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A Bartlesville man is facing a felony charge after allegedly threatening a Walmart employee. 52-year-old Richard Lirette was charged on Monday with threatening to perform an act of violence. Lirette also faces misdemeanor charges of resisting and obstructing an officer in a separate matter. ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is facing a felony charge after allegedly breaking into a truck and stealing a lunchbox. 31-year-old Adrian Strickland was charged on Tuesday with third-degree burglary. According to the Bartlesville Police Department, Strickland allegedly opened the passenger side door ... read more »

The Osage Nation Education Department is hosting a FAFSA and College Application night at 5 p.m. on Wednesday, October 29th at 102 Buffalo Ave. in Hominy. Seniors in the Johnson O' Malley Program are encouraged to attend the event so that they can get information on financial aid and other re ... read more »

The Cherokee Nation celebrated the grand opening of new housing units and the remodel of the Washington County Cherokee Association Community Building in Ochelata on Tuesday.   John Weston, president of the Washington County Community Association, says the revamped community building ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville has announced that splash pads will close on Sunday, October 26th. Each year, as the weather turns cooler, the city will turn them off and will wait to open them back up when weather permits in 2026.   Hours of operation for splash pads are from 10 a.m. to 10 ... read more »

A student of classic Country music with the swagger of early Rock ‘n’ Roll, the Fort Worth, Texas native Drake Milligan is an electrifying entertainer who cites George Strait and Elvis Presley – the King of Country and the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll – as musical her ... read more »

Congressman Josh Brecheen called into Bartlesville Radio for our monthly podcast to talk about the government shutdown.   Brecheen said, "All the different times where Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) has talked about why shutdown would be bad, and why he falls into this opposite posit ... read more »

Lonnie Swift of Barnsdall was killed in a chemical plant explosion in Pryor on October 4. Swift's family tells our news partners at KOTV News on 6 that Lonnie had been working in the oil and gas industry for 40 years and was doing the job he had started only 3 days ago when the blast occurred ... read more »

The Nowata City Commissioners met for their regularly scheduled meeting in the month of October at the Nowata Fire Department on Monday evening.   The commissioners heard multiple reports from various department heads, including reports from the Nowata Police Department and Nowata Fi ... read more »

The Bartlesville City Council voted 4-1 Monday evening to approve establishing an account with Charity Tracker to assist nonprofit organizations in a collaborative software to provide resources to those who are unsheltered.   The lone vote against the resolution was Ward 1 Councilor ... read more »

The Dewey City Council met for its regular meeting Monday evening, October 6, 2025, at Dewey City Hall. With Mayor Tom Hays absent, the meeting was presided over by council members, who moved swiftly through the agenda. The council approved minutes from the previous meeting and accepted all liste ... read more »

Arvest associates recently presented a $5,000 donation on behalf of the Arvest Foundation to Hope Clinic to help provide lab work and health care to individuals in Washington, Osage and Nowata counties. David Nickel, president of Arvest Bank – Bartlesville Region, private banker Taylor ... read more »

The Nowata City Commissioners have a regularly scheduled meeting on Monday night at the Nowata Fire Department. According to an agenda, the Commissioners will discuss and appropriate action on multiple items involving the Nowata Fire Department, the excise tax on storage and personal property ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners met Monday morning for the first time in October and took care of several items of business. The commissioners selected Guy Engineering to continue inspecting bridges in the county through March 2028. Commissioner Mike Dunlap says Guy Engineering has been w ... 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 resolution that makes changes so that fairground funds will be in compliance with the chart of accounts. District three ... read more »