The Nowata County OSU Extension Office is hosting an open house today from 11:00am to 1:00pm. Community members are invited ...

The Nowata County Commissioner tables the approval of the sales tax budget for the 2026-2027 fiscal year. County Clerk Kay ...

The Nowata County Commissioners held a regularly scheduled meeting Monday morning at the Nowata County Annex. The ...

People living in Nowata County will have a new sheriff in two days. Voters elected Terry Sue Barnett to take over the job after investigators recently arrested Sheriff Kenny Freeman for embezzlement.

Nowata County is looking for ways to fix its problem-plagued jail. On Monday, county commissioners learned details of a 69-page report about safety and security concerns. This comes just days after a ...

NOWATA COUNTY, Okla. — Nowata County declared a State of Emergency after April's rain caused damage to dirt roads. Laurie Summers, director of Nowata County Emergency Management, says after last month ...

The Nowata County Sheriff has been arrested, News On 6 has confirmed. Sheriff Kenny Freeman is in the Washington County Jail after two OSBI agents arrested him on a single count of embezzlement. It’s ...

NOWATA COUNTY, Okla. — In a brief meeting on Wednesday morning, Nowata County commissioners accepted former Sheriff Terry Sue Barnett's resignation, and swore in Interim Sheriff Mirta Hallett. Hallett ...

Nowata County Deputies along with law enforcement from all over the area are searching right now for an inmate who escaped from the Nowata County Jail. Deputies, police officers, even the game warden ...

NOWATA, Okla. — The Nowata County Sheriff’s Office says there is work underway at the jail amid its closure that set into motion a chain of controversy. Interim sheriff Mirta Hallett says the kitchen ...

County Commissioners in Nowata County appointed an interim sheriff Wednesday in the aftermath of the previous sheriff and several staff members resigning. Nowata County Sheriff Terry Sue Barnett ...

Update (9:30 a.m. Wednesday): At a meeting early Wednesday, Nowata County commissioners accepted the resignation of Terry Sue Barnett and appointed Mirta Hallett as interim sheriff. She was a major at ...