A Coffeyville, Kansas man was seen and identified on surveillance tape after allegedly robbing a jewelry store in November 2017. Formal charges were brought against Demario Collins during an arraignment at the Washington County Courthouse on Wednesday. According to an affidavit, Collins enter ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville's Sooner Swimming Pool will remain closed after a lightning strike dammaged the pool’s pump.   The pool was closed Wednesday morning after lightning struck the pump during a storm on Tuesday evening. A new pump was ordered, and was to arrive on Thur ... read more »

The deadline to apply for the John Marley Scholarship has been extended to June 15.    The Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association says the John Marley Scholarship is open to any student whose parent or guardian is a Casino Industry Employee in Oklahoma. Student applicants must provi ... read more »

The Oklahoma Department of Transportation is preparing for a guardrail rehabilitation project.   Starting next week on U.S. Highway 75 and State Highway 60, the project consists of guardrail replacement at the U.S. 75-Adams Boulevard overpass, as well as along the north side of Lee L ... read more »

The 2018 OKM Music Festival might look a little bit different this year. The festival’s 34th edition, which begins June 9 and runs through June 15 will feature four different Bartlesville locations with a wider variety of performers than in year’s past. Day one of the event will b ... read more »

A power outage has left one neighborhood without power in Bartlesville.   According to Public Service Company's Region Communications Manager, Stan Whiteford, 29 customers in a neighborhood near Madison Boulevard and Nowata Road are without power. Whiteford says that a cutout, wh ... read more »

The Bartlesville Regional United Way announced that Paige Earley will be taking over as the new marketing manager through a press release on Wednesday. Earley is a Bartlesville-native having graduated from BHS. She then went to a get a degree in public relations with a minor in human relation ... read more »

Osage County Commissioners will meet in special session Friday afternoon. The board will take action on proposals for an ambulance service contractor to serve the Barnsdall and Avant area.   Samaritan Ambulance will withdraw from its contract on June 30th.  The board plans to se ... read more »

Bartlesville's Sooner Pool is closed because lightning struck a pump at the pool Tuesday night.  According to City of Bartlesville spokesman, Kelli Williams, a new pump was ordered and shipped overnight.     The pump should be installed Thursday.  The city wil ... read more »

Thompson Brothers Welding & Industrial Supply, 3700 E. Tuxedo, Bartlesville, will celebrate 70 years of serving the community with a customer appreciation open house Friday, June 8th  from 10 to 2.        The event is open to the community and will includ ... read more »

A plane made an unscheduled landing today in Tulsa as an unruly passenger created a situation on a flight from Portland to Atlanta.   U.S. Attorney Trent Shores says Federal Air Marshals on the plane successfully deescalated and controlled the situation, and the flight landed in Tuls ... read more »

Oklahoma is ranked the 7th worst state for children health care in a recent study.   According to a Wallethub study, with the lower number being better, Oklahoma ranks 47th in percentage of children with good teeth, 46th in percent of uninsured children, and 44th in infant death rate ... read more »

A Hominy woman was injured Tuesday morning in an accident 3-tenths of a mile west of Timberwood Road, 2 miles west of Skiatook.   The Oklahoma Highway Patrol reports 81 year-old Wanda Eileen Stark was westbound on State Highway 20.  Her Ranger suffered a tire blowout.  She ove ... read more »

The Commissioners announced the official termination of contract notice from Samaritan  Ambulance Service this week at the meeting of the Osage County Board of County Commissioners. District #2  commissioner Darren McKinney expressed concern regarding the announced effective time of Sam ... read more »

Registration for the popular Selman Bat Watches, hosted by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation, will open May 29.     The weekend watches will be held at the Selman Bat Cave WMA, where Mexican free-tailed bats congregate each summer to give birth. Each night the ... read more »