Sep 24, 2020

Two more coronavirus related deaths are being reported out of Nowata County in Thursday's situation update from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Nine other deaths are being reported, along with 1,083 positive tests.   Washington County currently has 56 active COVID-19 cas...read full story »

Mar 21, 2015

Oklahoma Wesleyan University Eagles baseball team completes a four-game weekend sweep at Central Christian Saturday afternoon 9-0 and 18-2.   In the first game, the Eagles got off to a hot start by scoring five of their nine runs in the top of the first inning and never looked back. &nbs...read full story »

Jun 09, 2020

Nowata County has reportedly suffered its first COVID-19 death according to the latest situation update from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The man was in the 18-35-year-old age category. Nowata County lists 24 and 22 recoveries on Tuesday’s report. These numbers have remained con...read full story »

Jul 11, 2020

The percentage of coronavirus tests coming back positive are on the rise in Oklahoma, however many categories are trending below other neighboring states, according to data from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. The OSDH released another version of its weekly epidemiology report on Fri...read full story »

Jun 11, 2020

Washington County and Osage County each reported one new COVID-19 case according the situation update from the Oklahoma State Department of Health. Statewide 146 cases were added to the report for a total 7,626 cases. Washington County is listing 344 cases, 289 recoveries and 37 deaths. Osag...read full story »

Feb 26, 2021

Two co-defendants in the murder of Charlie Bethel were sentenced at the Washington Courthouse on Friday. Amber Hall was sentenced to 15 years in the Department of Corrections for a count of murder in the second degree and 10 years for a felony count of conspiracy. Both sentences will run concurre...read full story »

Sep 27, 2021

COVID-19 cases have been going down in Osage County over the last month and during Monday's weekly report, District Three Commissioner Darren McKinney continues to see that downward trend. With that, McKinney says the numbers of deaths have been going up, though.   The Board of O...read full story »

Apr 23, 2021

A Federal grand jury indictment was returned for a Dewey woman who was involved in the March 2020 murder of Charlie Bethel. Cynthia Fish was indicted on a charge of robbery in Indian Country for her role in a planned robbery that led to Bethel’s death on March 17, 2020. The indictment a...read full story »

Feb 02, 2021

The Oklahoma State Department of Health is reporting 1,296 new COVID-19 cases across the state. 38 total deaths are being reported statewide. However, no local deaths have been reported over the last two days. 1,206 Oklahomans are currently in the hospital due to the coronavirus. Washington C...read full story »

Dec 05, 2014

We will have the broadcast of the Bartlesville boys game against East Central at 11:30 this morning on Sports Talk 1500 AM KPGM, pregame will start around 11:15.  Bartlesville fell to Putnam City on Thursday evening, 66-58 to move the Bruins to the consolation bracket of the Bixby Invita...read full story »

Mar 30, 2020

Local case numbers continue to rise as the Oklahoma Department of Health released its latest information on the coronavirus. Washington County has 20 confirmed cases, Osage County now has 11 confirmed cases and Nowata County has four confirmed cases. Statewide there are 481 confirmed positive cas...read full story »

Mar 20, 2015

Oklahoma state legislators are more than one third of the way through the current session and fixing the $611 million budget deficit is challenging.  Senator John Ford, representing Washington, Nowata and Rogers Counties said each agency comes before the Senate to outline their budget reques...read full story »

Aug 28, 2020

The Oklahoma State Department of Health reported 710 new coronavirus cases and eight new deaths in the State on Friday. One of the eight COVID-19 related deaths occurred in Tulsa County. The OSDH reported a slight increase in coronavirus hospitalizations as there are now 559 people hospitaliz...read full story »

Dec 10, 2022

Pawhuska played in the third-place game in the Alva-NWOSU tournament Saturday night both boys and girls and faced South Central.  The Lady Huskies would suffocate the Lady Timberwolves winning 40-17. South Central would hit three field goals all game. Yeah, you read that right, three fie...read full story »

Mar 20, 2020

Charges were filed against four people who were involved in the Tuesday murder of Charles Bethel from Shidler. Omar Marano was charged with murder in the first degree. He is being held on a $500,000 bond. Amber Hall, Cynthia Fish and Austin Prater each picked up a felony count of conspiracy. All ...read full story »