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Lorrie Tabler Herron with the City of Dewey was our guest on COMMUNITY CONNECTION.   Lorrie said that Halloween is near and that the historic Dewey Hotel is hosting the Family Film Festival. This Saturday, they're showing Hocus Pocus. It's a free showing, but there will a con ... read more »

An Osage County judge sentenced a man with ties to organized crime to life in prison on Wednesday for ordering the 2021 murder of a fellow Irish mob member.   The Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office and several partner agencies handled the case against Zachary Millard, who had b ... read more »

Two big events are coming up in Bartlesville are being presentes by Bartlesville Kiwanis. Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Pat Gamble told us all about Celebrate Giving on November 14 at The Center and The Barlesville Kiwanis Christmas Parade on December 7.    Pat said that th ... read more »

The City of Barnsdall has put a burn ban in place across town until further notice. This includes brush piles, burn barrels, fire pits and any open flames. The burn ban is in effect until further notice. Osage County is one of a handful of counties across the area that doesn’t have a fu ... read more »

  In an effort to curb vandalism and make parks safer, The City of Dewey established a curfew for all city parks from 11 p.m to 6 a.m that began late August. Craig Patterson of the Dewey Police Department says that the curfew has been a positive change so far.   Pattterson s ... read more »

The owners of the Price Tower in Bartlesville have filed a lawsuit against the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy. The New York Times first reported the new lawsuit on Tuesday. In this action, Cynthia Blanchard, Copper Tree and Green Copper Holdings claim the Frank Lloyd Wright Building ... read more »

Traffic is backed up at Adams and Quapaw due to a vehicle crash. Avoid the intersection to allow first responders to attend to the situation.  ... read more »

The Dewey Hotel is hosting several fall events open to the public. On Saturday Oct 26, there will be a free showing of the film Hocus Pocus.   The showing will be outside of the hotel with heaters and the event is part of the Hotel's Family Film Festival that will have a concess ... read more »

You will have a chance to remember and honor your loved ones at the White Rose Luminary Service on Saturday, November 23rd. This will take place at the White Rose Mausoleum beginning at 5 p.m. Each luminary will have a card stating who is being honored and who is there to honor the loved one. ... read more »

Oklahoma Senator James Lankford has let it be known that once the Senate and House reconvene into session, he will be introducing a bill that cuts U.S. funding to members of the United Nations that expel, downgrade, suspend or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Israel. This is a ... read more »

The Bartlesville Civitan Club is excited to announce a special fundraising event—a Paddle Party—on November 2nd at 7 p.m., taking place at the Elks Lodge located at 1060 Swan Drive in Bartlesville. This lively and ... read more »

  LaDonna Chancellor, the Executive Director of Teaching and Learning for Bartlesville Public Schools, and Blair Ellis, the Executive Director of the Bartlesville Public Schools Foundation joined us on COMMUNITY CONNECTION to update the community on various school activities and initiati ... read more »

Bartlesville Mayor Dale Copeland was our guest on KWON's CITY MATTERS program on Tuesday. The topics ranges from some brief recaps of last week's city council agenda items to Halloween safety and a reminder to vote. The big topic was our current drought and the city's water supply ... read more »

Arvest Bank recently honored Elisa Stamps at Wilson Elementary School during the bank’s annual “We Love Teachers” initiative, which awards area educators $500 each to help with the purchase of school supplies.     Stamps, a second-grade teacher, was one of ... read more »

Bartlesville hit a new record high temperature on Tuesday.   According to the National Weather Service observation station at the airport, the high temperature climbed to 91 degrees at the 4 p.m. hour. The old record high for Oct. 22 was 89 degrees back in 1939.   A weak ... read more »