Lanier is best known as the Chief Executive Officer and founder of the Lighthouse Outreach Mission.  This year's parade -- sponsored by the Bartlesville Downtown Kiwanis Club is set for ... read more »

42 year-old Rusty Petty of Bartlesville plead guilty in Osage County District Court to a charge of second-degree murder.  Petty was accused of killing 62 year-old Timothy Hauser of Bartlesville with a tire iron in August 2012.  In exchange for his plea, Petty received a 35-year split se ... read more »

A January 7th, 2014 preliminary hearing is set for a Bartlesville man who is accused of assaulting his girlfriend and abused a 3-year old child.  41-year old Joshua Gordan Bowman is charged with child abuse by injury, assault with a dangerous weapon, and domestic assault and battery by stran ... read more »

A January 9th, 2014 preliminary hearing is set for a Bartlesville man who allegedly stole a pickup truck and led police in a chase.  26-year old Robert Wesley Scott is charged with first degree burglary, possession of a stolen vehicle, eluding, and driving with a suspended licence.  Bar ... read more »

Winter Driving Tips from AAA   AAA Oklahoma, Dec. 3, 2013 – With ice and possibly treacherous driving conditions once again in Oklahoma’s forecast, AAA reminds motorists of some basic do’s and don’ts to survive winter driving.   · ... read more »

A winter storm warning is in effect from 6AM Thursday until 6 PM Friday, and with this type of weather, many people ask, “Are the schools open or not?” Chris Tanea, Community Relations Coordinator for Bartlesville Public schools spoke with us and outlined the process of determining wh ... read more »

State Superintendent of Schools Janet Baressi visited Bartlesville Wednesday and held a round table discussion with students at Bartlesville High School. During the discussion, students voiced both positives and negatives about their high school experience. They also had an open Q&A with the ... read more »

A $20,000 bond has been set for a Bartlesville man who allegedly hit a woman in front of a child.  34-year old Phillip Wesley Haddon, Jr. is charged with domestic assault and battery in presence of a child.  According to a court document, Haddon is accused of striking a woman in the fac ... read more »

Gov. Mary Fallin is warning state agency heads to look for ways to save money amid more than $60 million in mandatory spending increases on health care and reports of lackluster collections to the state's general revenue fund. Fallin said Monday the state will need to make up $60 million ... read more »

Several incumbent school board members filed for re-election on Monday.  Washington County Election Board Secretary Yvonne House reports Scott Bilger and Doug Divilbiss filed for re-election to their respective seats on the Bartlesville School Board.  Ron Pruitt filed for re-election on ... read more »

The Dewey City Council approved annexation of two homes Monday night. According to city manager Kevin Trease, the two homes already received city utilities and were just outside of city limits. The council also discussed possible changes to the city utility rates. This is after the council receiv ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville held their City Council Meeting Monday and updated the Municipal Code to better match state law. The Council first appointed Eldred Traxson to fill a position on the Bartlesville Adult Center Trust Authority, Patrick Johnson to fill a term on the Bartlesville Development ... read more »

The Dewey school board reviewed the state issued letter grades for the school sites and the district as part of their monthly meeting Monday night. The grades are determined by “student achievement” or how students do on the state standardized tests and by “student growth” ... read more »

An Independence, Kansas man  is in custody after Dewey police stopped him for a traffic violation and ended up having illegal drugs.  24-year old Jorge Luiz Arrendondo is charged with trafficking methamphetamine, possession of meth without tax stamp affixed, and possession of parapherna ... read more »

Washington County Commissioners discussed changes to the County Fair Board Election Procedures Monday as part of their weekly meeting. The change, moves election control back to the county commissioners rather than involving the county election board. In the past elections haven't had to be h ... read more »

The Bartlesville Municipal Authority will hear a report from Project Manager Mike Hall on a change order to the Automated Water Meter Infrastructure project tonight.  Approval will reconcile the final cost for the project.  Once the BMA concludes its business, the city council will conv ... read more »

Some state lawmakers are expressing concern that state of Oklahoma employees made just more than 2 million visits to Facebook from July through September this year.      Oklahoma's Cyber Command Security Operations Center tracks the page visits and says the numbers ar ... read more »

School board seats are up for election in Washington County.  According to Election Board Secretary Yvonne House, candidates can file for office through Wednesday afternoon at 5.  Seats up for election include offices 2 and 4 on the Bartlesville school board, office 4 on the Copan schoo ... read more »

With 2014 coming in less than 30 days, the Nowata County Board of Commissioners approved the calendar of the 2014 meeting days Monday morning.  County Clerk Carol Rowe says that the meeting days will be every Monday morning at 9 o'clock.  The board also approved the holiday schedule ... read more »

A January 25th preliminary hearing has been set for a Tulsa man and a Bartlesville woman who faces a number of felony charges.  40-year old Larry Joe Dearman is charged with four counts of embezzlement, seven counts of conspiracy, and seven counts of obtaining money by false pretence.  ... read more »

A Bartlesville woman who was arrested in connection with her husband's stabbing death in April is scheduled to be on the disposition docket on December 4th.  33-year old Stacy Ann Thompson is accused of stabbing her husband, 33-year old Bobby Richard Thompson.  Thompson was found in ... read more »

The Nowata County Election Board has announced that the school filing period will be held on Monday, December 2nd through Wednesday, December 4th from 8 A.M. until 5 P.M.  The election board will accept applications for candidacy for Seat Four at Nowata, Oklahoma Union, and South Coffeyville ... read more »

With nearing half way in fiscal year 2014, the City of Bartlesville's Sales Tax Collections have been up and down and that has made city officials surprised.  During a recent City Matters Program on KWON, City Finance Director Mike Bailey said sales tax collections have been on a roller ... read more »

A Bartlesville man has waived preliminary hearing and has been bound over for formal arraignment.  54-year old Walter Eugene Hayes is charged with trafficking in illegal drugs, possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, and unlawful use of a police scanner.  Back in June, mem ... read more »

Black Friday sales are ongoing across the US. We sent our own Jonathan Eastman out to see what was going on locally. Click here to hear his report. ... read more »