A tornado watch is in effect for most of the listening area until 9 p.m. Friday.   The watch includes Washington, Osage and Nowata counties in Oklahoma and Chautauqua, Montgomery and Labette counties in Kansas.   A Level 3 of 5 risk area for severe weather exists across ... read more »

A Bartlesville man with pending felony charges is facing an additional charge after allegedly threatening a Washington County Correctional Facility (WCCF) officer.   23-year-old Caleb Holdaway was charged on Friday with threatening to perform an act of violence.   Accord ... read more »

The Board of Nowata County Commissioners have a regularly scheduled meeting Monday morning at the Nowata County  Annex.   The board will discuss improvements to the courthouse, an agreement to work on private property and the county's road use agreement. The commissioners wi ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners will meet Monday morning for a fairly routine agenda. The commissioners are expected to discuss payment card purchases, allocate alcoholic beverage taxes and approve two standard reports. Additionally, the commissioners are expected to discuss payments ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Monday morning. At that meeting, Beth Reed will give a presentation on the P3 Pooled Finance Program. There will also be consideration to sign an agreement with Secure Tech of Oklahoma ... read more »

Appearing on KWON Radio’s Community Connection, GOP Lt. Governor candidate Darrell Weaver introduced himself to are voters.    Weaver began talking about his career in public service and public safety serving 28 years with the Oklahoma State Bureau of Narcotics (OBN), serv ... read more »

Appearing on KWON's CAPITOL CALL Powered by Phillips 66, State Repesentatives Judd Strom and John B. Kane along with State Senator Julie Daniels reviewed the past week's developments at the state capitol.   Senator Daniels and Rep. Kane argued that enshrining Medicaid expansi ... read more »

Sen. David Bullard has pushed forward a bill that essentially tells the state to keep its hands out of local piggy banks. House Bill 3557, which just cleared a Senate committee, aims to make sure money raised by county extension offices actually stays in those counties. An idea so straightforward ... read more »

Lawmakers are attempting to make “generic means cheaper” actually mean something again. James Lankford has teamed up with Maggie Hassan to introduce the Ensuring Access to Lower-Cost Medicines for Seniors Act. The bipartisan effort aims to fix a system where seniors somehow end up pay ... read more »

There is a possibility for severe weather Friday afternoon into the evening hours near the Oklahoma-Kansas state line. Storms are expected to populate the area at approximately 4 p.m. Friday.   News on 6 Meterologist Stephen Nehrenz explains.   A coldfront is expected to ... read more »

Three City of Bartlesville employees working within the water department were recognized by the Employee Advisory Committee for being the April Employee of the Month. This comes after Mike Reeder, Calvin Gosvener and Dalton Lacey installed a two inch flush valve earlier this month. Citizen Leah T ... read more »

During Tuesday evening's council meeting in Pawhuska, City Manager Carol Jones gave a financial update for the town. Jones said things weren't what she had hoped, but they are doing OK.   Jones said they recently received the sales tax report for March and it is up $28,000. J ... read more »

The Oklahoma Union Board of Education is accepting applications for an open seat representing district five.   The seat is currently filled by Jake Callahan. He was appointed to fill the seat for one year. The seat has a five-year term.   Applications must be notarized a ... read more »

Oklahoma Union School is seeking applicants for a handful of positions.   Full-time positions include director of operations and maintenance, grounds maintenance worker, elementary administrative assistant, middle school teacher, family and consumer sciences teacher and a custodian. ... read more »

As graduation approaches, officials at Tri-County Tech are working to connect students with jobs and career pathways through a May 8 hiring event.   Appearing on Thursday's Community Connection, Randall Jones, quality coordinator at Tri County Tech, said students are preparing fo ... read more »