A Bartlesville man is facing a felony charge after allegedly failing to provide child support payments.   41-year-old Brandon Howell was charged on Thursday with omitting to provide for minor child.   According to Oklahoma Child Support Services, Howell allegedly failed ... read more »

A Caney, KS woman who has a pending civil lawsuit against the City of Bartlesville and two Bartlesville police officers, made a plea deal with the Washington County District Attorney's Office.   54-year-old Misty Armitage, was charged in April of 2024 with eluding a police office ... read more »

Turpentine Creek Wildlife Refuge (TCWR) has been called upon to assist in a critical witness protection case involving the illegal possession of restricted species.   A facility was found to have acquired 16 restricted species without holding the required California Department of Fis ... read more »

A couple of Bartians were big-time winners at Skyway Honda over the holliday weekend.  Congrats to Bruce Evans and Scott Ullrich - both from Bartlesville - for winning free Bad Boy riding lawn mowers from Skyway Honda. They both stopped by the dealership and entered since the contest beg ... read more »

A Bartlesville man was booked into the Washington County Jail on Tuesday evening on a DUI charge. Officers made contact with the defendant in the case, Stanley Arnold after observing him swerving through both lanes of traffic multiple times. Deputies also noted Arnold almost made contact with a s ... read more »

A former Osage County Commissioner disputes that both the county and city own the swinging bridge in Pawhuska. Former District One Commissioner, Randall Jones says the City of Pawhuska owns that bridge, as it connects two city streets. He also points to adverse possession, as the city has maintai ... read more »

Arvest Bank is pleased to announce that it has hired Anthony Mancuso as a commercial banker serving Bartlesville and surrounding communities.   “Anthony is an excellent addition to our commercial lending team,” said Arvest Bank commercial loan manager Nicholas Moody. &ldq ... read more »

The Bartlesville Community Center Trust Authority announced a series of organizational changes and appointments following the approval of the 11-member trust authority in April.   After an extensive search process led by the BCC TA personnel committee, they are pleased ... read more »

Nehemiah Community Develepment's Housing Program is a "home of second chances."   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Program Director Mike Sorenson explained that their mission is to strengthen low-wealth families and neighborhoods using a community economic development ... read more »

The City Employee Advisory Committee has nominated Street Maintenance Worker Josh Secondine to be the employee of the month. Secondine was nominated by his fellow employee Mitch Lucas who had this to say in his nomination letter:   "After a different department had used the carw ... read more »

Several representatives from the Cherokee Nation and Washington County dedicated a newly constructed bridge on Old Highway 75 (North 3980 Road) and West 3300 Road, just north of Ramona.   The $1.4 million investment by the Cherokee Nation replaced a bridge over Double Creek that was ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners met on Tuesday morning at the Nowata County Courthouse Annex.   The commissioners awarded a bid for the sale of various equipment and approved a donation from the 911 Trust Authority for a utility building.   The commissioners also approve ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville has opened a disposal site for storm debris this week. It will be open from 7 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. through Saturday on West Highway 60, just east of the Green Country Rodeo Arena. Public Works Director Keith Henry says at that time, they will see if they need to keep it open ... read more »

A Bartlesville man is facing a felony charge after allegedly breaking into a residence.   30-year-old Bradley Carothers was charged on Tuesday with first degree burglary.   According to the Bartlesville Police Department, on May 24 at approximately 2:30 a.m., officers re ... read more »

At Monday's Board of Osage County Commissioners meeting, there was discussion to go away from the current medical provider that the sheriff's office uses. If they were to do that, they would be signing a letter of intent to allow for Dr. Cameron Rumsey of Pawhuska to provide the care for ... read more »