Jan 19, 2020

Central Middle School played host to their 2nd Annual VEX Robotics Competition on Saturday. Lolly Williams, the STEM teacher at CMS, said the VEX Robotics Competition at the school had a middle school and high school division this year. She said they only had a middle school division last yea...read full story »

Feb 22, 2022

The Board of Osage County Commissioners held a regularly scheduled meeting Tuesday morning at the fairgrounds. Osage County Emergency Manager Jerry Roberts says COVID-19 cases continue to decrease. With that, Roberts said there were three more deaths across the county. The Board elected to si...read full story »

Nov 14, 2016

The start of quail season in Oklahoma began November 12, and based on statewide surveys, another good quail season is expected. Along with this anticipation comes the opportunity for area biologists to collect valuable quail harvest information from their wildlife management areas. Biologists...read full story »

Oct 29, 2020

A Kansas mother whose estranged husband is charged with killing the couple’s two sons before fleeing with their two daughters is thanking the people who helped track down the girls nearly 400 miles away in Oklahoma. Tara Jackson’s attorney, Gary Nelson, described the deaths of 14-...read full story »

Jul 22, 2020

Construction continues in downtown Bartlesville as the Downtown Central Business District Paving Rehabilitation continues. Constructions crews are working at the area near Johnstone Avenue and Fifth Street. This the area just to the northwest of the Washington County Courthouse. The top layer...read full story »

Jan 23, 2015

A Bartlesville school bus was hit by a foreign object Friday afternoon. The route 16 bus was traveling from Central Middle School to Bartlesville High School at about 3:15 when it was struck by a foreign object on Shawnee Ave.  The object struck a window and did cause the window to break.&nb...read full story »

Nov 13, 2020

The COVID-19 alert map was released by the Oklahoma State Department of Health on Friday and all 77 counties across the state of Oklahoma are now in the orange, or moderate risk category. Osage, Washington and Nowata Counties have been in the moderate risk category for the last two weeks now, but...read full story »

Apr 03, 2020

Statewide COVID-19 numbers are nearing 1,000 as the latest release from the Oklahoma State Department of Health listed 988 positive cases. Local numbers continue to see a slight uptick each day. Washington County has increased to 28 positive cases from 23 on Thursday, Osage County is up to 21...read full story »

Dec 24, 2020

For the second consecutive day a Washington County resident has been reported dead due to COVID-19. The report says it was a female in the 36 to 49 years old range. This is 55th death in the county since March which is the sixth most of any county in the state. Currently, Washington County is...read full story »

May 18, 2020

The Board of Osage County Commissioners received an update from the Regional Director of the Oklahoma State Department of Health, Kelli Rader at Monday morning’s meeting. Rader said there have been many new hires in the Osage County office over the last couple months and the new branch loca...read full story »

Mar 24, 2020

The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Oklahoma has jumped from 81 to 109, but there are no new cases of the virus that have been confirmed locally. On Sunday, the Oklahoma State Department of Health confirmed that there was a second person that tested positive for COVID-19 in Washington Co...read full story »

Nov 21, 2019

Two active duty members of the air force were killed Thursday morning after two jets crashed near Vance Air Force Base in Enid. According to military officials two T-38 Talon twin-engine jets crashed during a training exercise. Oklahoma senator Lankford offered this statement on the situation...read full story »

Feb 11, 2021

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 1,677 new COVID-19 cases according to Thursday’s situation update. 48 new deaths are listed in the report, none of which are local. Washington County is currently listing 264 active cases, a decrease of 17 active cases since Wednesday...read full story »

May 13, 2020

Several Nowata County Officials have echoed the sentiment that the county is fortunate to have not suffered any COVID-19 related deaths. The Oklahoma State Department of Health reports just four active cases (23 total, 19 recovered) in Nowata County. However, Nowata County Emergency Manager Lauri...read full story »

Dec 29, 2020

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is 1,194 new COVID-19 cases in Tuesday’s situation update. 22 total deaths are being reported across the state, none of which were local. Currently 1,927 Oklahomans are in the hospital due to COVID-19. Washington County is reporting 301 active cas...read full story »