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The Dewey City Council made short work of their agenda Tuesday evening. City Manager Kevin Trease presented Council with the latest tax receipts from the state. The latest receipts were $69,548.13 which is down 1.02% from the same period a year ago. Council tabled the sole bid received on a lot at ... read more »

Joshua Benton's trial for first-degree murder involving a child got underway today in Washington County District Court. The day started with a standing room only crowd as potential jurors filled the seats and stood along the wall. Prosecutor Will Drake questioned the potential jurors until 2:40 this ... read more »

The Nowata County Commissioners spent most of Tuesday morning's meeting talking about creating a Nowata County Educational Facilities Authority. The authority would be comprised of the commissioners as trustees. Thomas Hilborne of Hilborne and Weidman, Bond Council attended Tuesday morning's meeti ... read more »

Washington County Commissioners learned this morning that the Correctional Facility Inmate Work Crews amounted to 6,532 hours around the county over the past year. The inmate crews take on projects such as roadside garbage pickup and weed control, allowing the regular county crews to concentrate on ... read more »

During this morning's Osage County Commissioners meeting, Barbara Albritton with INCOG, notified the board that she wasn't aware that the board remained the same as last year, but she was lucky enough to have the paper work changed this morning for the correct signature when she received notice from ... read more »

The Cherokee Nation has distributed nearly $3 million to public schools in northeastern Oklahoma. More than $179,000 was given to Tulsa schools, about $175,212 went to schools in Tahlequah and $109,903 went to Muskogee schools on Monday as part of the tribe's annual Public Schools Appreciation Day. ... read more »

Cessna Aircraft has moved work on its 162 Skycatcher from Wichita to its plant in Independence. Yingling Aviation in Wichita has been reassembling and delivering the Skycatcher aircraft after it was manufactured by a company in China. Cessna said Monday work on the two-seat light sport aircraft will ... read more »

The Bartlesville Public School District will hold their 2012 Teacher of the Year Ceremony on Monday, February 27th at 6pm. The event will take place at the Fine Arts Center Auditorium on the Bartlesville High School campus. Before the ceremony, there will be a short reception from 5 o'clock to 6:1 ... read more »

The Rogers County sheriff says a woman was killed when she got into an argument with a man who later left in a pickup truck, running her over and dragging her body for several feet. Sheriff Scott Walton tells Tulsa television station KOTV that the man and woman got into an argument Sunday night at a ... read more »

Jury selection will begin Tuesday in the murder trial of Joshua Benton. Benton is charged with first degree murder involving a child in the December 2010 death of his girlfriend's 4-year old son. The medical examiner's report said the child dies from a blunt force injury and the child's back was bro ... read more »

When Washington County Commissioners meet Tuesday morning they will hear a presentation from Count Community Development Officer Mitch Antle on a 9-1-1 operations contract and GPS date collection. Jason Mantooth of the Sheriff's Office will make a presentation on hours worked by the Correctional Fac ... read more »

Osage County Commissioners will preside over a lengthy agenda when they convene Tuesday morning. Barbara Albritton, representing INCOG has the lion's share of topics with 7 agenda items. Albritton will ask Commissioners for their approval to designation of the county's chief executive office, Chai ... read more »

Bartlesville Police discovered the body of a 29-year old man who had committed suicide ;ast week.  While he didn't cite specific numbers, Bartlesville Police Chief Tom Holland confirmed that police have responded to quite a few suicides. Coordinator of Washington County Wellness Initiativ ... read more »

Yvonne House, Secretary of the County Election Board reminds you that registered voters in Washington County who want to have absentee ballots mailed to them for the March 6, Presidential Preferential Primary Election have until Wednesday, February 29, to apply. Voters may apply for absentee ballot ... read more »

Course selection meetings for students who will be juniors and seniors at Bartlesville High School during the upcoming 2012-13 academic year are scheduled to begin later this month. Current high school juniors will be issued 11th to 12th grade enrollment information during their English classes on ... read more »

Oklahoma's Senator Jim Inhofe says he fears for the nation's current and future safety. After a hearing this week with National Intelligence Director James Clapper and Defense Intelligence Agency Director Lieutenant General Ronald Burgess, Inhofe says the President is continuing to fulfill campaign ... read more »

The U.S. House endorsed a plan Thursday to vastly expand oil and gas drilling off the nation's coasts to help pay for a $260 billion transportation bill. The legislation has no chance of passing the Senate and faces a White House veto. But for Republicans, the 237-187 vote showed they're willing to ... read more »

A play by Tulsa native Tracy Letts will apparently be the subject of a movie starring Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts. The Tulsa World reports shooting is set to begin this fall for the film version of the Pulitzer Prize-winning play 'August: Osage County'. Streep will reportedly play the head of th ... read more »

Bartlesville City offices excluding fire and police will be closed on Monday, February 20th for the Presidents Day Holiday. City offices will open on Tuesday, February 21st at their normal time. Washington, Nowata, and Osage County offices will also be closed on Monday in observance of Presidents ... read more »

A $250,000 bond has been set for a Hugo man who was involved in alleged lewd acts to a child back in 2005. 50-year-old Delano Dale Scroggins has been charged with lewd or indecent proposals to a child under 16. According to a court affidavit, the victim who was 14 at the time of the incident was w ... read more »

A February 27th preliminary hearing date has been set for a Bartlesville man who faces drug violations. 36-year-old Marcus Clayton Berry has been charged with possession of marijuana, possession of paraphernalia, transporting an open container, driving with a suspended license, and failure to carry ... read more »

A Bartlesville High School instructor recently received a grant from the Oklahoma Arts Institute and from ConocoPhillips. Advanced placement studio art teacher Jane Harlow received a $250 grant after she was selected to be a ConocoPhillips Arts Scholar. In partnership with the Oklahoma Arts Instit ... read more »

Presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich is planning a stop at Tulsa's Oral Roberts University next week - the same place rival Rick Santorum visited a week ago. The Oklahoma Republican Party announced Thursday that Gingrich was scheduled to visit Oral Roberts on Monday. He's to speak at 2 p.m. at the Mab ... read more »

Promises made to the state's oil and natural gas industry during a fiscal crisis two years ago will cost Oklahoma nearly twice as much as originally expected, leaving budget officials with $48 million less to work with in the upcoming fiscal year. With corporate and income tax revenues projected to ... read more »

The new bridge over Sand Creek, six miles north of Pawhuska stands as a bridge to nowhere while Oklahoma Department Of Transportation engineers and the contractor figure out how to address the problem caused by soil settling under the approaches, which are concrete slabs on each side of the bridge, ... read more »

Over-the-counter sales of cold medicines that contain a key ingredient used to make meth will continue after Oklahoma lawmakers killed a bill to require a prescription to buy them. A state Senate committee late Wednesday narrowly voted down the bill by Senator Kim David that would have required a pr ... read more »

ConocoPhillips has agreed to sell its Vietnam operations for $1.29 billion to Perenco SA, exiting the country after more than 15 years. The Vietnam business unit sale is part of ConocoPhillips' efforts to unload less profitable businesses and boost returns. The transaction is expected to close in th ... read more »

Wind Capital Group has established a $100,000 development fund to benefit the City of Pawhuska. Wind Capital Project Planning Manager Tom Green announced the fund Tuesday. Green says his company has moved from pre-construction to building mode with a few details to be resolved before construction st ... read more »

AM 1500 radio is now sports talk AM 1500. KPGM has changed its programming from religious to Oklahoma-based sports programming. Mornings start with items of local and area interest with Pawhuska and Osage County news and Information programming beginning at sunrise and continuing to 8. You get local ... read more »

A bipartisan proposal to scuttle pending pay hikes for Oklahoma judges, district attorneys and statewide elected officials easily cleared a House committee Wednesday. In a rare show of bipartisanship, House Speaker Kris Steele and House Minority Leader Scott Inman jointly introduced a resolution dis ... read more »

The Oklahoma Senate has overwhelmingly approved an anti-abortion "personhood" bill that declares life begins at conception, despite objections from the medical community that the bill could have dire unintended consequences. The GOP-controlled Senate voted 34-8 for the bill by Tulsa Republican Senat ... read more »

A $50,000 bond has been set for 31-year-old Justin Thomas Pottroff, who has been charged with failure to register as a sex offender. According to a court affidavit, Bartlesville police learned that Pottroff had not registered since April of 2011. At that time, Pottroff registered with Montgomery Cou ... read more »

Oklahoma Senator Tom Coburn has filed several amendments to the $109 billion bill reauthorizing federal aid for highways. Amendment 1595 would require a report to Congress of expenditures from the Highway Trust Fund for purposes other than construction and maintenance of highways and bridges. He say ... read more »

The Cherokee Nation has released details of a report that show the Tahlequah-based tribe has an estimated $1 billion impact on the state\'s economy. Commissioned by the tribe, the report released on Tuesday was prepared by Russell Evans, a research economist for Oklahoma City University. The report ... read more »

Washington County District Judge Curtis Delapp sentenced a Dewey man to prison for beating up his wife. 42-year-old Shawn Michael Marlow was charged with domestic assault and battery. The state recommended 15 years in prison with 5 years probation. Delapp sentenced Marlow to 5 years in prison with c ... read more »

A hearing was held this morning in Nowata to hear an appeal by David Lynn, candidate for the at-large seat on the Nowata City Commission claiming that fellow candidate Steve Kloehr was not eligible to file for the seat since he had filed a $100,000 suit against the city. Lynn's attorney read the Cit ... read more »

Mark Huntington won the contested seat on the Oklahoma Union School Board on Tuesday. Huntington collected 127 votes with Roger Smith getting 75 votes. It was a close race in Skiatook when Susan Ridenour had 152 votes with Patricia Pippin Ceska getting 150 votes. ... read more »

Voters failed to pass two school bond proposals on Tuesday. Question number one, which asked for funding to pay for building and technology upgrades failed to get a majority of the vote. The totals were 2527 yes to 2669 no. Question number two to pay for busses did get a majoriy of the vote - 2831 y ... read more »

About 200 oil workers from three Philadelphia refineries slated for permanent shutdowns early this year are arriving on buses for a 'Lobby & Action Day' on Capitol Hill to advocate that the closures threaten family-supportive jobs and will lead to persistent shortages of home heating oil and mot ... read more »

A bill to gradually increase the legal age to purchase tobacco in Oklahoma from 18 to 21 has passed out of a House committee. The House Public Health Committee approved the bill Tuesday on a 7-5 vote, and it now heads to the full House for consideration. Representative Ann Coody of Lawton says her ... read more »

Charges have been filed against 49-year-old Danny Lee Stumpff and 46-year-old David Michael Parker, who are charged with second degree burglary. Bartlesville police were called to investigate a burglary at a home in the 1800 block of Southwest Armstrong Avenue. According to a court affidavit, the ho ... read more »

State finance officials say sales tax collections to Oklahoma's general revenue fund last month reached an all-time high. Figures released Tuesday by the Office of State Finance show sales tax collections in January totaled $165 million. OSF Director Preston Doerflinger says the record breaking coll ... read more »

Oklahoma voters will have the final say on whether the governor should be involved in the parole process for nonviolent criminals. Under a resolution approved in the House on Tuesday, the question will be sent to voters in November. House Speaker Kris Steele says the measure could save the state up ... read more »

Slippery conditions yesterday were a contributing factor in the wreck of a Dewey Police car. Police Chief Mike Shea said an officer was driving the vehicle over Coon Creek preparing to make a stop for a traffic violation when the car hit a patch of ice and slid off the west side of the road. The cru ... read more »

Washington County received a check for $3,089.95 when the County Correctional Facilities Authority met Monday. The check was presented by Bryan Henderson of Public Service Company of Oklahoma and was a rebate for the county's decision to use low energy lighting in the new jail. Henderson said the li ... read more »

With the Nowata City Commission elections just around the corner, there will be a hearing about a candidate's eligibility this Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock at the Nowata County Annex Building, just across the street from the courthouse. The At-Large Commission candidacy is being challenged by ca ... read more »

A $25,000 bond has been set for a Bartlesville man who allegedly beat up his girlfriend. 43-year-old Robert Edward Burns was charged with domestic assault and battery by strangulation and threats to kill. Bartlesville police were called to investigate a domestic at the Budget Inn located in the 14 ... read more »

Washington County Commissioners approved a lease purchase agreement with P & K Equipment when they met this morning. The $80,033 agreement will add a John Deere Cab Tractor and Tiger Lynx Mower to District 2. Two districts are requesting steel beams for bridge use. The 50 foot beams are from the ... read more »

Bartlesville and Dewey Public Schools and Tri County Technology Center will be open today. (Dewey is running their snow route on Route #4.) Some area schools have cancelled classes due to scattered slick spots, particularly on bridges and overpasses.  Road crews are out spreading ... read more »

Washington County Commissioners will gather Monday morning for their weekly meeting. Scheduled to be acted on is a lease purchase agreement with P & K Equipment for Tiger Lynx Mower and John Deere Cab Tractor, both for District 2. Workshops will be held to discuss county roads standards and spac ... read more »

Modifications to the Judicial Building are on the agenda when the Washington County Correctional Facilities Authority meets Monday morning. The Authority is expected to authorize Keleher Architects to proceed with work on elevator upgrades, restroom modifications, ceiling and lighting upgrades and t ... read more »

The former leader of the Oklahoma Senate is set to go on trial on federal charges that he accepted more than $400,000 in illegal payments from three companies that sought his influence. Jury selection begins Monday for former Senator Mike Morgan of Stillwater. Morgan was one of the most powerful pe ... read more »

During Monday morning's Osage County Commissions meeting, the board will conduct their annual election of directors to the county's Free Fair Board. Commissioners will also hear monthly reports from three of the counties department heads, with Kay Kelley leading the list with her update on the emer ... read more »

Polls will be open from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Tuesday, February 14, 2012 for the Annual School Election for Bartlesville, Copan, Skiatook and Oklahoma Union Schools. Voters who want to be processed quickly should vote during mid-morning or mid-afternoon, as those are usually the slowest periods for v ... read more »

The showdown between the state and the tribes over water rights has been taken up a notch. On Friday, Governor Fallin issued a statement announcing the state plans to move forward with a "comprehensive stream adjudication," where the Supreme Court would "determine who has rights to the waters in sou ... read more »

34 people braved Saturday morning's cold temperatures for a Special Olympics fund-raiser. Participants in the Bartlesville Polar Plunge arrived in costume ready to plunge into the cold water in swimming pools set up outside the Hilton Garden Inn. The event raised about 5 thousand dollars. Tyler Vacl ... read more »

(AP)- Housing authorities in Oklahoma have received $14.5 million to make large-scale improvements to public housing units throughout the state. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development made the announcement Friday. The grants are paid for through HUD's capital fund program, which provid ... read more »

ConocoPhillips has announced their quarterly dividend report. According to the company, the quarterly dividend of 66 cents per share, payable to March 1st, 2012 to stockholders of record at the close of business on February 21st, 2012. ... read more »

A $20,000 bond has been set for 19-year-old Cody Eugene Porter, who has been charged with strong arm robbery. According to a court affidavit, a victim told Bartlesville police that Porter got out of his car and told the victim to put his skateboard down or get beat up. The victim refuse to put dow ... read more »

The City of Bartlesville received it's largest ever sales tax check from the State Tax Commission this month. The City received $1,519,681 in sales tax revenue in the month of February. The dollars are derived from the City's 3% sales tax for sales occurring at the cash register mostly in the last h ... read more »

After 4 1/2 hours of deliberation, a Washington County jury came back with a verdict of guilty of second-degree murder in the trial of Gary Carl Buoy for the January 2011 shooting death of his wife Diana Buoy. The jury returned to the courtroom at 4:20 P.M. with the verdict and a recommendation of 1 ... read more »

Drug charges have been filed for 26-year-old Charles Kenneth Brown The Second and 21-year-old Laura Catherine Galbreath. They are charged with manufacture methamphetamine, possession of pseudoephedrine, possession of meth, and possession of paraphernalia. Washington County Sheriff Deputies along w ... read more »

Oklahoma State University Research Economist Mouhcine Geuttabi gave the Bartlesville Chamber Forum a generally positive report Thursday. Guettabi says Oklahoma entered the recession later than much of the rest of the country and Bartlesville was several months behind the state average start of the d ... read more »

A Nowata County man charged in connection with the December 2011 kidnapping and assault of two Joplin, Missouri women has waived his preliminary hearing and has been bound over for trial. 32-year old Johnny Ray Davis was arrested outside a Joplin hospital after the women told Newton County, Missour ... read more »

Oklahoma Senator Jim Inhofe has written a new book that will hit the stands later this month. Inhofe's book "The Greatest Hoax" covers the topic of man-made global warming and the political effort to drive home the message. Inhofe says politicians worked with the scientific community to make the d ... read more »

The State continued to press their second-degree murder case against Gary Buoy today. Dr. Andrew Sibley of the Medical Examiner’s Office told the jury that Diana Buoy died from a severed jugular vein and damage to the base of her skull. He said the bullet entered on the left side in front of t ... read more »

Charges have been filed against 34-year-old Ronald Gene Thomas, who has been charged with unauthorized use of a vehicle and driving with a suspended license. The Oklahoma Highway Patrol received information about a stolen vehicle on U.S. Highway 75. According to a court affidavit, the authorities ... read more »