Bartlesville city officials joined KWON’s Community Connection: City Matters program Monday to share updates on upcoming events, public works, and summer operations. Police Chief Kevin Ickleberry announced the annual Police Officers Memorial Service will be held at noon May 14 in front ... read more »

The Bartlesville Police Department will be honoring officers who have fallen in the line of duty. The event will take place at noon on Wednesday, May 14th at the Bartlesville Police Department. There will be a moment of silence, remarks from leaders in the community and from those within the depa ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners met for the final time in April on Monday morning at the Nowata County Courthouse Annex.   After the storms last week caused lots of damage to the county, the board officially proclaimed the storm damage as a disaster.   The threshold of d ... read more »

Summer is coming and Bartlesville Kiwanis getting reading for it with their annual kid's catch and release fishing derby and the opening of Sooner Jr Golf for the season.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Jim Swezey with the Bartlesville Kiwanis announced that Sooner Jr. Golf ... read more »

A 21-year-old woman was killed Friday night after being struck by a vehicle while walking along Oklahoma Highway 28 near Chelsea, according to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. The incident occurred around 9:49 p.m. just north of the town, near 4511 S OK-28 in Rogers County. Troopers say the v ... read more »

A Claremore man is facing felony charges after allegedly driving under the influence and hitting someone.   35-year-old Marshall Volbrecht was charged with driving under the influence causing a personal injury and driving with a suspended license.   According to the Okla ... read more »

Gateway First Bank will have a new CEO beginning May 1st. They have announced President of Gateway First Bank's Banking Division Kyle Hubbard will serve in that role. Hubbard will also serve as one of the Board of Directors.   Outgoing CEO Scott Gesell had this to say on the qu ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is facing a felony charge after allegedly strangling someone.   32-year-old Austin Johnson was charged on Monday with domestic abuse by strangulation.   According to the Bartlesville Police Department, on April 20, Johnson allegedly grabbed the victim ... read more »

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 hear from the courthouse annex project team. This includes the architects, construction manager and owner’s rep. There will also b ... read more »

The Bartlesville City Council will hold a special workshop meeting Monday evening to begin discussions on the city’s budget for the new fiscal year. According to an agenda, the council will hear presentations on both the general budget and the capital improvements program budget. The bu ... read more »

Representatives John B. Kane and Judd Strom joined us in studio and Senator Julie Daniels joined us by phone for CAPITOL CALL on KWON Friday morning powered by Phillips 66   Rep. Judd Strom, provided a review of some House matters saying, "We talked about the teacher pay scale f ... read more »

Arvest is proud to celebrate the 15th year of our Million Meals initiative, which helps raise awareness and money to feed the hungry in our communities.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Arvest Vice President and Sales Manager, Whitney Doolin said that In many parts of our region, ... read more »

The Oklahoma Turnpike Authority is advising consumers to be wary of the pervasive smishing text scam plaguing Oklahomans this week. Scam text messages have been targeting tolling authorities nationwide for the past year. Oklahomans are seeing a significant increase in these texts after bad ac ... read more »

Nowata High School Senior Adasyn Hayes has been named a Patriot Auto Student of the Month for April, presented by Truity Credit Union and Bartlesville Radio.   Hayes is an active member of FFA, serving as Nowata's vice president. She is also a member of National Honor Society cha ... read more »

Bartlesville High School Senior Marissa Demuth has been named a Patriot Auto Student of the Month for April, presented by Truity Credit Union and Bartlesville Radio.    Demuth is student body president at BHS, a member of National Honor Society, captain of the Lady Bruins varsit ... read more »