For all of you music lovers out there, Skiatook is the place to be this weekend. The Tallgrass Music Festival will be celebrating its 20th anniversary this year.   For the first time ever, they are having a free barn dance on Thursday, Gravel Yard is set to headline on Friday and an ... read more »

A woman faces Child Endangerment by permitting child abuse by DUI/APC and failure to use a child restraint system after being arrested on Monday. According to an arrest affidavit 30-year-old Alexis M. Pruitt allegedly drove while the influence of alcohol whole a small child was in the vehicle ... read more »

An Ochelata woman faces two felony counts of forgery and stealing mail dating back from 2023. 49-year-old Becki Banther appeared in Washington County Court on Tuesday, after allegedly forging checks along with two others in November 2023. The other two suspects in the case are Jason Natha ... read more »

A rookie fire school is being offered in mid-October for citizens interested in learning more about fighting fires. The Osage Nation Wildland Fire Management will train entry level probationary firefighters. Classes will be taught from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at the Osage Casino and Hotel in Pawhu ... read more »

Six-time Olympic medalist Jackie Joyner-Kersee will headline the Boys & Girls Clubs of Bartlesville's annual Great Futures Luncheon as the keynote speaker on Friday, Dec. 13, at 11:15 a.m. at the Bartlesville Boys & Girls Club. A former member of the Boys & Girls Club of East ... read more »

The City of Pawhuska wants citizens to know that City Hall will be closing at 11:30 a.m. On Wednesday for a mandatory training session. City Hall will open back for its normal operating hours on Thursday.   Pawhuska's City Hall is located at 128 W. Main Street in Pawhuska and is ... read more »

The Bartlesville Police Department is notifying residents in west Bartlesville that a training exercise will take place Tuesday evening. According to a release, the training exercise will be in the 500 block of West Hensley Boulevard between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tuesday. BPD officials say resid ... read more »

The highly anticipated OKM Music Oktoberfest is set to return to downtown Bartlesville between 4th and 5th Street on Dewey on October 5, from noon to 8pm, promising an unforgettable blend of traditional German festivities and local charm. Kids under 18 get in free with an adult.  &n ... read more »

Silver Lake Road between Adams and Frank Phillips is closed due to utility work where a power outage is affecting 37 customers on East Frank Phillips and Siver Lake Drive.   PSO says the power in the affected area should be turned back on around noon today.   Several sto ... read more »

The Securities and Exchange Commission on Monday  charged Bartlesville-based Anthem Holdings Company and its founder and CEO Anthem Blanchard with defrauding investors of over $5 million in two securities offerings. According to the SEC's complaint filed in the United States District ... read more »

Bartlesville Regional United Way has set a new record following their golf tournament a week ago at Adams Golf Club. BRUW CEO Lisa Cary shared the good news Monday afternoon. While the golf tournament was a huge success for United Way, Cary says there is still work to do to meet all the n ... read more »

A man and a woman were in Washington County District Court on Monday and face felony burglary, abuse and neglect among two misdemeanor drug charges after an incident earlier this month. 18-year-old Bailey Rice of Copan and 20-year-old Justice Rogers of Wann were charged with Burglary in the s ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners convened at the fairgrounds on Monday morning for what mostly a routine meeting.   During the new business portion of Monday's meeting, the Board got some exciting news from Treasurer Sally Hulse.   This news came one week afte ... read more »

At Monday's Osage County Commissioners meeting, a group of citizens were there to voice their displeasure about the Board considering taking a first step that would allow a housing development to go up on a plat of land near Skiatook. That first step would be turning the 40 acre plot from agr ... read more »

The Lighthouse Outreach Center in west Bartlesville is growing to meet some of the demand to assist the unhoused find their next step to stability. Monday morning, The Lighthouse broke ground on a new facility in the 500 block of Bucy Avenue that will provide transitional housing. Executi ... read more »