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Bartlesville law enforcement and media working as partners with the local Crime Stoppers organization earned three awards at the Crime Stoppers International training conference held in Halifax, Nova Scotia, last week.
Bartlesville police officers are on the lookout for a pair of suspects involved in an armed robbery earlier this week. According to Bartlesville Police Department Patrol Capt. Rocky Bevard, the robbery took place around 1:30 a.m. Aug. 30 at a convenience store on the south end of Washington Boulevard.
A Bartlesville man is being held on $25,000 bond after police allegedly found him in possession of an explosive device, a gun and marijuana. A probable cause hearing was held Wednesday for 42-year-old Kenneth Dale Walker, who was arrested on charges of transporting and possessing a firearm after former conviction, possession of an explosive device and distribution of marijuana, among other charges.
The Bartlesville Board of Education will be accepting inquiries through Sept. 9 from those who may be interested in serving from the Office 7 seat. The seat had been held by Barry W. Lowe since 2001. Lowe announced his pending retirement from the board during a regular meeting on July 19 at the Education Service Center, and it became effective on Sept. 1.
All the sweating, hoping, practice and dreaming are not over. But, all those factors reach their first major milestone Friday in the high school football openers.
As local government offices prepare to close for the Labor Day holiday, furloughs for City of Bartlesville employees are set to begin. City of Bartlesville, City of Dewey and Washington County offices will be closed Monday. Fire and police services are not included in the closings.
Copan Public School District’s enrollment has fallen 22 percent since Oct. 1, 2009, for a total of 68 fewer students, while Caney Valley and Dewey Public School Districts’ are seeing increases in enrollment.
A possible arson fire and a man rescued from different burning building kept the Bartlesville Fire Department busy Tuesday morning. “We had a structure fire in (the) 1600 block of South Elm around 6 a.m. August 31,” BFD Public Information Officer Bill Hollander told the Examiner-Enterprise. “It was a single story structure with an attached apartment garage.”
Flanked by display cases containing pictures of the drug dog alive and well, several members of the Bartlesville Police Department remembered one of their own during a memorial service Tuesday afternoon
Details of the inmate/trustee work program were discussed by the Board of Washington County Commissioners during a meeting Monday. “The program is going very well,” said District 2 Commissioner Linda Herndon.
Nearly 100 downtown community leaders, business and property owners have signed a letter to the Bartlesville City Council supporting immediate action to reduce government regulation in downtown Bartlesville.
With the exception of a few industries, most businesses can open in downtown Bartlesville and be in compliance with the downtown C-4 commercial district zoning regulations, according to city officials
Open casting calls for actors and extras needed for a film production in Bartlesville were expected to continue today after thousands of area citizens showed up to try out for roles on Saturday.
Bartlesville High School’s ACT score fell to a five-year low this year; however, the number of students from Bartlesville taking the test increased by 20 percent. The BHS students who took the optional test ranked above state and national averages.
Although the dog days of summer may be coming to a close, a group of community-minded residents are determined to make sure that the young and old have a neighborhood pool to splash in next summer.
