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Editor's Advance   -   Sep 28, 2026 All aboard the Cowboys hype train
Cartoon illustration of a caped OSU football player in orange armor beside a steam train and gilded coach climbing a mountain, cheered by fans in orange holding signs.

Winning is good for Stillwater. This week: the Parkview entrance, Visit Stillwater's finances, the Lake Carl Blackwell Dam and Dear Evan Hansen at Town & Gown.

Editor's Advance   -   Sep 12, 2026 The Weekend Brief is now the Editor's Advance
Pistol Petes Pete Littlefield and Hunter Morton point skyward beside Spirit Rider Olivia Klug, kneeling with the Pistol Pete mascot head outside OSU's Agricultural Hall.

Plus seven public meetings in two days and the three Ferguson College students behind Pistol Pete and the Spirit Rider this fall.

White looping sculpture Interlace above a Stillwater Oklahoma sign at Sixth Avenue and Western Road, with a 6th Ave/Highway 51 street sign and painted utility box nearby.
Editor's Advance   -   Oct 05, 2026 Sixth Avenue widening could start in 2029, and an Honors class asks how local news survives

ODOT's eight-year plan could move the Highway 51 widening from 2033 to 2029. Plus, OSU Honors students asked me how local news survives.

by Chris Peters
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2026 Elections   -   Oct 07, 2026 Voter registration closes Friday. Plus how to be part of our election coverage
Six side-by-side photos of Oklahoma House candidates, from left: Andy Brown, Jim Shaw, Trish Ranson, Aaron Means, Max Burchett Jr. and Molly Jenkins. Three hold microphones.

Candidate questionnaires are out, and reader endorsement letters are open through Oct. 23.

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Editor's Advance   -   Oct 05, 2026 Sixth Avenue widening could start in 2029, and an Honors class asks how local news survives
White looping sculpture Interlace above a Stillwater Oklahoma sign at Sixth Avenue and Western Road, with a 6th Ave/Highway 51 street sign and painted utility box nearby.

ODOT's eight-year plan could move the Highway 51 widening from 2033 to 2029. Plus, OSU Honors students asked me how local news survives.

by Chris Peters
Editor's Advance   -   Sep 28, 2026 All aboard the Cowboys hype train
Cartoon illustration of a caped OSU football player in orange armor beside a steam train and gilded coach climbing a mountain, cheered by fans in orange holding signs.

Winning is good for Stillwater. This week: the Parkview entrance, Visit Stillwater's finances, the Lake Carl Blackwell Dam and Dear Evan Hansen at Town & Gown.

by Chris Peters
Editor's Advance   -   Sep 12, 2026 The Weekend Brief is now the Editor's Advance
Pistol Petes Pete Littlefield and Hunter Morton point skyward beside Spirit Rider Olivia Klug, kneeling with the Pistol Pete mascot head outside OSU's Agricultural Hall.

Plus seven public meetings in two days and the three Ferguson College students behind Pistol Pete and the Spirit Rider this fall.

by Chris Peters
Weekend Brief   -   Sep 06, 2026 Enjoy the train wreck. Seriously.
Editorial cartoon shows two locomotives labeled Oklahoma State Football and OSU Fan Expectations colliding as a crowd cheers and holds signs. AI-generated illustration.

Plus: the Stillwater school board rewrites recess, naming rights and who gets called when a child is in danger.

by Chris Peters
Weekend Brief   -   Aug 23, 2026 The Next Leg Begins for Air Travel in Stillwater
A display board inside Stillwater Regional Airport's new terminal shows historical photos of the airport, including a 1951 black-and-white photo.

New airport terminal is proof of what town and gown can build when they run the same race together.

by Chris Peters
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