Several area basketball teams continue to line the rankings. Especially in Class 2A which has five area boy's and girl's teams ranked.  Oklahoma Union remains undefeated but moved from No. 4 to No. 5 in this week's rankings. The Cougars play at the Fort Gibson Invitational th ... read more »

According to a Facebook update from the Nowata Public Schools all school sites will be back in session on Wednesday, January 20. Due to a COVID-19 situation the sites had been shut down for the beginning of the week.  Glenn C. Moore Elementary had planned on re-opening on Tuesday but an ... read more »

The Board of Osage County Commissioners met for a regularly scheduled meeting at the fairgrounds on Tuesday morning and President for the Osage County Tourism Board, Claude Rosendale gave a review as to how to Tourism Director Kelly Bland has been doing.   Rosendale said that her rev ... read more »

The Bartlesville Friends of the Public Library is hosting the 20th annual Friends of the Library Writing Contest. Entries, due by Monday, March 1st, 2021, can be submitted in the following categories: Division I (8th Grade Only) Poetry (not to exceed 60 lines) Fiction (not to e ... read more »

New deaths were reported in Nowata County and Washington County according to Tuesday’s situation update from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. This is the 68th deaths in Washington County and the 12th in Nowata County. Washington County is reporting 417 active cases, a decrease o ... read more »

Nowata County Emergency Management Director Laurie Summers had some breaking and welcome news during Tuesday morning’s Nowata County Commissioners meeting. Nowata residents should except to have a COVID-19 vaccination clinic for the first time at some point next week. Summers said t ... read more »

From the COVID-19 relief grant application process to job openings and the praising the work of the Bartlesville Development Authority, Bartlesville Ward 2 Councilor Paul Stuart covered a lot of ground Tuesday on COMMUNTIY CONNECTION.    Stuart explained that the Bartlesville Ci ... read more »

The Arvest Foundation recently announced a $5,000 contribution to Dewey Public Schools. Arvest commercial banker Chris Revard presented the check to Vince Vincent, Dewey Public Schools superintendent. “We are happy to present this donation on behalf of the Arvest Foundation to help ... read more »

The Bartlesville Police Department responded to the 1300 block of Jennings in reference to shots fired at approximately 3:15 on Wednesday afternoon. The incident led to numerous charges for five juveniles, including assault & battery on a peace officer. Captain Kevin Ickleberry said o ... read more »

Sophomores, juniors and seniors at the high school level in Pawhuska had the opportunity to take the ACT test this past fall. 84 of the students took advantage of this free opportunity because they lost out on that chance to take it last spring. High School Principal Lori Justus says the numbers ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is arrested after being pulled over in Caney.  Earlier this weekend at around 10:30pm an officer with the Caney Police Department made a traffic stop for a traffic violation at State and Spears St.  The driver of the vehicle was identified as 58-year-old Gregory Mundi ... read more »

Dewey Public Schools (DPS) is sticking with its normal quarantine protocols for students and staff despite the fact that Governor Kevin Stitt announced a new quarantine option for schools last week. Superintendent Vince Vincent said DPS was able to offer in-person learning for almost the enti ... read more »

The Bartlesville City Council recently voted in support of an application process for the City to access grant funding through the Oklahoma Department of Commerce for COVID-19 relief funding. As part of the formal application process, which is due Monday, Feb. 1st, the City is required to ado ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners may consider, discuss and possibly approve a change order over $8,100 to Envision Civil Contractors, LLC when they meet on Tuesday morning. The change order is for additional work on the District Three “2020 Washington County Wolfe Creek Bridge Project.&r ... read more »

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 1,837 new COVID-19 cases in Monday’s situation update. Seven total deaths are being reported across the state, none of which are local. As of Friday, 1,866 hospitalizations were reported. Washington County is reporting 462 active case ... read more »