Due to the overwhelming need for emergency shelter for those who lost power, Bartlesville First Church of the Nazarene at  3650 SE Adams Blvd in Bartlesville is going to open for the night and offer a place to stay.    According to a statement from the Church, di ... read more »

PSO continues to respond to outages in Barnsdall, Bartlesville and surrounding areas after an EF-4 tornado caused extensive damage on Monday night. PSO says crews worked overnight Tuesday and made significant restoration progress. As of 11 a.m. Wednesday, more than 5,000 customers have been r ... read more »

Oklahoma Human Services helps more than one million Oklahomans each year across a wide range of services including food assistance, child support, child care, reporting abuse, disabilities services and caretaker needs among others.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Director of Okl ... read more »

The silence before a Bartlesville Symphony Orchestra concert is always filled with speculation. Who? Where? When? What? Then awe that lines the faces of the audience. The questions are then swept aside by the conductor and his merry band. BSO had their season finale Saturday, May 4, at 7:30 p ... read more »

  The Washington County Assessor’s Office is actively working to ensure that all real property parcels affected by Monday night’s storm and high winds will receive the necessary adjustments to their current assessed values.   According to County Assessor Todd Mat ... read more »

Congratulations to Michiyo McMillan, Tuesday's Daily Prize Winner in "My Mom is Priceless" contest. Michiyo wins two passes to a currect exhibit and a Tower Tour at Price Tower Arts Center, a book from our KWON Library or Tulsa Oiler Football Tickets. Enter to win at Price T ... read more »

  PSO continues to respond to weather-related outages, specifically in the Barnsdall and Bartlesville areas.    More than 2,000 customers remain without power, mostly in the Barnsdall and Bartlesville areas. At the height of the storm customer outages peaked at 8,864. ... read more »

US Senator James Lankford called into our Bartlesville Radio Studios for our monthly podcast. Lankford first addressed the situations with tornadoes that hit our area this week and talked about his visit to Barnsdall to see for himself the magnitude of the damage.   Senator Lankford ... read more »

Nowata High School Senior Zach Long was named the 2024 Patriot Auto Group Student of the Year on Tuesday during the 8th annual Night of Scholars and Champions at Oklahoma Wesleyan University, presented by Truity Credit Union and Bartlesville Radio.   Long is concurrently enrolled at ... read more »

ConocoPhillips announced Tuesday a $400,000 disaster relief donation after recent tornadoes in Bartlesville and Barnsdall. In a news release, the company said the funds will be allocated between the American Red Cross, Salvation Army and Washington County Emergency Management to support relie ... read more »

Cleanup efforts continue across Bartlesville, as signs of improvement are slowly being made on Tuesday evening. As road crews continue to work along Washington Blvd and Frank Phillips Blvd, traffic has been allowed to open back up for two-way flow.    Washington County Emergency ... read more »

Sen. Julie Daniels, R-Bartlesville, issued the following statement and listed local resources after a tornado hit the city of Bartlesville late Monday evening. The tornado that is believed to be an EF3 in scale caused significant damage in southwest and northeast Bartlesville. No fatalities or se ... read more »

A missing persons report has been issued by the Osage County Sheriff's Office following the devestating storms that hit Barnsdall Monday night. The sheriff's office says that Wayne Hogue went missing from the Barnsdall area on Monday evening after the tornado passed through town and h ... read more »

At Tuesday's Board of Osage County Emergency Meeting that was scheduled so that they could declare a state of emergency in Barnsdall and Osage County, a representative of the American Red Cross was on hand to speak on what they would be doing to assist in the coming weeks.   Chai ... read more »

Osage County Emergency Management Director Jerry Roberts is confirming one fatality and extensive damage in Barnsdall following Monday night's tornado.   Barnsdall Mayor Johnny Kelly says the damage is still being assessed.   Roberts says there are shelters open in P ... read more »