The Dewey City Council met Monday evening at City Hall and approved all agenda items with the exception of two proposals related to a downtown district designation and updated housing regulations. The council formally accepted the minutes from the April 6 meeting and received the latest sales tax ... read more »

UPDATE 2: The suspect in Monday morning's shooting in Dewey has been identified. Dewey Police arrested 20-year-old Stephan Tre Powell of Bartlesville. He is being held in the Washington County Correctional Facility on complaints of shooting with intent to kill, reckless conduct with a firearm ... read more »

At Monday's Board of Osage County Commissioners meeting, Pawhuska Hospital Chairperson Beth Reed was speaking on how their facility is becoming outdated. Reed said they are doing what they can to get things updated.   Tucker Link with Knightsbridge Investment Capital was also at ... read more »

A Bartlesville woman is facing a felony charge after allegedly punching a child in the jaw.   36-year-old Shayronn Madl was charged on Monday with child abuse.   According to the Dewey Police Department, Madl and the victim got into a verbal altercation at approximately ... read more »

Bartlesville Public Schools Superintendent Chuck McCauley and Executive Director of Teaching and Learning LaDonna Chancellor have received top honors for their service to education in northeast Oklahoma.   McCauley has been named District 5 Superintendent of the Year by the Oklahoma ... read more »

A Claremore man was sentenced Monday to more than eight years in federal prison after investigators determined he downloaded and shared child sexual abuse material, authorities said. U.S. District Judge Sara E. Hill sentenced James Daniel Lee Campbell, 22, to 97 months in prison for receipt a ... read more »

The Board of Nowata County Commissioners held a regularly scheduled meeting Monday morning at the Nowata County Annex.   The board discussed improvements to the courthouse and approved an agreement for work on private property. The commissioners also reviewed a section of the county& ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners approved a more than $151,000 payment Monday toward the construction of the Twin Bridges replacement project on County Road 3500.   District 3 Commissioner Mike Dunlap says he and Brian Kellogg with Kellogg Engineering agree the work is going well. ... read more »

The Bartlesville Kiwanis will be providing fun opportunities for families the first weekend in May.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Rachelle Wilson and Karen Wilson with the Bartlesville Kiwanis announced the opening of Sooner Junior Golf, The Kiwanis Kids Fishing Derby, and an ... read more »

The Dewey City Council meets tonight at 7:00 p.m. at City Hall. The agenda includes a Tom Mix Foundation presentation, the latest sales tax report, and a proposed budget amendment reallocating nine thousand dollars from cemetery fees to utilities. Council members will also discuss regulations ... read more »

Dewey firefighters battled a fully involved structure fire late Saturday night at an abandoned home, responding just before 8 p.m. with multiple units. According to a social media post from Dewey Fire, crews arrived to find the structure heavily engulfed and faced difficult access, stretching ... read more »

Two drivers and one passenger were injured in a collision Friday afternoon on U.S. 169 at East 156th Street North in Tulsa County. According to the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, 89-year-old Edwin R. Cape of Collinsville man pulled out from a stop sign on 156th Street North to cross the highway and ... read more »

Jody Taylor with Ascension St. John Jane Phillips highlighted local wellness and cardiac rehabilitation services during a recent KWON Community Connection interview, emphasizing support for residents looking to improve their health ahead of summer. Taylor said the Jane Phillips Wellness Conne ... read more »

A Bartlesville man with pending felony charges is facing an additional charge after allegedly threatening a Washington County Correctional Facility (WCCF) officer.   23-year-old Caleb Holdaway was charged on Friday with threatening to perform an act of violence.   Accord ... read more »

The Board of Nowata County Commissioners have a regularly scheduled meeting Monday morning at the Nowata County  Annex.   The board will discuss improvements to the courthouse, an agreement to work on private property and the county's road use agreement. The commissioners wi ... read more »