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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.

Cowboy Football   -   Sep 27, 2026 Oklahoma State Snaps 18-Game Big 12 Losing Streak in Morgantown — Cowboys Outscore Mountaineers 28-10 After Halftime
Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Bowick, No. 0 in a white jersey, stiff-arms a West Virginia defender in gold while carrying the football in front of a packed crowd.

Cowboys rack up 609 yards and the defense holds West Virginia scoreless in the fourth quarter

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
Cowboy Football   -   Sep 27, 2026 Oklahoma State Snaps 18-Game Big 12 Losing Streak in Morgantown — Cowboys Outscore Mountaineers 28-10 After Halftime
Oklahoma State wide receiver Justin Bowick, No. 0 in a white jersey, stiff-arms a West Virginia defender in gold while carrying the football in front of a packed crowd.

Cowboys rack up 609 yards and the defense holds West Virginia scoreless in the fourth quarter

by Chris Peters
Pioneer Marching Band   -   Sep 21, 2026 Stillwater, Perkins-Tryon bands both reach finals at Deer Creek
Stillwater color guard member Cammy Booth performs in front of the Pioneer Marching Band at the Deer Creek Marching Invitational on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, in Edmond.

Pioneer Marching Band wins Class AA; Midnight Regiment named fan favorite for second straight year

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Payne County Commissioners   -   Sep 21, 2026 Commissioners adopt hazard mitigation plan, will ask OSU for Lake Carl Blackwell dam plans
Pierce Taylor stands at left speaking to Payne County commissioners while Zach Cavett sits at the dais reviewing a thick binder of documents at the Sept. 21, 2026, meeting in Stillwater.

Board directs emergency manager to draft a letter requesting Oklahoma State University's five- and 10-year maintenance plans for the 89-year-old dam

by Chris Peters
Payne County Commissioners   -   Sep 20, 2026 Tabled hazard mitigation plan returns to commissioners Monday
Cover of Payne County's draft Hazard Mitigation Action Plan Update, titled 2025 Draft, over a blue-tinted photo of the county courthouse with the county seal at lower left.

The board tabled the document Sept. 14 and directed staff to ask OSU what it has committed to do about the Lake Carl Blackwell dam

by Chris Peters
Cowboy Football   -   Sep 20, 2026 Mestemaker Breaks Two School Records as OSU Buries Murray State 59-0 — Cowboys Head to Big 12 Play at 2-1
OSU quarterback Drew Mestemaker looks downfield from the pocket against Murray State on Saturday, Sept. 19, 2026, at Boone Pickens Stadium in Stillwater.

Drew Mestemaker completed 20 of 22 passes for 324 yards and five touchdowns

by Chris Peters
Aug 26, 2026 Accepting reader endorsement letters
Accepting reader endorsement letters

Registered members can submit letters supporting candidates on the November ballot.

by Chris Peters
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