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Robert Boyce, 50, appeared Tuesday in Washington County District Court for a preliminary hearing during which the state presented testimony by Mike Lippman and Millard Latimer as witnesses. The judge ruled there was "reasonable and probable cause" to charge Boyce with two counts of second degree arson, conspiracy to commit second degree arson, manufacturing meth, conspiracy to manufacture meth, filing a false insurance claim and concealing hazardous waste unlawfully. The judge then ordered him to appear in court on June 22 for formal arraignment. Boyce is being held at the Washington County jail on a $500,000 bond.
"In a Town This Size," by director Patrick V. Brown, will be shown as part of the BareBones International Film Festival on Saturday. The documentary, dealing with a long-suppressed tragedy of childhood sexual abuse, initially premiered in Oklahoma at the Trail Dance Film Festival in Duncan in January. It has since been shown at the Litchfield Hills Film Festival in Connecticut earlier this month and is scheduled to be shown at Tulsa's Circle Theatre on June 5 as part of a fundraiser and community awareness panel. No date for a Bartlesville screening has yet been announced. Brown, 50, now resides in Los Angeles, but grew up in Bartlesville and counts himself among the victims portrayed in the film.
Alice Ririe... has been selected by a panel of independent judges as the "2011 Most Progressive Citizen" from numerous candidates submitted by Examiner-Enterprise readers. She is owner of Keepsake Candles, which shines like a beacon of small business success on a knoll in the Osage Hills, just west of downtown Bartlesville.
Life changed suddenly and permanently for David Tallman in 1992. At age 48, after 26 years at Phillips Petroleum in Bartlesville, he was laid off. "I was naive; I was unsuspecting. I thought as a loyal, faithful employee, I was safe," said Tallman, who will be signing his book at a booth next week at the Tulsa Workshop, an annual conference sponsored by the Memorial Drive Church of Christ.
The same guy who founded Bartlesville, J.H. Bartles, also established the town of Dewey because it was a railroad stop. Bartles was a pioneer shop keeper and in his desire to grow his business, he loaded his store onto large log rollers, hitched it up to a team of oxen, and over the next five months, moved his store from Bartles to Dewey, remaining open for business all the while.
BARTLESVILLE — The sandstone walls of the building at 113 SW Second have been standing since Bartlesville's oil boomtown days. Considered possibly the oldest building in the historic downtown district, the structure will start a new chapter this week. On Sunday, Keller Williams Realty and Auctions By Mary are selling the building to the highest bidder.
Weeze's Cafe owner Louise Smith entered a plea of "no contest" to two charges of violating the tax code in municipal court today after making an agreement with the Oklahoma Tax Commission last week for the repayment of delinquent sales taxes.
[Robbers 1993, 1 dead, 2 caught. Robbers 2005 sentenced to 25 years and 10 years. Robber 2011 caught within hours.]
32-year-old Missouri man who had been living at a Bartlesville homeless shelter... lost money at the casino Thursday night... commented at breakfast "he was going to have to rob a bank...." called the witness Friday afternoon to say he "did it" and he "can't believe it was so easy...." Police Chief Holland: "From the moment the suspect entered Arvest Bank with the intent to commit a robbery until he was in a set of Bartlesville Police handcuffs some 60 miles from the scene was less than four hours."
CherryBerry Yogurt Bar, located at 1902 S.E. Washington Boulevard in Bartlesville, is now open. The 14-flavor frozen yogurt bar offers more than 50 toppings in self-serve dispensaries.
Solomon Alexander McCorvey, 19, faces charges of trafficking illegal drugs and concealing proceeds of drug transactions... 136 tablets of what is thought to be "ecstasy" and methamphetamine...
I just love the old hometown and continue to write down my memories of the place.
Plastic containers should be rinsed out... Plastics should be separated into three types... [HOW TO KILL INTEREST IN RECYCLING]
Charges against a former Bartlesville Police Department reserve officer accused of attempting to stop a motorist on south U.S. Highway 75 in April were dismissed Friday
Charges against a former Bartlesville Police Department reserve officer accused of attempting to stop a motorist on south U.S. Highway 75 in April were dismissed Friday. Prosecutors could not withstand a "motion to dismiss" filed by defense attorneys for Eric Evans, who was charged with impersonating a police officer.
On Tuesday, June 16, thirty young adults with Bike & Build Inc., a national non-profit committed to affordable housing, are bicycling into Bartlesville on their journey across the United States.
The program will accept paper, plastic and aluminum products. Glass will not be accepted for now. Hours of operation will be 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Tuesday through Saturday.
proposed Sooner Park tennis court site would be the council's first option for a recycling drop-off...
Washington County voters by a 2-to-1 margin on Tuesday approved a proposal to construct a $14.5 million jail that will replace an outdated lockup that had been cited by the state for capacity violations.
A large crowd of law enforcement, county officials and court personal erupted into applause in the main Washington County Court room after County Treasurer Brad Johnson announced that the jail initiative had passed.
The curtain closed on the National Biplane Association's twenty-third and last Biplane Expo on June 6 at Oklahoma's Bartlesville Municipal Airport, better known locally as Frank Phillips Field. A total of 114 biplanes were on hand for the event's finale, as well as 241 other aircraft, said Charlie Harris, the association's chairman. He estimated that 4,100 to 4,600 people attended the event.
an emotional and bittersweet ending... 355 aircraft made it to the grand finale — 114 biplanes and 241 moderns...
There he was flying high over Vietnam, riding a burning F-100 streaking toward the Gulf of Tonkin. It was then that Dick Rutan decided he had had his fill of air combat. Now, after having flown 325 successful combat missions — 105 of which he flew as "MISTY 40," a member of the high-risk classified "MISTY" operation — his plane had just been struck by enemy ground fire and now he was thinking of home.
The Bartlesville Public School Board addressed the 2009 graduating class' motto "Dare to think, dare to do" by Mao Tse-Tung during a special meeting yesterday. Board member Charlie Daniels said the graduating class didn't know whom the quote was attributed to until after the motto was chosen... Daniels acknowledged that the school system made a mistake, especially since Tse-Tung was known for a cultural revolution that included persecuting teachers and intellectuals...
This year's guest is Lt. Col. Dick Rutan, who flew around the world nonstop in his home-built airplane "Voyager," using only the fuel he had on board. He never stopped and never refueled... It will be hard for Bartlesville to say goodbye to the Expo. City officials estimate that in 22 years, attendance has been 75,000-85,000 people and produced well over $15,000,000 in economic impact...
A promise made more than 30 years ago is giving a Bartlesville woman the chance for a free education. All it took was a little digging through some old files and a belief in commitment.
Golden shovels turned the first dirt Friday for construction of a $15 million hotel in the heart of downtown on a corner facing a historic railroad depot and the ConocoPhillips office.
The Washington County District Attorney's office is in the process of preparing charges against a woman accused of attacking an umpire following a game last week in Bartlesville.
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