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Bartlesville police have joined other Oklahoma police departments to lend a helping hand in tornado devastated Joplin, Mo,. through which a tornado Sunday evening tore a path of destruction and left more than 100 people dead.
BARTLESVILLE, Okla. - Emergency crews from Washington County are on their way to help provide relief in Joplin, Mo., where a tornado hit and reportedly caused multiple deaths.
Love for a goofy comedy is one of many paradoxes about Malick, the film world's version of J.D. Salinger. The director dislikes being photographed, avoids public appearances - he skipped the premiere of his highly anticipated, long-delayed "Tree" last week here at the Cannes Film Festival - and turns down all interview requests (including this one), creating an impression of a cranky, precious artist.
...threatened to kill her by cutting her up and cutting up the two-year-old and a nine-month-old boy. Court records indicate [he] has at least five felony convictions and is currently on probation.
A Bartlesville man, asked to change a diaper for a 2-year-old, went into a rampage Thursday evening and threatened to "cut up" a mother and her two children ... [42yo] faces charges of domestic abuse, assault with a dangerous weapon, felony threats to kill and child abuse. ... she had asked Blakeley to change her 2-year-old daughter's diaper when he picked up the girl by the hair, threw her onto a bed, grabbed her legs and pulled her off the bed. Police examining the toddler saw fingernail marks on the upper part of her left leg. The woman reportedly proceeded to tell police that during the incident Blakeley had been making threats to kill her and her two children — the 2-year-old and a 9-month old — saying at one point he threatened to cut her up and her kids and to "pile them on top of her...."
accused of stealing two laptop computers from Walmart. ... 35-year-old... during his appearance Thursday in Washington County District Court, upon hearing the bond amount asked the judge to lower it, his reason being he had two daughters to care for. ... Associate District Judge [said] his daughters were not a reason to lower his bond, but rather would have been a good reason not to commit the crime in the first place. ...
Police now believe a man who allegedly ran down another man with a car while wearing clown-type makeup is not a "Juggalo," as initially suspected.... "We don't have any evidence to support him (Davis) being in the Juggalos," Holland said today. "We know our Juggalos here. They've always been law abiding and, for the most part, keep to themselves. We've never had problems with them in the past." Holland said the investigation indicates Davis is not a member of the local group. "There is a group of Juggalos that gets together here locally," Holland said. "As a national group, they have their own slang (and) their own signs."
The film starring Brad Pitt, Sean Penn and Jessica Chastain drew a scattering of harsh, prolonged boos, answered by enthusiastic applause from others at the press screening. Debuting in U.S. theaters May 27, "The Tree of Life" is only Malick's fifth film in a nearly 40-year career, and his first at Cannes since 1979's "Days of Heaven," which earned him the festival's directing prize.
Bartlesville man was arrested Sunday after police uncovered a small baggie of 
marijuana during a traffic stop. … After Elias was placed in handcuffs, one of the officers left Elias to go speak with the driver. According to this officer's account, he heard the other officer saying to Elias, "What are you doing? You need to wait." Looking over to see what was going on, the officer saw Elias "drop his pants and boxers to his ankles and start urinating on the ground...." [Hmmm. Bet more than pot was involved in that one.]
[Best Bartlesville headline of the year (so far, anyway)]
He says witnesses say Davis and a passenger in his car were yelling before the victim was hit and as he was being dragged. Holland says his department is still trying to figure out exactly what led up to the incident. He says there is a group of so-called "Juggalos" in Bartlesville, known to wear this type of makeup, but Holland says he hasn't encountered violence among the group. "Juggalos" are self-proclaimed fans of the band "Insane Clown Posse," and are known to wear makeup to show their allegiance to the band.
A Bartlesville man was sent to the hospital Tuesday night after a car driven by a man wearing black and white face paint struck him and dragged him for 100 feet before fleeing the scene, according to police. Police later arrested 20-year-old Andrew Joseph Davis, the alleged driver, on charges of assault with a deadly weapon and a felony count of hit and run. ... One neighbor reportedly said the two occupants in the car were yelling "Woop! Woop!" during the incident.
A visit to the Washington County Courthouse will soon be like going to the airport, thanks to a Homeland Security reimbursable grant issued to the Washington County Sheriff's Department. The Washington County Board of Commissioners during their regular meeting Monday approved the purchase of an x-ray machine to be positioned just inside the entrance of the courthouse. [THE WAR ON CIVILIZATION CONTINUES!]
He knew everyone and he knew their comings and goings, their kith and kin and the joke around town as I was growing up was that he always knew the size casket you would need. The joke never really was funny and it certainly isn't now but humor is one of the ways people deal with those who see to the end of the life needs and necessities that Arnold did for way over 50 years. And he was a handsome man right to the end; strong and well-groomed and well-informed on top of it all. I always thought he looked a bit like Omar Sharif. He had that sturdy dependable look about him all the years I remember him and never seemed to really age up until about the time of Richard Kane's funeral. That's the first hint that I had that Arnold might indeed be mortal after all when he took a fall outside the church.
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.
A national bridge study released this week ranked Oklahoma's bridges second-worst in the nation
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.
Anyone 18 or older could openly carry a firearm in Oklahoma without a gun license under a bill overwhelmingly approved in the state Senate.
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.
The House overwhelmingly approved a bill Wednesday that would ban abortions after the 20th week of pregnancy.If the law wins approval in the Senate and is signed into law — both of which appear likely — Oklahoma would be the second state to restrict abortions on the basis of fetal pain.
The Oklahoma House has approved a measure barring abortions on fetuses more than 20 weeks after conception... Its author, Rep. Pam Peterson of Tulsa, said research indicates pain receptors exist in a fetus that is 16 weeks old, and nerves linking the receptors to the brain exist by 20 weeks. ... The bill exempts pregnant women whose life or health is threatened. The measure makes it a felony to perform an abortion in violation of the act....
Oklahoma, with the 28th-largest population and the 29th-largest economy among the 50 states, accounts for more gambling revenue than all but three. An explosion of Indian casino gaming in the state has brought transformational opportunities for the tribes but hasn't been without social costs for everyone.
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.]
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