Apr 26, 2024

UPDATE: As of 6:30 p.m., the Tornado Watch has been canceled for Oklahoma, but remains in effect for Kansas.   ORIGINAL STORY BELOW The National Weather Service Storm Prediction Center has issued a Tornado Watch for portions of Southeast Kansas and Eastern Oklahoma effective...read full story »

Oct 16, 2024

Phillips 66 announced plans to cease operations at its Los Angeles-area refinery in the fourth quarter of 2025 and will work with the state of California to supply fuel markets and meet ongoing consumer demand. “We understand this decision has an impact on our employees, contractors and...read full story »

Apr 15, 2020

Incumbent Jill Spitzer is running for re-election for the Court Clerk position in Washington County. For 18 years, Spitzer has served Washington County. The position of court clerk has been held by her for eight years. Spitzer has been a deputy court clerk for Washington County where she ...read full story »

Mar 19, 2024

Oklahoma Wesleyan men’s hoops is enjoying some deserved time off after back-to-back 18-point wins in the first two rounds of the NAIA tournament in Wichita. The Eagles started off their postseason run with a win over Peru State last Friday before turning around to beat Mid-America Christian...read full story »

Mar 27, 2024

Oklahoma Wesleyan men’s basketball came to an end last Thursday in Kansas City when the Eagles fell to the Central Baptist Mustangs 84-79 in the Round of 16 of the NAIA Tournament. The Eagles held a 10-point lead with less than six minutes to go before giving up a 19-4 run that would end th...read full story »

Oct 23, 2024

  LaDonna Chancellor, the Executive Director of Teaching and Learning for Bartlesville Public Schools, and Blair Ellis, the Executive Director of the Bartlesville Public Schools Foundation joined us on COMMUNITY CONNECTION to update the community on various school activities and initiati...read full story »

Sep 16, 2020

Governor Kevin Stitt announced the appointment of Stuart Lee Tate as a District Judge for Osage County on Wednesday. In a statement, Gov. Stitt said: "I am proud to appoint Stuart Tate as the next District Judge for Osage County. Judge Tate has spent his entire life getting to know the h...read full story »

Sep 18, 2015

Bartlesville will celebrate homecoming 2015 on Friday night at Custer Stadium, as the Bruins host the Enid Plainsmen.  BHS tries to improve to 3-0. Bartlesville is 2-0 for the first time since 2010 after victories against Tulsa East Central and Cascia Hall. The Bruins lost to Enid last y...read full story »

Mar 15, 2019

Bartlesville High School, Central Middle School and Madison Middle have been named Distinguished Schools because of their STEM Programs. BHS is the only comprehensive high school in Oklahoma to be named a Project Lead the Way Distinguished High School. The middle schools have earned the distincti...read full story »

May 20, 2015

Bartlesville is back on the gridiron for the next couple weeks. The Bruins have been participating in spring practices since Monday, and will continue to practice until late May. There are many story lines for this year’s BHS football offseason, one of which involves a new coach. Bartle...read full story »

Feb 07, 2020

Bruins on the Run, the successful after-school mentoring and running program established by the Bartlesville Public Schools Foundation and Run the Streets, will extend its program with a spring session for the 86 fifth graders and 48 teacher-mentors who participated in the fall. The expansion...read full story »

Apr 11, 2022

Bartlesville Public Schools is holding an informational meeting for families that are interested in its Bruin Virtual School on Tuesday, April 12, at 6:00 p.m. in the Bartlesville High School Commons. Bruin Virtual is a blended and full-time online learning program developed with the flexibil...read full story »

Nov 12, 2024

We are only a week and a half away from Bartlesville High basketball. The Bruins and Lady Bruins kick off their seasons a week from Friday at home against Ponca City. The Nov. 22 start is quite a bit earlier than the past several years, where the season did not start until December. The ...read full story »

Nov 02, 2022

  Jena Nelson is a 6th and 7th grade English teacher at Classen SAS Middle School. Her classroom excellence was recognized when she won 2020 Oklahoma Teacher of the Year. Mrs. Nelson is also a mom to her 17-year-old son, Rafe, and her 12-year-old daughter, Linnea. Her husband, Karl, is a...read full story »

Mar 14, 2025

The time is finally here as Oklahoma Wesleyan basketball enters the NAIA tournament in Sioux Center, Iowa against Mid-America Christian University on Friday. The Eagles enter the tournament for the fifth consecutive season. OKWU is the 7-seed in the Liston quadrant with MACU as the 10-seed...read full story »