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A Bartlesville police officer currently on administrative leave was arraigned Wednesday on charges of obtaining merchandise by false pretense. Ronald Robert Sweeten Jr. was arraigned in Nowata County on charges stemming from an incident alleged to have occurred in 2007. ... used his position at the Bartlesville Police Department to transfer a valuable Colt M-16 rifle owned by the BPD to himself for $500 by going through a Nowata gun dealer.
upwards of $6,000 in damage to Sooner Park early this morning... damage throughout the park and a backhoe on-site was still warm to the touch ... damage to the Sooner Pool building, light poles, fences and the SunFest storage area ... cut one of the cables to the Bruce Goff designed tower ...
Vandals caused about $5,000 in damage to a city park in Bartlesville early Friday morning. City officials say the damage will also delay the opening of a city pool by a week.
[Video done in Bartlesville. THIS IS GENIUS... in a weird way, of course.]
Judge has ruled that much of the fortune accumulated by late Bartlesville oilman Charles Foster Doornbos should be returned to his four daughters.
Added Monday were nine more members, including the Rev. Sharon Watkins, former Bartlesville clergywoman
Some Bartlesville students have been honored for their forward-thinking. Sophomores Meagan Schwegler, Emily Mueller and Amanda Cole are regional champions in the Toshiba ExploraVision contest. ... The three Bartlesville students' project focuses on changing the exhaust systems in vehicles to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
None of the sirens in Bartlesville went off despite two tornado warnings. The Washington County Emergency Management team stands by its decision. It released a statement saying, "the tornado was weak and short lived....and based on the information that our office received from NWS and trained spotters on the field, we believed the significant tornado threat would remain to the south and east of Bartlesville." However, some people wished they would have been warned.
The 112th anniversary of the historic Nellie Johnstone No. 1 oil discovery will be celebrated Wednesday with a drilling demonstration and gusher plus the presentation of a gift by a chapter of the Colonial Dames XVII Century Oklahoma Society.
A tornado is confirmed to have touched down in Washington County during storms that hit the area Thursday evening.... "The sirens were never sounded in the city of Bartlesville...."
Like characters in Charles Dickens' 1859 novel, the triumphs and tragedies of Bartlesville and Ponca City will forever be entwined. Separated by just 70 miles of highway, the fortunes of these two mirror image Oklahoma communities have been tied to the oil and gas industry for nearly a century.
according to Tracy Harlow, ConocoPhillips spokesperson. "This is something that's in progress. It's not past tense at all. It basically has started today and our goal, to the extent possible anyway, is that all employees will know their status by the end of March...." There are approximately 3,000 employed by ConocoPhillips in Bartlesville.
BARTLESVILLE — Local students have found a way to learn new technology, recycle used items and give to youth in the community in one project dubbed PC Empower. The students in instructor Glenda Inman's class at Tri County Technology Center have for the last year collected old, donated computers and rebuilt them. The students then give the refurbished computers as gifts to students in the community who need them. The pupils now are working on a new batch of computers that will find worthy homes.
BARTLESVILLE — Charles Roy "Chuck" Spears, owner of Spears Travel, died Thursday. He was 82.
"Bartlesville does something right," Inhofe said during a visit to the Bartlesville Regional Chamber of Commerce. "Bartlesville, the city, thinks things out. They've raised (water) rates for three consecutive years." He said community support goes a long way in achieving solutions to the city's issues. "There are a lot of elements that lead me to believe that we'll be able to do a little better job on the rates that the Corps (of Engineers) is charging," Inhofe said.
all nonrefinery and nonpipeline jobs at the Ponca City refinery will be relocated to Bartlesville, Houston or other field locations.
"Our victim was leaving the St. Luke's Church around 1:27 p.m. when two subjects ran by and jerked the purse out of her hand," Woods told the E-E. "The purse was found two blocks away with nothing taken out of it."
ConocoPhillips says it plans to relocate 750 jobs out of Ponca City within two years... 180 going to Houston, and the rest to Bartlesville...
"Mrs. Eidson made it look so easy and fun. Who wouldn't want this job?"
Ranging from fun and quirky to classy and romantic, here are a few date options available in the area
"We are pleased that Michelle Martin, renowned author, historian and professional re-enactor, will have her gallery of photographs on display in the Bunkhouse Gallery — this is an opportunity for the public to come see her talented work. This exhibit, entitled 'Capturing Magic — Woolaroc,' will appeal to our Woolaroc guests and is exactly the type of thing that we want to bring to Woolaroc...."
What interested me on the Penny Postcard web site was this old photo of the Bartlesville Masonic Lodge before it was located in the old building that became the home of Cities Service Company and then of Rogers State University Bartlesville campus.
A Bartlesville man is being held on $25,000 bond after his arrest Friday for the alleged molestation of an 11-year-old girl.
Nathan Scott Watson is charged in Washington County District Court with felony child abuse after admitting to police that he spanked too hard and too often a 20-month-old toddler whom he was baby-sitting while her mother was at work. ... reportedly spanked the toddler for taking an outlet cover off of the outlet and sticking her fingers in it. He also spanked her because she refused to go to bed ... sent a text message to the child's mother while she was working saying he was concerned that he had spanked the toddler too hard.
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