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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
Obituaries   -   Aug 01, 2026 August 2026 Deaths
August 2026 Deaths

Death Notices and Obituary Links

by The Stillwegian
District Attorney   -   Jul 31, 2026 Jeremiah Gregory sworn in as District 9 DA, vows to 'make right what has been wrong'
Jeremiah Gregory raises his right hand as Judge Robert Hudson administers the oath of office July 31, 2026, in the Payne County Courthouse in Stillwater, as his family looks on.

He inherits an office under public scrutiny and says trust must be earned, not assumed

by Chris Peters
Stillwater Public Schools   -   Jul 31, 2026 Stillwater cuts ribbon on new $78 million high school
District officials, staff and board members cut a yellow ribbon at the entrance of the new Stillwater High School on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at 410 W. Franklin Lane.

District credits years of stakeholder input as new building prepares to welcome students

by Chris Peters
Pioneer Marching Band   -   Jul 29, 2026 Pioneer Marching Band to debut largest show in school history Aug. 6
Director of Bands Kevin Zamborsky oversees Pioneer Marching Band members during physical training on the first day of Band Camp, July 27, 2026, at Pioneer Stadium in Stillwater.

The program's largest-ever roster opens its first season in the new high school performing arts wing

by Submitted
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 City Council   -   Aug 06, 2026 Stillwater proclaims Spinal Muscular Atrophy Awareness Month, advances rewritten noise ordinance

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 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.
Obituaries   -   Aug 01, 2026 August 2026 Deaths by The Stillwegian
August 2026 Deaths
District Attorney   -   Jul 31, 2026 Jeremiah Gregory sworn in as District 9 DA, vows to 'make right what has been wrong' by Chris Peters
Jeremiah Gregory raises his right hand as Judge Robert Hudson administers the oath of office July 31, 2026, in the Payne County Courthouse in Stillwater, as his family looks on.
Stillwater Public Schools   -   Jul 31, 2026 Stillwater cuts ribbon on new $78 million high school by Chris Peters
District officials, staff and board members cut a yellow ribbon at the entrance of the new Stillwater High School on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at 410 W. Franklin Lane.
Pioneer Marching Band   -   Jul 29, 2026 Pioneer Marching Band to debut largest show in school history Aug. 6 by Submitted
Director of Bands Kevin Zamborsky oversees Pioneer Marching Band members during physical training on the first day of Band Camp, July 27, 2026, at Pioneer Stadium in Stillwater.
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2026 Elections   -   Jul 26, 2026 Cast your vote: Where do you stand on SQ 844 and SQ 846?
Cast your vote: Where do you stand on SQ 844 and SQ 846?

The Stillwegian's reader poll is open now through Aug. 16 — anonymous, one vote per signed-in reader.

Editorial   -   Apr 23, 2026 No more paywall. Here's the honest reason why.
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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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
Weekend Brief   -   Aug 02, 2026 The new DA isn't waiting
District Attorney Jeremiah Gregory, holding a stack of files, smiles while talking with a man outside the district courtroom after his swearing-in July 31, 2026, at the Payne County Courthous

Why I won't report on court cases — and who could

by Chris Peters
Obituaries   -   Aug 01, 2026 August 2026 Deaths
August 2026 Deaths

Death Notices and Obituary Links

by The Stillwegian
District Attorney   -   Jul 31, 2026 Jeremiah Gregory sworn in as District 9 DA, vows to 'make right what has been wrong'
Jeremiah Gregory raises his right hand as Judge Robert Hudson administers the oath of office July 31, 2026, in the Payne County Courthouse in Stillwater, as his family looks on.

He inherits an office under public scrutiny and says trust must be earned, not assumed

by Chris Peters
Stillwater Public Schools   -   Jul 31, 2026 Stillwater cuts ribbon on new $78 million high school
District officials, staff and board members cut a yellow ribbon at the entrance of the new Stillwater High School on Thursday, July 30, 2026, at 410 W. Franklin Lane.

District credits years of stakeholder input as new building prepares to welcome students

by Chris Peters
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