Chris Peters

Chris Peters is the founder and editor of The Stillwegian, covering Stillwater and Payne County with a mix of storytelling, photography, and local insight. A Stillwegian since 2008, he’s passionate about connecting community through local news.

Location Stillwater, OK

Number of Articles 319

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Chris Peters's Work 319 Articles

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

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

Stillwater City Council - Jul 28, 2026 Airport rate study recommends fee hikes across the board

An American Eagle regional jet taxis behind a general aviation plane and two people preparing it on the tarmac at Stillwater Regional Airport on Nov. 7, 2025.

Stillwater City Council adopts higher landing, hangar and parking rates in the airport's first fee overhaul in years

by Chris Peters

Weekend Brief - Jul 26, 2026 Vote early: SQ 844 and 846 Poll 📊

Plus: I built the poll with AI as the coder. Claude explains how we work together.

by Chris Peters