There will be a community transportation forum in Bartlesville at 11 a.m. on Thursday, Jan. 30th at the Bartlesville Public Library. The forum will deal with public transportation in Washington County and other counties within the Cimarron Public Transit service area. Cimarron Public Transit oper ... read more »

Glen Mulready, Oklahoma’s Insurance Commissioner, will be in Bartlesville next Thursday, Jan. 16th. Jude’s Health and Java House will host Commissioner Mulready for “Coffee with a Commissioner” that day at 9:00 a.m. The cafe is located at 2503 SE Washington Boulevard i ... read more »

Soon, after it was learned that Iran launched missile strikes at US and NATO bases in Iraq Tuesday, we reached out to Senators Inhofe and Lankford and Congressmen Lucas and Hern for comments. Here are their responses as of last night: Senator Inhofe tells us he has been briefed and is get ... read more »

A wanted fugitive is being sought by the Washington County Sheriff’s Office. 39-year-old Edward Joseph Ellis Jr. is said to have an outstanding felony warrant for his arrest. The Washington County Sheriff’s Office says that Ellis Jr. has failed to register as a sex offender, he ha ... read more »

At the beginning of September 2019, a citizen at a Dewey City Council meeting expressed some concern about cars driving too fast in her neighborhood. The area where the alleged speeding has occurred is in the north and south 100 Blocks of Wyandotte Avenue in Dewey. There was also some concern ... read more »

A Skiatook man pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court Tuesday to attempted receipt of child pornography. Corey Daniel Vessar, 31, is the final defendant to enter a guilty plea in the Northern District of Oklahoma after being arrested as a result of Operation Independence Day, a month-long oper ... read more »

Gov. Kevin Stitt is using funds generated by tribal fees to pay for a law firm to defend him in a lawsuit brought by three of the state’s largest gaming tribes over whether the state's Model Gaming Compact has expired according to his spokeswoman, Donelle Harder. Three tribes have s ... read more »

A rental parking agreement for five parking spaces from First Presbyterian Church was approved by the Washington County Commissioners on Monday. District 1 Commissioner Mitch Antle said these spots are currently held by five staff members at the Court Clerk's Office. He said they will tak ... read more »

The National Weather Service in Tulsa has issued a Fire Weather Watch, which is in effect from Wednesday afternoon through Wednesday evening. * AFFECTED AREA...In Oklahoma, Osage, Washington, Nowata, Pawnee, Tulsa, Rogers, and Creek counties. * WIND...South 20 TO 30 mph with gusts to 35 ... read more »

Micah Siemers, Bartlesville’s Director of Engineering, on Tuesday said lane closures in the 300 block of Adams Boulevard will facilitate work on the Downtown Storm Sewer Improvement project currently underway in the area. Westbound lanes on Adams Boulevard between the Bartlesville Commu ... read more »

An Ocheleta man was arrested after being pulled over for driving on a suspended license. William Young Sr. was also in possession of a Ruger LCP .380 firearm in his vehicle. Young has felony convictions in Washington County in 2000, 2009 and 2013. Two of which were violent. Oklahoma Felons are no ... read more »

Bartlesville Police Chief Tracy Roles has provided crime numbers for 2019 compared to the numbers from 2018. The overall numbers suggest that there was just under a 31-percent reduction in crime in the City of Bartlesville. Chief Roles did admit that the first quarter of 2019 did make him ner ... read more »

The city of Bartlesville has recently welcomed a developer and a combo restaurant business--both at the site of the old Kmart property at the intersection of Frank Phillips Blvd and US 75 --with monetary incentives. In October of 2019, The Bartlesville City Council moved to accept the recomme ... read more »

A preliminary hearing was held at the Washington County Courthouse on Tuesday for Terry Donaldson Jr. On top of first degree murder charges, Donaldson is also being charged with burglary and attempted robbery with a weapon for an incident that occurred prior to the alleged murder of Gregg Meidl. ... read more »

Dewey Fire Chief Chad Schueler made an appearance at the Dewey City Council meeting on Monday night with a trade in mind. It was at this time that Chief Schueler asked about putting the trade of tanker trucks with the Caney Fire Department in Kansas on the Council’s next agenda. There w ... read more »