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The Bartlesville City Council voted Monday to eliminate late fees for overdue library materials.   Under the new fine-free policy, library patrons will no longer be charged overdue fines on borrowed materials. The library will also forgive existing late fees, provided borrowers retur ... read more »

A Bartlesville man facing a felony larceny charge since April has finally been taken into custody. It is alleged Michael Gillispie stole a riding lawn mower and motorcycle in early April.    An affidavit states neighbors witnessed Gillispie pushing the motorcycle off the propert ... read more »

Washington County voters who plan to cast absentee ballots by mail have until 5 p.m. Monday, Aug. 10, to submit their absentee ballot applications to the Washington County Election Board. Applications must be received by the county election board by the deadline to be processed for the upcomi ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is facing felony child abuse charges after allegedly hurting, making threats and calling an underage victim names.    It is alleged Macaiah McGuire learned that the victim had accidentally threw a small plastic brush at her younger sister. When McGuire heard t ... read more »

A Pawhuska man has been arrested after it is alleged he stole items from the former National Guard Armory Building in Pawhuska. This facility currently stores evidence and property belonging to the Pawhuska Police Department.    It is alleged David Cochrane stole a motorcycle, n ... read more »

A section of Frank Phillips Boulevard in downtown Bartlesville will be closed Tuesday, Aug. 11, while crews install a cooling unit at the Johnstone Sare Building, city officials said. The closure will affect all eastbound and westbound lanes of Frank Phillips Boulevard between Keeler and John ... read more »

Bartlesville Mayor James Curd Jr. has filed his declaration of candidacy for Bartlesville City Council. He is running as the incumbent in Ward 3.    Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Mayor Curd talked about his run saying, "We've had a lot of good things happen in Bart ... read more »

On Monday, Congressman Brecheen announced his August town hall schedule which includes stops in 15 different cities.   Among those cities is Bartlesville where Brecheen wih hold his town hall 6:00pm - 7:00pm at the Tri County Tech Event Center, 6101 Nowata Rd. in ... read more »

A divided Bartlesville City Council agrees to keep automated license plate recognition cameras and begin a trial period through another vendor.   CLICK HERE FOR AN AUDIO VERSION OF THIS STORY   On a 3-2 vote Monday, the council approved a committee's recommendation t ... read more »

During their regular meeting on Monday evening, the Dewey City Council passed every item on their agenda, most notably approving a new School Resource Officer interagency agreement for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. Tab LeMaster was officially named as the new School Resource Officer to serve Dew ... read more »

A Dewey man is facing multiple felony charges after attempting to elude a police officer. Once James Ratliff parked his car at his home address, it is alleged officers found methamphetamine, which he attempted to dispose of. A child was also in Ratliff's vehicle. The defendant was driving wit ... read more »

Two incumbents and two newcomers have filed declarations of candidacy for Bartlesville City Council as of Monday.   According to the Washington County Election Board, Michael Colaw filed for the Ward 1 seat currently held by Tim Sherrick. In Ward 2, David Austin has filed for the sea ... read more »

A Bartlesville man found himself in the Washington County Jail on Monday afternoon facing a felony rape charge. It is alleged Isiaih Jordan raped an underage female victim on Friday.   The victim told Bartlesville police officers that she sustained injuries during the incident, forci ... read more »

During the new business portion of Monday's Osage County Commissioners meeting, Sheriff Bart Perrier informed the Board that the City of Pawhuska had recently approached him about partnering to purchase a second grinder pump.    The jail already has a grinder pump that helps ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners approved Monday an amendment to an agreement with ReGroup, the company that facilitates emergency mass text messaging for the county.   Emergency Management Director Kary Cox says there was a problem with the original contract.   Cox s ... read more »