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  You are invited to the 27th Annual The Good, The Bad, and The Barbecue charity event benefiting Elder Care on Saturday, May 10, 2025, hosted by Robert Hughes and family at the Hughes Ranch.    Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Elder Care Executive Director Christina ... read more »

The Cherokee Nation is celebrating the four-year anniversary of the Wilma P. Mankiller and Charlie Soap Water Act including spending $23.8 million so far to date for water investments made in that time to increase water quality access for Cherokee Nation citizens across the reservation. The C ... read more »

The University of Oklahoma Board of Regents, the governing body of Rogers State University, has selected Dr. Don Raleigh to be the third president of RSU. Raleigh will begin his duties June 1. His appointment is pending final Board approval at their June meeting.   Raleigh’s se ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners convened for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Monday morning. At that meeting, the board signed a contract with Source One to remodel the floor at the Ag building. That contract was signed for $19,500. There was also discussion on how to ... read more »

Thanks to a $3,000 donation from the Arvest Foundation, Casa Hispana will receive additional funding to help local individuals and families connect to valuable community resources.    The nonprofit organization assists people with community connections by providing information a ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners completed their annual inspection of the Correctional Center Monday and Bartlesville Radio tagged along.   The building was constructed 15 years ago and combines the sheriff's office, county-wide dispatch and a 188-bed dentention center. As of ... read more »

A Bartlesville man has been arrested and is being charged with a felony count of sexual battery. Last Tuesday, Charles Boyd made contact with the female victim and motioned for a hug. The victim refused the hug and after doing so, Boyd touched her inappropriately in the chest area. A probable cau ... read more »

A Bartlesville woman has been charged with the felony count of being in possession of stolen property and receiving or transporting stolen copper. It is alleged that the defendant, Kaelynn Robinson took a van and stole nearly $5,000 in stolen items in mid-January.   The owner of the ... read more »

Arvest Bank's Million Meals campaign continues and your donation are making a difference.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Arvest Vice President and Sales Manager, Whitney Doolin, and Director of Mary Martha Outreach, Misty Wishal, reminded the audience that there is still ti ... read more »

Appearing on KWON's CITY MATTERS program, City Manager Mike Bailey, City Engineer Michah Siemers, Director of the Golf Course Dee Roadman, and Golf Course Superintendent Jody Shahan provided an update on the Adams Golf Course improvements.   The project that began last fall, incl ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners met for their weekly meeting on Monday morning at the Nowata County Courthouse Annex.   In the trend of courthouse improvements, the commissioners discussed maintenance in the Nowata County Jail with improvements on walls and piping.   The ... read more »

The Arvest Foundation recently announced a $10,000 donation to the Boys & Girls Club of Bartlesville, supporting its mission to enable young people, especially those who need it most, to reach their full potential.    The donation will help fund the Boys & Girls Club sum ... read more »

A Bartlesville woman is facing a felony charge after allegedly possessing fentanyl inside the Washington County Correctional Center.   28-year-old Xena Hedges was charged on Friday with bringing contraband into a jail or penal institution.   According to the Washington C ... read more »

A Copan man is facing misdemeanor charges of larceny after allegedly stealing a PlayStation 5 and multiple video games from the Bartlesville Walmart.   21-year-old Correll Record was charged on Friday with larceny from a retailer.   According to the Bartlesville Police D ... read more »

The Constantine Theater in Pawhuska is getting new chairs. With that, something must happen to the old chairs that have sat in the historic building for years. At a recent city council meeting, City Manager Jerry Eubanks acknowledged the old chairs aren't comfortable, but said someone out the ... read more »