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A tornado watch is in effect for our Oklahoma listening area until 10 p.m. Friday. There is a conditional threat for severe weather this afternoon and tonight, with ongoing uncertainties relating to widespread cloud cover and somewhat cooler air left behind from earlier storms. But assumi ... read more »

Appearing on KWON Radio’s Capitol Call program powered by Phillips 66, State Rep. John B. Kane, State Rep. Judd Strom and State Sen. Julie Daniels discussed developments at the State Capitol.   Rep. Kane said a major highlight for him was a productive budget launch between Hous ... read more »

Former teacher and State Rep. Toni Hasenbeck is running in the GOP primary race for state superintendent.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTION, Hasenbeck, said she was a teacher for 19 years. She grew up in Stillwater and later moved to southwest Oklahoma because of marriage. She has ... read more »

The Board of Nowata County Commissioners have a regularly scheduled meeting on Monday morning at the Nowata County Annex.   The board will discuss improvements to the courthouse, review a statutory report from the State Auditor and Inspector Treasurer and review a letter from the Now ... read more »

The Washington County Commissioners have a longer than normal agenda for their Monday morning meeting. The commissioners are expected to review monthly reports from multiple county agencies and departments, and to discuss a resolution to dispose of a sheriff’s office van. Additional ... read more »

Emergency Management Director Kerry Cox was our guest on COMMUNITY CONNECTION of Friday to talk about the transition into "storm season" following a series of recent wildfires and the uses of the new Emergancy Operations Center.   Director Cox is a firm believer in strength ... read more »

Get ready to lose an hour of sleep Saturday night into Sunday morning. Daylight saving time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, when the clocks will jump forward one hour to 3 a.m.   The practice of daylight saving time started in some areas of the United States in 1918. President Lyndon B ... read more »

The Osage County Sheriff's Office has released the crime report for the month of February. There were 7,600 calls for service and of that there were 811 calls made to 911. In February, 151 arrests were made.    There were 286 inmates housed at the Osage County Jail and 128 c ... read more »

An Oklahoma Union School teacher has been recognized as one of six National Excellence in Teaching Agriculture Award winners.   Jacey Duncan, who teaches sixth grade science and middle school STEM at Oklahoma Union, received the honor during an assembly on Tuesday.   Dun ... read more »

A Tulsa man has been sentenced in federal court for strangling his girlfriend.   36-year-old Donny Ray Spencer was sentenced on Thursday for assault on an intimate/dating partner by strangling and suffocating in Indian Country. U.S. District Judge Gregory K. Frizzell sentenced Spence ... read more »

The Washington County Sheriff's Office is warning residents of a new scam.   According to a Facebook post from the W.C.S.O. a scammer has reportedly posed as a deputy and is requesting personal information about missed court subpoenas.   The Washington County Sheriff ... read more »

Bartlesville Women’s Network will present the story of Miss Ruth Brown through a screening of the movie Storm Center and a presentation by Fran Stallings on Sunday, March 8, at the Unitarian Universalist Church, 428 S Seneca Ave.   Appearing on COMMUNITY CONNECTI ... read more »

Weather conditions are developing to possibly support strong to severe thunderstorms across the region during the overnight hours Thursday and again on Friday.   Additional showers and thunderstorms are forecast to move into the region from the west late Thursday night and into Frida ... read more »

A Claremore woman was killed Thursday morning in a single-vehicle crash.   The Oklahoma Highway Patrol says 26-year-old Kaylynn Salmon was driving a vehicle westbound on Akin Road near South 4200 Road in Rogers County just after 8:15 a.m. Thursday when the vehicle departed the roadwa ... read more »

By MICHELLE L. PRICE, Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump says he’s replacing his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem and will nominate in her place Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin.   Trump made the announcement on socia ... read more »