The National Weather Festival will be held on Saturday, Oct. 14 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the National Weather Center in Norman. We would love your help spreading the word about this free event to as many people as possible!   The festival is the biggest event hosted by the National ... read more »

ConocoPhillips Chairman/CEO Ryan Lance says Bartlesville will play an integral part of the company for the next several years.   Lance was the guest speaker during a Bartlesville Chamber of Commerce forum on Tuesday at CityChurch. He says ConocoPhillips is in the process of upgrading ... read more »

The Osage County Free Fair starts up this Thursday and a fun time is sure to be had by all throughout the weekend at the Osage County Fairgrounds in Pawhuska. There will be free carnival rides available for the public all three days and free concerts will take place on Friday and Saturday nig ... read more »

Nowata Public Schools is hiring for a bus monitor for the afternoon bus shift. It will be on a short afternoon route that consists of an approximate 30 minute to an hour drive time. The position pays $12 an hour for one hour per day when school is in session. The route will run roughly from 3 ... read more »

The premiere of Full Court Press: The Ken Zacher Story is October 14th  at 6pm at the Center in Bartlesville.  The movie revolves around Zacher, Nowata's basketball coach, who in 1971 integrated the Ironmen  homecoming court, something that didn't sit well with some in ... read more »

Osage County Sheriff Eddie Virden has created a National BTK Task Force to provide assistance in the long-standing Cynthia Dawn Kinney cold case from 1976, located in Pawhuska. This task force will attempt to leverage the expertise and resources of law enforcement agencies from Oklahoma, Kan ... read more »

  The Dewey Hotel Museum is having a “Round-Up The Bucks” Big Buffet Fundraiser on October 7, 5-8pm, at the Bartlesville Masonic Lodge.     Appearing on COMMUNITY CONECTION, Ron Adams and Joe Sears gave us a fun but-all-too-brief history of the historic ... read more »

A Bartlesville teen was seen in Washington County District Court Monday on a charge of domestic abuse by simple assault.   Trinity Abygail Haddon, 19, was arrested early Sunday morning after a call was made in reference to a domestic situation. According to an affidavit, when police ... read more »

It has been 47 years since Cynthia Dawn Kinney was last seen entering a Pawhuska laundromat. Osage County Sheriff Eddie Virden and District Attorney Mike Fisher have two different ideas as to what may have happened to Kinney. Virden has named Dennis Rader, otherwise known as BTK, as the “pr ... read more »

Gateway First Bank opened its full-service Bartlesville branch on Monday.   Gateway acquired the Bartlesville retail banking franchise at 422 Dewey Avenue from Regent Bank. Most retail banking and a number of loan accounts were transferred from Regent to Gateway over the weekend. ... read more »

A former Bartlesville Police Officer of the Year was laid to rest Monday and honored for his lifetime service to law enforcement.   Jim Meyer, Jr., passed away on Aug. 29 at his home in Dewey. He was 67. He started his law enforcement career in Olatha, Kansas before accepting a posit ... read more »

The Nowata County Free Fair kicks off officially this week on Wednesday with a jam-packed schedule that lasts through Sunday, Sep. 17. Wednesday starts with the indoor entry check-ins. Thursday officially begins the festivities as there will be judging for floral exhibits and indoor entries start ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners continued courthouse improvement talks on Monday morning in their regular weekly meeting. First topic of conversation was centered around ARPA funds being used to make a “modification” on an emergency vehicle as part of the remote radio installation pro ... read more »

UPDATE: Power was restored at approximately 12:15 p.m.   Below is the previous story Public Service Company of Oklahoma is reporting nearly 2,000 customers are without power as of noon on Monday.  Most of the affected customers are north of Nowata Road and east of Highwa ... read more »

Washington County Commissioners approve two law enforcement agreements during a Monday meeting.   Sheriff Scott Owen told the commissioners about an inter-local agreement that will allow for cooperation between the Bartlesville Police Department and the Sheriff's Office to invest ... read more »