Jan 13, 2016

The American Red Cross has an urgent need for blood donations to prevent a shortage this winter. Communications Manager for the Red Cross, Jan Hale says busy November and December schedules contributed to fewer blood drives  and that means there were fewer donations and reduced the blood sup...read full story »

Aug 18, 2016

Today marks the first day of school for the 2016-2017 school year, and while some students are excited, so too is Principal Ryan Huff. While all schools are open, today is a special day for Central Middle School as the building is being opened after the recent renovations that have taken place. ...read full story »

Mar 15, 2018

A plan to give Oklahoma schoolteachers a pay raise has fallen short in the Oklahoma Senate after a package of tax increases to pay for it couldn't get enough votes.        Amid a looming teacher strike, the Senate late Wednesday voted on a series of bills, includin...read full story »

Nov 16, 2022

Public Service Company of Oklahoma (PSO), which serves a large portion of our region, issued a warning this week that utility customers are being targeted by scammers. Approximately 275 scams have been reported this year  with the largest number in October. Those numbers are about the sa...read full story »

Aug 04, 2017

Like most area schools, the Bartlesville Public School District will host their own back to school nights. Each school site will host a Back-to-School program in the evening for parents and guardians. Principals will be there to share information with parents, who will also have the opportunity t...read full story »

Feb 04, 2019

Approximately 200 Central Middle School sixth-graders participated in their science classes Egg Drop experiment Monday afternoon. The Bartlesville Fire Department brought a fire truck to the school to help with the students with their projects. Equipment Operator Steve Burnett says they have...read full story »

Jan 23, 2020

The results are in for the second annual VEX Robotics Competition that was held at Central Middle School on Saturday. The event, sponsored by Phillips 66, had 26 middle school teams and 16 high school teams, including students from Oklahoma City, Tulsa, and Nowata. Last year, there was only a...read full story »

May 11, 2020

One additional death and no additional COVID-19 cases are being reported by the Oklahoma State Department of Health on Monday. This is the 29th coronavirus death reported in Washington County. 296 positive cases are being reported with 220 recoveries. No new numbers are being reported in terms of...read full story »

May 19, 2017

There is a slight risk of severe thunderstorms this evening across much of Eastern Oklahoma and Western Arkansas, with the greatest risk south of I-44. Damaging winds and large hail are the main threats. Isolated tornadoes are possible where storms interact with lingering boundaries, or with an...read full story »

Jan 05, 2016

History was made Tuesday night at Bartlesville.  Not only OKWU pulled out an 104-66 win over Central Christian College, but Lady Eagle Kayla Morgan became the sixth Lady Eagle to join in the 1,000 point club.  Morgan officially joined the club early in the third quarter after making a 3...read full story »

Apr 12, 2020

The number of confirmed cases of COVID-19 have reached 104 in Washington County as of Easter Sunday. Still only 2 deaths from the coronavirus so far. Osage County is reporting 50 cases and 7 deaths while Nowata County remains at 10 cases and no fatalities.   As of this adviso...read full story »

Apr 17, 2017

Bartlesville’s Superintendent of Schools, Chuck McCauley will recommend two experienced educators for administrative positions during tonight’s school board meeting.   McCauley will recommend that Ariel Ortega become the new Assistant Principal at Central Middle School and t...read full story »

Jul 16, 2020

House Minority Leader Emily Virgin, a Democrat from Norman, released a statement after Arkansas and more than half of the states in the United States issued a statewide mask policy. In Virgin’s statement, she said: “Governor Stitt continues to declare his support for Oklahoma&rsqu...read full story »

Jan 11, 2023

The Bartlesville Police Department is investigating another threat to the central Middle School. Officers received information about the threat and a search warrant was served at the suspect’s residence.  A 13-year-old juvenile male was taken into custody at the time of the search ...read full story »

May 19, 2015

The Bartlesville School Board awarded bids for work at the district’s two middle Schools and bids for three Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics labs during its meeting Monday night.  Architect, Scott Ambler detailed the bids and broke the amounts for each bid down into wh...read full story »