Arvest announced this week that Jay Dyer has been named loan manager for the bank in Bartlesville. Dyer has more than 20 years of experience in banking and has been with Arvest since 2015. He has held the positions of commercial banker and commercial loan manager while at Arvest. Dyer has a b ... read more »

A man was injured after a police shooting in Rogers County on Wednesday evening. According to the Oklahoma State Bureau of Investigation, the shooting happened at about 6:30 Wednesday in Chelsea, near the intersection of State Highway 66 and East 340 Road. OSBI says it all started with a dist ... read more »

The Osage County Sheriff’s Office has introduced the Soter RS body scanner as an upgrade to its prisoner search capabilities within the jail. This tool will replace the traditional body search procedure and was attained through a grant. The new scanner will allow for officers to identif ... read more »

The Washington County SPCA is hosting a ‘Jingle Paws Market’ Dec. 9th from 9 a.m. through 6 p.m. There will be adoptable animals, pet pictures with Santa and more. Volunteer Coordinator Jari Bowers goes into more detail about the event.  If you are interested in getting a boo ... read more »

The Osage Nation Police Department has made an historical agreement with the OSBI. The letter, signed in November, states that Osage Nation arrest records will be submitted to the OSBI central repository.    Osage Nation Police Chief and Secretary of Public Safety, Nicholas Will ... read more »

  Exercise is medicine for people with Parkinson Disease and Elder Care is here to help with that.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Angie Thompson with Elder Care shared that recent research indicates that exercise is more than strength, balance, coordination, flexibilit ... read more »

The Tri County Tech Foundation is thrilled to announce the establishment of a Sapphire Legacy Scholarship named for Tri County Tech Superintendent & CEO, Dr. Tammie Strobel and her husband, Brad Strobel. With an illustrious career spanning over three decades as an educator and school administ ... read more »

  A man is recovering after catching on fire on Wednesday while hot wiring a motorcycle in order to steal it with another man.    Bartlesville Police Department Captain Dan Elkins tells Bartlesville radio the incident took place off US 75 near the Nebraska cut off. ... read more »

The Oklahoma Secondary School Activities Association Board of Directors made a major change to student athlete transfers on Wednesday. In a 12-1 vote, the OSSAA approved a policy exception that will allow one free transfer for any student athlete as established eligibility at a school. Previo ... read more »

Incumbents are the only candidates for Board of Education positions across Washington County, as the filing period ended on Wednesday.   According to the Washington County Election Board, Board of Education seats in Bartlesville, Caney Valley, and Dewey drew no opponents to current m ... read more »

Tri County Tech is offering an inaugural firefighting academy beginning on Jan. 13, 2024.   According to an announcement, attendees will receive hands-on training and instruction in firefighting that will meet the requirements for Firefighter 1. Registration is $125. At the completio ... read more »

An Osage Nation citizen has been indicted in federal court on charges of kidnapping in Indian Country. Rudy Tyler Rudd, 39, of Adair is charged with knowingly and unlawfully kidnapping two victims in August 2023. Federal prosecutors in Tulsa announced the Grand Jury indictment on Wednesday. ... read more »

Oklahoma Republican Congressman Kevin Hern argued in favor of impeaching Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Wednesday.   Hern says Mayorkas is willfully destroying the United States because of illegal immigration.   Hern claims Mayorkas' ... read more »

The Bartlesville Area History Museum is accepting letters to Santa Claus through Thursday, December 21st at 11 a.m. Children may drop off those letters on the fifth floor of City Hall in downtown Bartlesville between the hours of 8 a.m. and 4 p.m.   The letters will be hand-delivered ... read more »

Lawmakers on Capitol Hill are struggling to come together on an aid package that would help foreign countries. As more than 12,000 people came across our southern border on Tuesday alone, Oklahoma Senator James Lankford says he will not sign on to any legislation that doesn't include improvin ... read more »