Jul 25, 2022

For nearly two days, firefighters in Central Oklahoma battled and finally contained a wildfire in Blaine County. The wildfire occured along a length of highway near a small neighborhood, causing two dozen homes to need evacuation. Blaine County Emergency Manager DIrector, Jim Shelton, said th...read full story »

Feb 09, 2021

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting one Washington County COVID-19 death in Tuesday’s situation update. The report lists a woman in the over 65 years old age bracket. This is the 79th reported COVID-19 death in Washington County. Currently, Washington County is reportin...read full story »

Oct 05, 2021

Governor Kevin Stitt appeared on Fox & Friends on Tuesday to discuss his upcoming trip to the southern border. Stitt is one of 10 Republican governors across the country heading to the southern border with Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on Wednesday. Stitt says Biden's failed immigration poli...read full story »

Mar 31, 2015

Oklahoma Wesleyan University Eagles baseball team traveled to Wichita, Kansas to take on Friends University Tuesday afternoon and took care of the Falcons with a 7-2 win.  OKWU scored three of their seven runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back.  Friends University com...read full story »

Jan 18, 2017

Bartlesville Fire Department recently added a new truck to its fleet after retiring the 11-year-old “command vehicle” for Central Fire Station’s three battalion chiefs. The new 2017 Ford F-350 crew cab, four-wheel drive pick-up will allow the station’s battalion chiefs...read full story »

Dec 17, 2016

Highways are impacted by freezing precipitation in many areas of the state  Oklahoma Department of Transportation crews in many areas of the state are treating slick areas on bridges and overpasses and continue to work with the Oklahoma Highway Patrol and local law enforcement to moni...read full story »

Dec 21, 2015

This week at the meeting of the Osage County Board of County Commissioners, the commissioners signed bid contracts and approved several standard maintenance items. Verdigris Valley Electric submitted a request to move a power pole in District 2 the item was approved without discussion. The Commis...read full story »

Apr 30, 2020

Once again, Arvest Bank ranks highest among its competitors in the Southwest and South Central Region in customer satisfaction and retail banking. This is according to a J.D. Power 2020 U.S. Retail Banking Satisfaction Study released on Thursday. Whitney Watson, the Sales Manager for Arvest B...read full story »

Jul 13, 2023

Brett Mize, the First Assistant District Attorney for Osage and Pawnee counties received the Mitch Sperry Award as the top prosecutor in the state of Oklahoma.  District Attorney Mike Fisher says he is lucky to have people like Mize working with him.  Mitch Sperry was a District...read full story »

May 10, 2016

Shine up your car and take it downtown Bartlesville Saturday morning for the Oldies 'n Goodies Car Show.  Club President, Ken Harris the 31st-annual show will bring bck memorises and hopefully inspire some new auto enthisasts. Show Central will be at Adams and Dewey.  Harris say...read full story »

May 01, 2015

Bartlesville City Council members, acting as the Bartlesville Education Authority, met for a special meeting with the BPSD School board on Wednesday. The two groups discussed the current high school project as well as the middle school project and bidding. Dr. Gary Quinn talked about the $36.7 mi...read full story »

Mar 30, 2021

Bartlesville soccer will head on the road to Tulsa for a doubleheader with Metro Christian on the pitch on Tuesday evening. The Lady Bruins are 5-2 on the season with their most recent win coming on Friday, 5-0 over Durant. Prior to that the BHS girls had another shutout victory over Sand Spr...read full story »

Oct 10, 2019

The Washington County Health Department has announced a walk-in flu clinic on Friday, October 11th, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The WCHD is located at 5121 Jacquelyn Ln. in Bartlesville. The clinic is closed 12:00 – 1:00 p.m. This year flu vaccinations will be provided at “NO ...read full story »

Jan 15, 2021

One Nowata County death is being listed in Friday’s COVID-19 situation update from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The report lists a male over 65 years old as the 11th total COVID-19 death in Nowata County. Washington County is currently reporting 437 active cases, an increase...read full story »

Oct 02, 2023

The latest search for the remains of victims of the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre has ended with 59 graves found and seven sets of remains exhumed. Oklahoma state archaeologist Kary Stackelbeck told the Associated Press that excavation ended Friday with the exhumed remains taken to an onsite foren...read full story »