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5 days ago | 
yahoo.com | Jessica Onsurez |Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
A Huntsville, Arkansas man died May 31 after the motorcycle he was driving struck a guardrail on Highway 123 outside of Bartlesville. King Gray, 53, was not wearing a helmet, according to the crash report by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol. Gray was westbound on the 14th St. loop when the crash occurred around 2 p.m. Investigating troopers did not report how fast Gray was traveling at the time of the crash.
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1 week ago | 
yahoo.com | Andy Dossett |Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
The Bartlesville City Council will meet at 5:30 p.m. Monday, June 2, in City Hall Council Chambers with a full agenda that includes decisions affecting public space regulations, housing development and digital recordkeeping. The meeting will be streamed live on the city's Public Meetings & City Webcast page. The full agenda and packet of June's meeting can be found on the city's website.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Andy Dossett |Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
A new monument at White Rose Cemetery will be dedicated on Memorial Day to honor Washington County service members killed in action whose remains were never recovered. The dedication will take place during the city’s annual Memorial Day ceremony, scheduled for 9 a.m. Monday, May 26, at the cemetery at 11th Street and Virginia Avenue. A newly installed monument at White Rose Cemetery honors 17 Washington County service members who were killed in action and never returned home.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Andy Dossett |Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
The city's parks are under siege, not by nature or neglect, but by vandals. From scorched restrooms to shattered pool windows, the damage is relentless and expensive. So the city is fighting back with its wallet. Effective immediately, anyone who provides information leading to an arrest for vandalism in a City-owned park can pocket up to $500. It's a move city officials hope will help stop the steady stream of destruction.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Andy Dossett |Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
Yelp is celebrating International Burger Day on May 28 with a national ranking of the top 25 burger chains in America. But here in Bartlesville, some locals already did the hard work — and by "hard work,” we mean eating 35 burgers across the city, one grease-stained takeout box at a time. Is this Bartlesville’s best burger? Frank and Lola’s took a top spot in a 35-burger local taste test.
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2 weeks ago | 
yahoo.com | Andy Dossett |Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
Severe storms are set to slam northeast Oklahoma on Monday, May 19, 2025, with Bartlesville at high risk for strong tornadoes, damaging winds and hail up to softball size. The National Weather Service in Tulsa warns that storms could begin developing as early as 1 p.m., with the greatest threat window for Bartlesville expected between 3 p.m. and 9 p.m..
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Andy Dossett |Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
Get your goggles and flip-flops ready — Bartlesville’s Sooner and Frontier pools are diving back into action on May 24, just in time to kick off Memorial Day weekend with a cannonball. City officials confirmed that both public pools would be open for business by then, assuming there would be no unexpected plumbing drama. And if Mother Nature cooperates, local splash pads could open even sooner, giving kids and parents an early reprieve from the rising temps.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Andy Dossett |Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
With no competing bids submitted by the April 28 deadline, a federal bankruptcy court is moving forward with the $1.4 million sale of Bartlesville’s historic Price Tower to McFarlin Building LLC. The deal, first outlined in court filings earlier this month, was confirmed in a motion filed Monday by Chapter 7 Trustee Patrick J. Malloy III. Despite notice being sent to more than 900 potential bidders, no counteroffers or objections were received by the deadline.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Andy Dossett |Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
Flooding along the Caney River remains unlikely this week despite heavy rains, Washington County Emergency Management officials said, but they remain on high alert as more storms approach. Early forecasts predicting up to eight inches of rain over a seven-day period initially raised concerns, said Kary Cox, the agency’s operations director. Combined with Copan and Hulah lakes already sitting several feet above normal levels, the risk for flooding seemed possible.
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1 month ago | 
yahoo.com | Andy Dossett |Bartlesville Examiner-Enterprise
That iconic, high-pitched drone of summer won’t be reaching a fever pitch in Oklahoma this year — at least not from the billions of cicadas emerging in the east. Brood XIV, a massive group of 17-year periodical cicadas, is emerging this spring by the billions. But the Sooner State will be spared the full-on assault. While states like Kentucky and Tennessee brace for a literal buzz bomb, eastern Oklahoma sits safely outside the splash zone for 2025’s swarm.
