Jul 11, 2019

Each year, more than 600 people die from heat-related illness in the United States. In Oklahoma, there were 145 deaths associated with exposure to excessive heat from 2010 to 2017. The Oklahoma State Department of Health reminds residents that heat-related illness can range from heat rash, he...read full story »

Aug 24, 2019

A Budget Board Meeting will take place on Monday and the Washington County Commissioners will consider re-appropriating County Funds. While the agenda does not specifically mention Courthouse improvements, the Commissioners did discuss giving $10,000 to fix noticeable security deficiencies in...read full story »

Dec 01, 2020

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 1,737 new COVID-19 cases according to Tuesday’s situation update. 15 new deaths are being reported across the state. Currently 1,718 Oklahomans are hospitalized due to COVID-19. Washington County is reporting 265 active cases, a d...read full story »

Feb 19, 2021

The Oklahoma State Department of Health announced on Friday that a Washington County woman has died due to COVID-19. The woman was identified in the 65 and older age group. Friday’s coronavirus death in Washington County marks the 82nd death caused by COVID-19 since the beginning of the pan...read full story »

Sep 22, 2020

For the second straight day the Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting over 1,100 new COVID-19 cases. 14 new deaths are listed in the report including one in Rogers County for the second consecutive day. Hospitalizations have increased to 628 across the state. Washington County is r...read full story »

Oct 31, 2019

After several weeks without a procedural vote to open an impeachment inquiry, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and House Democrats held that vote on Thursday morning. The vote to open an impeachment inquiry passed with flying colors. Oklahoma Republican Senator Jim Inhofe (pictured) said any majori...read full story »

Jan 14, 2015

Residents of Oklahoma have been feeling a new sensation lately. The U. S. Geological Survey recorded a 3.6 magnitude earthquake early Tuesday morning near Medford in north-central Oklahoma. No earthquakes have been reported in the listening area but Washington County Emergency Management Director...read full story »

May 27, 2016

The City of Bartlesville will observe Memorial Day on Monday.  Members of The American Legion Post 105, the American Heritage Association, the Blue Star Mothers and the Patriot Guard Riders will join local elected officials at White Rose Cemetery for the observance at 9 o'clock. Memo...read full story »

Aug 12, 2020

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 670 new COVID-19 cases across the state on Wednesday. Nine new deaths are being listed in Oklahoma, including two in Tulsa County and one in Rogers County. The OSDH says 519 Oklahomans are in the hospital due to COVID-19, a declining number. ...read full story »

Dec 21, 2021

The Bartlesville Community Center will be hosting, “The Simon and Garfunkel Story to start 2022. The concert-styled theater show is the second in a sequence of Broadway in Bartlesville series that describes the journey of Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel.   It gives the story from the ...read full story »

Oct 27, 2022

The Dewey Bulldoggers are sitting at 2-6 after their loss over the Tulsa Central Braves last Friday, 32-14. That was a game that the Bulldoggers were able to keep close but could not overcome the deficit. A slow start again for the Bulldoggers was too much for them to overcome. Tomorrow night...read full story »

Jan 12, 2015

The suspect in a double murder was in Washington County Special Judge John Gerkin's courtroom on Monday for a preliminary hearing.  Steven Lee Adair is facing two counts of first degree murder in the deaths of his wife, 41-year-old Crystal Lee Adair and 23-year-old Charles Edward Lee las...read full story »

Oct 01, 2015

The man driving a speeding 1991 Firebird on Highway 88 near the Oologah Dam that ended the lives of two people was charged in the deaths in a Rogers County courtroom on Wednesday. The OHP reports that 34-year-old Eric Coager was driving west on Highway 88 when he lost control of the car and went ...read full story »

Jun 20, 2017

We have some local baseball on the airwaves on Tuesday evening, as the Doenges Ford Indians try to get back on the winning track. Bartlesville travels to Ada for two more games against the Ada A’s at East Central University. It will be a 5:00 and 7:00 double-header. The Indian’s h...read full story »

Mar 08, 2019

Ed Calianese of the Tulsa National Weather Service was at the Osage County Fairgrounds in Pawhuska Thursday evening discussing the best possible ways to stay safe from damaging storms. Calianese adds it is important for the public to stay weather aware and pay heed to any warning that the cou...read full story »