The Board of Osage County Commissioners will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Monday morning. At that meeting, the Board will consider signing a resolution for the 2025 Osage County employee salary report. The Board will also consider re-bidding the replacement ... read more »

Oklahoma lawmakers are once again taking a swing at the state’s ongoing teacher shortage, this time by aiming younger. Senator Lisa Standridge, a Republican from Norman, has filed Senate Bill 1893, which would create the Teacher Shortage Reduction Act, an initiative designed to spot future ... read more »

The Bartlesville City Council will meet Monday evening to discuss a fairly short agenda of items. The council is expected to award a bid to repair the roof of the Central Fire Station. The lowest bid is from Commercial Roof Solutions of Oklahoma City for just over $156,000. The funding for th ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners have a light agenda for Monday’s meeting. Commissioners are expected to approve a letter to Martin Blum regarding service to the Washington County Free Fair Board and acknowledge a letter from Gov. Kevin Stitt about workforce development. Addition ... read more »

State Senator Julie Daniels, State Representative John B. Kane and State Representative Judd Strom joined us in studio on Friday for our CAPITOL CALL program powered by Phillps 66 on KWON.   Senator Daniels said, " I am working on several bills with other people. I'm going t ... read more »

Bartlesville Fire Department crews responded to a fire Friday at ServePro at 3996 Wright Rd, Bartlesville.   According to The Bartlesville Professional Firefighters Local 200 Facebook post, firefighters encountered heavy smoke and active fire conditions from floor to ceiling with zer ... read more »

The Oglesby and Ochelata Fire Departments responded to a residential fire Thursday night.   Ochelata Fire Chief Kelly Nissen said his department aided Oglesby Fire with the blaze 3040-1190 West 3000 Road.    The fire was contained to a shop building on private prope ... read more »

Blair Ellis has been a fixture in Bartlesville schools for nearly a decade, and it’s hard to imagine the community without her. After nine years as executive director of the Bartlesville Public School Foundation, Ellis is stepping down, with her last day set for Feb. 6. Rachel Miller will t ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville has launched the development of a comprehensive Housing Plan to establish a shared community vision and clear steps to address local housing needs.   According to a news release from the city, the plan builds on a Housing Study completed in 2024 and focuses o ... read more »

A Nowata man was sentenced in federal court Thursday after being found guilty by a jury for sexually abusing two teenage girls.   U.S. District Judge John D. Russell ordered 34-year-old Kaleb Scott Smith to serve 19 years in prison, followed by 15 years of supervised release. Upon hi ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners convened for  special meeting on Thursday after not being able to meet on Monday.    In what was a short meeting, the board approved several REAP community development projects for local volunteer fire departments. There was also one ... read more »

Country firebrand Krislyn Arthurs is back with new music, releasing her latest single "Double Wide" today on all major streaming platforms. The song marks her newest step forward as she continues building momentum beyond the local scene, leaning into the raw, no-frills style that&r ... read more »

The Inter-State Farm & Home Show is coming to Nellis Hall at Coffeyville Community College on Friday, March 27th and Saturday, 28th, and it is presented by Bartlett Co-op.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Bartlesville Radio Promotions Director Tina Romine said, "This sho ... read more »

The clock is ticking for students seeking scholarships from the Bartlesville Community Foudation.    Appearing on KWON's CAR TALK program with Brad Doenges, BCF President Laura Jensen said, "The scholarship window will close on February 28th. Applications must be comple ... read more »

A bipartisan group of U.S. Senators, led by James Lankford (R-OK) and Jacky Rosen (D-NV), is urging the Administration to strengthen programs that help Iranians maintain access to the internet. The call comes as widespread protests continue across Iran and the regime enforces digital blackouts to ... read more »