Nowata Public Schools held a groundbreaking ceremony on Friday morning off Lenapah Drive for a new agriculture building.   The building is part of a $16.8 million bond that was approved by voters on April 1, 2025.   Nowata Board of Education President Kurt Bashford discu ... read more »

Osage County has broken down its crime stats by month in 2025 and looking at December, there were just over 8,700 calls for service. Of that, 981 calls were made to 911. There were 83 arrests made in December.   There were 289 inmates housed at the Osage County Jail and 119 case numb ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners will convene for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Tuesday in lieu of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.    At that meeting, there will be discussion to accept an emergency REAP funding contract for the Frontier Shores F ... read more »