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.

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 -- Nowata County Sheriff's deputies picked up a man matching the description of a suspected pot farmer. The man was walking down the highway, close to where deputies discovered more than ...

There’s a new sheriff in Nowata county who’s hoping to clean up a department marred by controversy. In Tuesday election, Terry Sue Barnett won more than 80% of the vote over outgoing Sheriff Kenny ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

Nowata County Commissioners discuss an ongoing road agreement. At this week's meeting commissioners approved a road use agreement that has been the topic of ...

NOWATA COUNTY, Okla. — A woman wanted for identity theft and shoplifting in Texas was arrested after she was chased by authorities in Nowata County, according to the Nowata County Sheriff's Office ...

NOWATA — Nowata County is without a sheriff’s agency after Sheriff Terry Barnett resigned along with the undersheriff, the rest of the county’s deputies and most jail staff over safety issues related ...

The county unveiled a new logo this week, one of the fruits of a branding effort that began several months ago. The logo unveiling coincided with the launch of a new website — Nowata.com — that seeks ...

According to an agenda, Superintendent Mindy Jo Englett and Juby will provide evidence on their own behalves and receive ...