Citzens of Bartlesville and well-wishers gathered Wednesday afternoon at Bartlesville City Hall to bid farewell to Assistant City Manager Tracy Roles and to welcome new Assistant City Manager Laura Sanders to her new position.   Roles accepted the position of city manager for the cit ... read more »

During Tuesday evening's Republican Forum in Osage County, County Clerk Robin Slack made some serious allegations against both former and current county commissioners. Slack said that she is of the belief that not all county purchases are going through her office and that the courthouse annex ... read more »

This super sleuth was not featured in Sherlock Holmes, but he definitely knows his trade. After nosing around the office, he finally set still enough for an interview, but he kept his eyes peeled. Heath Clouse, adoptions and transportations specialist at the Washington County SPCA reels i ... read more »

Residents living within District Two of Osage County will go to the ballot box in June and face the decision to either keep the incumbent, Steve Talburt or replace him with his challenger, Bud Beaston. Both candidates made their case during Tuesday evening's Republican Forum at the fairground ... read more »

The Osage County Republican Party held a GOP Forum on Tuesday evening at the Osage County Fairgrounds. This gave a chance for area representatives to speak, along with those running for court clerk, county clerk and district two commissioner. The evening was highlighted by a debate between Osage ... read more »

  You are invited to the National Day of Prayer Thursday, May 2nd, at HeartMatters at 3401 Price Road, in Bartlesville.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Dorea Potter told us the praise & worship starts at 6:30 pm with prayer time at 7:00 with several local clergy and ... read more »

If you haven’t heard, the time has come for our summer nights to be filled with those cries of the infamous cicadas. This year there will be two different species emerging from childhood at the same time. Robert Sanders, a retired cicada researcher, explains the difference between the t ... read more »

Bartlesville High School Choir presents SONGS, ROCK BALLADS AND ANTHEMS as their spring program at the BHS Fine Arts Center on Tuesday, May 7 at 7pm.    Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, BHS Seniors Marisa Wells and Peyton Wade gave us a preview of the show which will feature m ... read more »

By Ken Miller Associated Press A Federal Emergency Management Agency administrator said Tuesday that “our heart aches for the loss of life” in tornadoes that left four dead and about 100 injured in Oklahoma. FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell joined Gov. Kevin Stitt and Se ... read more »

A flood watch is in effect for the listening area through Wednesday morning.   The National Weather Service issued the watch from 9 p.m. Tuesday until 10 a.m. Wednesday for Osage, Washington, Nowata, Craig, Ottawa and Pawnee counties in Oklahoma and from 8 p.m. Tuesday until noon Wed ... read more »

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers double the amount of water being released at Hulah Lake dam after additional rainfall Tuesday night. Hulah Lake is nearly 10 feet above normal and all sluice gates are open at the dam, releasing water into the Caney River at more than 5,000 cubic feet per seco ... read more »

  HULA LAKE   9.75 ft ABOVE normal Pool elevation is 742.75 feet on 01MAY2024 09:00 hours. At this elevation the total amount of water stored in Hulah Lake is 57054 acre-feet.   COPAN LAKE   2.24 ft ABOVE normal Pool elevation is 712.24 ... read more »

Dewey track competed in Vinita for regionals on Monday after weather pushed it away from its original date of April 26th. It was a great day for Dewey as Braden Garrison, Keidon Holt, Londyn Bond, CJ Jones, Kyla Overton, and Eden McKinney all qualified for state. Braden Garrison won Regional ... read more »

As storms caused damage across large portions of the state over the weekend, the Osage Nation reminds the community that they have a program available to help with the storm outbreak. The program is available to enrolled Osage Nation members who are in need of financial help.   Appli ... read more »

City Manager Mike Bailey says Bartlesville is doing very well as a whole.   Bailey spoke Tuesday during a Bartlesville Chamber of Commerce Forum at Tri County Tech's Event Center. He says the city's finances are exceeding expectations from sales and use tax receipts, where th ... read more »