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Price Tower, the  Frank Lloyd Wright-designed skyscraper in downtown Bartlesville, officially has a new owner after months of financial struggles and court proceedings. McFarlin Building, LLC, the Tulsa-based group known for restoring the historic Mayo Hotel, won the auction for the prop ... read more »

A state of emergency has been declared in the City of Hominy and the public is being asked to conserve water.   On Friday afternoon, Hominy's interim city manager, two members of the city council and Hominy's emergency management director, gave a press conference updating the ... read more »

Nowata County Emergency Management gave an update on Friday on road closures due to flooding.   According to a Facebook post from Nowata County Emergency Management, the intersection of NS 420 and EW 27 is impassable. NS 421 between EW 25 and EW 26 is also closed.   The ... read more »

A Copan woman is facing multiple misdemeanor charges after allegedly threatening and assaulting someone.   59-year-old Alyce Bishop was charged on Thursday with assault and battery and threatening to perform an act of violence.   According to the Dewey Police Department, ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is facing a felony charge after allegedly violating a protective order.    41-year-old Bryan Blood was charged on Friday with violating a protective order.   According to the Bartlesville Police Department, on April 17, Blood was allegedly driving ... read more »

KWON AM 1400, FM 93.3 and 95.1 will air the Oklahoma Wesleyan University commencement ceremony at 12:15 p.m. Saturday. The broadcast is brought to you by OKWU Adult Studies and Bartnet IP.  ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Monday morning. At that meeting, there will be discussion to approve a non-bid on rock for the emergency at the Lake Waxhoma Dam. This comes after a patch failed from the heavy rains O ... read more »

Representative Judd Strom and Senator Julie Daniels were our guests on CAPITOL CALL Powered by Phillips 66 on Friday.   It's deadline week at the state capitol. Senator Daniels said, "We've heard 117 House bills so far. They've heard 122 of ours, so we're really ... read more »

  Washington County Sheriff Scott Owen was our guest on KWON's COMMUNITY CONNECTION of Friday.   The Sheriff invited everyone out to Tri-County Technology Center's career fair on May the 9th. Said Owen, "We're going to have a Washington County Sheriff's ... read more »

Bartlesville High School Senior Adrianne Flick has been named a Patriot Auto Student of the Month for May, presented by Truity Credit Union and Bartlesville Radio.   Flick is a member of student council, the National Honor Society, attends Tri County Tech and is captain of the varsit ... read more »

Wesleyan Christian School Senior Natelyn Fuller has been named a Patriot Auto Student of the Month for May, presented by Truity Credit Union and Bartlesville Radio.   Fuller is a member of the National Honor Society since her freshman year, enrolled in the LPN nursing bridge program ... read more »

ConocoPhillips will be awarding a $5,000 scholarship for Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) to one of six high school students during the Patriot Auto Night of Scholars and Champions at Oklahoma Wesleyan University Tuesday evening.   High schools from across the ... read more »

A Caney Valley Oklahoma school teacher is facing criminal charges after allegedly hitting a student with her shoe.   47-year-old LeAnna Sample, of Coffeyville, Kan., was charged on Thursday with assault and battery.   According to the Ramona Police Department, Sample all ... read more »

An investigation has been launched into a network security incident at Bartlesville Public Schools. The incident is impacting many of the computer systems across the entire district.  The investigation is being conducted with the assistance of external cybersecurity experts. It is ongoin ... read more »

On Wednesday morning, crews discovered that a patch made to the Lake Waxhoma Dam in 2021 was failing.   On Thursday, Osage County Emergency Manager Jerry Roberts said crews for the county were beginning to make the necessary repairs to fix the problem in the short term, but added th ... read more »