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2026 Elections   -   Aug 19, 2026 Five companies, $6.6 million: How Payne County has used the tax break behind SQ 844
A four-faced black street clock lettered "Payne County" and "Stillwater" stands in front of the red brick Payne County Courthouse in downtown Stillwater.

Oklahoma voters decide Aug. 25 whether to let lawmakers change how the state repays local governments. Here is what the program has actually delivered in Payne County.

by Chris Peters
Stillwater Public Library   -   Aug 18, 2026 Library opens voting to pick 25 books for 2126 time capsule
Ariel Ross and her daughter Jane read handwritten book nomination narratives taped to a window beside the Stillwater Public Library's time capsule, Tuesday, July 21, 2026.

From "1776" to "The Hunger Games," 91 nominees compete for 25 spots in the time capsule

by Chris Peters
2026 Elections   -   Aug 17, 2026 Local officials line up against SQ 844. Stillwegian readers reject both state questions
AI-generated illustration of a hand holding a blue pen over a paper ballot reading "State Question," with unmarked boxes next to "Yes" and "No."

Nineteen elected officials and three candidates answered The Stillwegian's survey ahead of the Aug. 25 runoff. Readers, polled separately, opposed 844 and 846 alike.

by Chris Peters
Sports   -   Aug 11, 2026 International Shipping Delays Strickland Turf, Fall Leagues Relocate
Empty concrete infield pad at a Strickland Park ballfield in Stillwater, with dugouts, light poles and a chain-link fence in the foreground.

Youth teams will play at the Sanborn softball fields instead, while adult fall leagues are put on hold

by Chris Peters
Stillwater City Council   -   Aug 06, 2026 Stillwater proclaims Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month, advances rewritten noise ordinance
Mayor Will Joyce hands Allie Williams, who uses a power wheelchair, a proclamation for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month in front of a Stillwater, Oklahoma backdrop.

New noise permit rules, and a renewed a call for citizen board volunteers

by Chris Peters
Stillwater Utilities Authority   -   Aug 05, 2026 SUA approves Boomer Lake Station demolition contract, new energy credit rate
Exterior view of the vacant Boomer Lake Station power plant, a decommissioned natural gas-fired steam turbine facility, showing its rusted smokestacks and blue sign in Stillwater.

Trustees hired an engineering firm to plan the plant's removal and approved a program letting large customers buy renewable energy certificates through GRDA

by Chris Peters
Nonprofits   -   Aug 04, 2026 63% of Payne County foster children are placed outside the county. A Stillwater nonprofit is trying to change that.
A modern, single-story building with a dark facade and a blue "Lions Meadows of Hope" sign above the entrance, photographed at dusk with a clear blue sky.

Lions Meadows of Hope is one of five agencies statewide selected to participate in Oklahoma's new Kinship Navigation Program

by Chris Peters
Community   -   Aug 03, 2026 Stillwater's P.E.O. sisterhood steps into the open with inaugural community walk
Participants in P.E.O.'s Walk Today for Women Tomorrow walk past route markers at Block 34 in Stillwater on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, with the Block 34 sign visible in the background.

Six local chapters took to downtown streets Saturday in the inaugural Walk Today for Women Tomorrow

by Chris Peters
A four-faced black street clock lettered "Payne County" and "Stillwater" stands in front of the red brick Payne County Courthouse in downtown Stillwater.
2026 Elections   -   Aug 19, 2026 Five companies, $6.6 million: How Payne County has used the tax break behind SQ 844

Oklahoma voters decide Aug. 25 whether to let lawmakers change how the state repays local governments. Here is what the program has actually delivered in Payne County.

by Chris Peters
Stillwater Public Library   -   Aug 18, 2026 Library opens voting to pick 25 books for 2126 time capsule by Chris Peters
Ariel Ross and her daughter Jane read handwritten book nomination narratives taped to a window beside the Stillwater Public Library's time capsule, Tuesday, July 21, 2026.
2026 Elections   -   Aug 17, 2026 Local officials line up against SQ 844. Stillwegian readers reject both state questions by Chris Peters
AI-generated illustration of a hand holding a blue pen over a paper ballot reading "State Question," with unmarked boxes next to "Yes" and "No."
Sports   -   Aug 11, 2026 International Shipping Delays Strickland Turf, Fall Leagues Relocate by Chris Peters
Empty concrete infield pad at a Strickland Park ballfield in Stillwater, with dugouts, light poles and a chain-link fence in the foreground.
Stillwater City Council   -   Aug 06, 2026 Stillwater proclaims Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month, advances rewritten noise ordinance by Chris Peters
Mayor Will Joyce hands Allie Williams, who uses a power wheelchair, a proclamation for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month in front of a Stillwater, Oklahoma backdrop.
Stillwater Utilities Authority   -   Aug 05, 2026 SUA approves Boomer Lake Station demolition contract, new energy credit rate by Chris Peters
Exterior view of the vacant Boomer Lake Station power plant, a decommissioned natural gas-fired steam turbine facility, showing its rusted smokestacks and blue sign in Stillwater.
Nonprofits   -   Aug 04, 2026 63% of Payne County foster children are placed outside the county. A Stillwater nonprofit is trying to change that. by Chris Peters
A modern, single-story building with a dark facade and a blue "Lions Meadows of Hope" sign above the entrance, photographed at dusk with a clear blue sky.
Community   -   Aug 03, 2026 Stillwater's P.E.O. sisterhood steps into the open with inaugural community walk by Chris Peters
Participants in P.E.O.'s Walk Today for Women Tomorrow walk past route markers at Block 34 in Stillwater on Saturday, Aug. 1, 2026, with the Block 34 sign visible in the background.
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No more paywall. Here's the honest reason why.

Sixteen months in, I'm opening up all reporting, restructuring reader support, and sharing the numbers I need to hit to make The Stillwegian last.

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2026 Elections   -   Aug 19, 2026 Five companies, $6.6 million: How Payne County has used the tax break behind SQ 844
A four-faced black street clock lettered "Payne County" and "Stillwater" stands in front of the red brick Payne County Courthouse in downtown Stillwater.

Oklahoma voters decide Aug. 25 whether to let lawmakers change how the state repays local governments. Here is what the program has actually delivered in Payne County.

by Chris Peters
Stillwater Public Library   -   Aug 18, 2026 Library opens voting to pick 25 books for 2126 time capsule
Ariel Ross and her daughter Jane read handwritten book nomination narratives taped to a window beside the Stillwater Public Library's time capsule, Tuesday, July 21, 2026.

From "1776" to "The Hunger Games," 91 nominees compete for 25 spots in the time capsule

by Chris Peters
2026 Elections   -   Aug 17, 2026 Local officials line up against SQ 844. Stillwegian readers reject both state questions
AI-generated illustration of a hand holding a blue pen over a paper ballot reading "State Question," with unmarked boxes next to "Yes" and "No."

Nineteen elected officials and three candidates answered The Stillwegian's survey ahead of the Aug. 25 runoff. Readers, polled separately, opposed 844 and 846 alike.

by Chris Peters
Sports   -   Aug 11, 2026 International Shipping Delays Strickland Turf, Fall Leagues Relocate
Empty concrete infield pad at a Strickland Park ballfield in Stillwater, with dugouts, light poles and a chain-link fence in the foreground.

Youth teams will play at the Sanborn softball fields instead, while adult fall leagues are put on hold

by Chris Peters
Weekend Brief   -   Aug 09, 2026 Seven things on the new DA's to-do list
District Attorney Jeremiah Gregory speaks at a podium beside a Stillwater Frontier Rotary Club banner on Thursday, Aug. 6, 2026, in Stillwater.

Plus: 17 of 22 officials told me how they'll vote on SQ 844 and 846

by Chris Peters
Stillwater City Council   -   Aug 06, 2026 Stillwater proclaims Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month, advances rewritten noise ordinance
Mayor Will Joyce hands Allie Williams, who uses a power wheelchair, a proclamation for Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month in front of a Stillwater, Oklahoma backdrop.

New noise permit rules, and a renewed a call for citizen board volunteers

by Chris Peters
Stillwater Utilities Authority   -   Aug 05, 2026 SUA approves Boomer Lake Station demolition contract, new energy credit rate
Exterior view of the vacant Boomer Lake Station power plant, a decommissioned natural gas-fired steam turbine facility, showing its rusted smokestacks and blue sign in Stillwater.

Trustees hired an engineering firm to plan the plant's removal and approved a program letting large customers buy renewable energy certificates through GRDA

by Chris Peters
Nonprofits   -   Aug 04, 2026 63% of Payne County foster children are placed outside the county. A Stillwater nonprofit is trying to change that.
A modern, single-story building with a dark facade and a blue "Lions Meadows of Hope" sign above the entrance, photographed at dusk with a clear blue sky.

Lions Meadows of Hope is one of five agencies statewide selected to participate in Oklahoma's new Kinship Navigation Program

by Chris Peters
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