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Apr 11, 2024

A 2022 graduate of Pawhuska High School has been named Miss Indigenous at the University of Oklahoma for the 2024-2025 school year.   Gigi Sieke was a former Osage Nation Indian Princess who won the OU Indigenous Royalty Pageant this spring. Sieke won a scholarship and had to compete...read full story »

Nov 29, 2025

The oldest survivor of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre, Viola Ford Fletcher, died Monday, Nov. 24, 2025 at the age of 111. Below is a recording of "Mother" Fletcher's Celebration of Life service held Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025 at the Bartlesville Community Center. The service includes...read full story »

Jan 04, 2026

We have our first baby born in Bartlesville in 2026--and it's a boy! Dax Robertson was born Sunday afternoon at Ascension St. John Jane Phillips Medical Center weighing in at 8 pounds and 1 ounce. He is 21 inches long. Congratulations to Dax and his parents, Taylor and Andrew. They wo...read full story »

Mar 23, 2026

A former KGGF announcer has passed away. Gary D. Bailey passed away peacefully on March 7th, 2026, in Bartlesville, Oklahoma, surrounded by family at the age of 74.    In 1975, Bailey joined KGGF Radio in Coffeyville where he not only served as a morning news anchor but also bec...read full story »

Oct 16, 2025

A process started under former Caney Police Chief Kevin Kitterman comes to fruition, as Caney PD and USD 436 announce receiving an award of the Community Oriented Policing Services Hiring Program Grant to fund a School Resource Officer.  Police Chief Ike Dye says...read full story »

Apr 28, 2026

Bartlesville High baseball is back at it for its second-to-last home game of the 2026 season. BHS hosts its final District game of the year against Putnam City North on Tuesday night. The Bruins beat up on Putnam City North on Monday evening 11-3. BHS pounded out 17 hits and scored multip...read full story »

Jun 16, 2025

Oklahoma Wesleyan Athletics is putting a bow on a historic 2024-25 season with a Year-In-Review on their Athletics website, OKWUEagles.com. OKWU sent at least one team to the NAIA Tournament in every season, plus one at least one Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference title in every season thi...read full story »

Jul 08, 2025

The latest on the Bartlesville municipally-owned golf course, the city's unsheltered task force, flouride in the water and local roads topped our conversation with Bartlesville city councilman Aaron Kirpatrick on KWON's CITY MATTERS program on Tuesday.   City Coucilor Kirpatr...read full story »

Aug 11, 2025

High school football practice begins on Monday across the state of Oklahoma, as we are less than three weeks from kickoff for most schools throughout the area. We will have a ton of news over the course of this week, culminating in our high school football preview show on Saturday morning. ...read full story »

Jul 28, 2025

A Bartlesville native is once again a champion in a PGA event.   Congrats to Andrew Lehman, a former Bartlesville Bruin, OKWU Eagle and current pro at Hillcrest Country Club for winning the South Central Section PGA Assistant Championship for the second time in five years.  ...read full story »

Mar 14, 2025

Bartlesville High basketball wrapped up its first season under head coach Tommy DeSalme two weeks ago. The Bruins won three games in DeSalme’s BHS debut. However, there were several games within Bartlesville’s grasp down the stretch that fell through the Bruin’s fingers. ...read full story »

Jan 09, 2026

Both Bartlesville High basketball teams performed well in the first round of the ConocoPhillips Arvest Invitational on Thursdsay night, with the Lady Bruins taking care of business and the Bruin guys fell in a close one. On the girl’s side first, BHS would hold on against a scare taking...read full story »

Apr 10, 2026

KWON repeated as non-metro Station of the Year for 2025 from the Oklahoma Association of Broadcasters taking home the top honor Thursday night in Oklahoma City as “Best in Show” for the second year in a row.    Other awards went to Evan Farhbach, who won best play-by...read full story »

May 06, 2026

Tuesday evening Hillcrest Country Club put the finishing touches on the first of two 6A State Tournaments being hosted in Bartlesville. The past two days it was the girl’s turn, then this coming Monday and Tuesday is the boy’s 6A State event. The BHS girls team finished 12th o...read full story »

Feb 11, 2025

The lanes are filling up quickly for Bowl for Kids’ Sake 2025, the biggest annual fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Bartlesville. Todd Edwards joined KWON Radio's Community Connection to discuss the event, which supports one-on-one youth mentoring in the community.   ...read full story »