A Dewey man is facing a felony charge after allegedly strangling someone.   35-year-old Daniel Thurman was charged on Monday with domestic assault and battery by strangulation.   According to the Dewey Police Department, Thurman allegedly got upset with the victim that h ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is facing a felony charge after allegedly possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony.   37-year-old Fernando Ornelas was charged on Monday with possession of a firearm after a previous conviction of a felony.   According to the Bartlesville ... read more »

An Oologah man was sentenced Monday for coercing and enticing a minor child to engage in sexually explicit conduct. U.S. District Judge Terrance K. Kern sentenced Bradley Andrew Friend, a/k/a Bradley Andrew Schutt, 40, for Coercion and Enticement of a Minor. Judge Kern ordered Friend to serve ... read more »

District Three Commissioner for Osage County, Charlie Cartwright used to work at the Osage County Jail. At Monday's Board meeting, we learned his gun was one of 27 that had been unaccounted for when Sheriff Bart Perrier took office in January. Perrier cited poor record keeping for the reason, ... read more »

At Monday's Board of Osage County Commissioners meeting, a bid was awarded for a camera security system to be installed at the fairgrounds. There were two bids and District Three Commissioner Charlie Cartwright read a letter to the Board on who they should choose as the vendor. This letter ca ... read more »

More broadband access could be coming to rural Washington County after the Board of County Commissioners signed a letter of support to the Oklahoma Broadband Office.   The commissioners approved the letter Monday morning for Resound Networks as the company applies for additional gran ... read more »

Phillips 66 will host its 2025 Annual Meeting of Shareholders on Wednesday, May 21 at 8 a.m. Central Time in a virtual-only format via audio webcast. Pre-registration by Tuesday, May 20 at 8 a.m. Central Time is required to attend the meeting. To pre-register for the meeting, visit cesonlines ... read more »

Appearing on KWON's CITY MATTERS program, Bartlesville City Manager Mike Bailey, City Engineer Michah Siemers and City Development Director Larry Curtis reviewed last week's city county meeting and looked to new developments.   City Manager Mike Bailey provided some quick rem ... read more »

Arvest Bank is pleased announces the promotion of Taylor Walker to commercial banker, effective May 12. Walker has been the trust support services manager with Arvest Wealth Management for the past two years and has five years of banking experience. She holds an Associate of Science degree fr ... read more »

This past week marked another key deadline at the State Capitol: the “third reading in the opposite chamber.” Essentially, Thursday was the final day that bills could be heard and passed by the full House or Senate, whichever chamber they didn’t start in. Any bill not a ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Monday morning.    At that meeting, there will be consideration to sign a resolution and go out for bid on an evidence room for the Osage County Sheriff's Office. Tha ... read more »

Several church safety experts will be speaking at the seventh annual Security Operations Summit July 24-26 in San Antonio, Texas.   The summit is produced by the Faith Based Security Network, a Christian professional membership association dedicated to security ministries at churches ... read more »

Four projects totaling over $4.5 million for high-speed internet expansion in Washington and Osage counties were officially launched Friday morning in Vera by the Oklahoma Broadband Office and Totah Communications.   The projects, funded through $2.5 million in federal grants adminis ... read more »

An Osage County man is facing a felony charge of embezzlement after the Hominy Police Department learned that he had allegedly been stealing city owned property.   In late March, the Hominy Police Department learned Jesse Garrett, who worked for the City of Hominy at the time, had be ... read more »

Senator Julie Daniels, Representative John B. Kane and Representative Judd Strom were our guests on KWON's CAPITOL CALL program on Friday powered by Phillips 66. Our local lawmakers brought us up to date on the progress at the state capitol.   Senator Julie Daniels said the legis ... read more »