Oklahoma Campus Safety has given the "ALL CLEAR" after there were initial reports that possible gunshots had been heard Tuesday morning at Edmon Low Library.

Jill Hunt, longtime advertising director of the Stillwater News Press, has been appointed publisher of the newspaper, effective immediately.

As we left last Sunday’s installment, our traveling trio (grandchild, Maya, 9, bride, Debbie, and myself) were in Alaska’s largest city, Anchorage, where we stayed two nights in a hotel near their international airport. Early the next morning, we were shuttled to the nearby terminal to board…

Oklahoma State University has announced that a conference table used daily by the late legendary philanthropist T. Boone Pickens will be lent to the Oklahoma governor’s Cabinet Room for the next decade.

The opening of the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts means a number of things for the Stillwater community. It allows OSU to host world-class performances, but also opens the doors for students to learn from some of the best in the business.

RIPLEY – Two individuals tied to Ripley Public Schools in Payne County have been snared in a prostitution crime sting, according to multiple reports.

Just like that, the McKnight Center for the Performing Arts has begun its inaugural season. The opening gala Friday night saw the New York Philharmonic and Kelli O’Hara christen the concert hall on its opening night.

OKLAHOMA CITY – Supporters of a citizen-led ballot initiative to expand Medicaid said enough signatures are gathered to get the measure before voters next year.

The United Way of Payne County is in full swing with its largest fundraising campaign to date, with a goal of $950,000.

The Stillwater City Council heard its first appeal Monday from the owners of a house in Crestwood Estates who were denied a permit to use their property as a short-term rental.

The Stillwater Public Schools Board of Education has announced a filing period for the open board positions, which will go from Dec. 2 to Dec. 5. The positions No. 4 and No. 5 are the open seats, with No. 5 holding a five-year term of office and No. 4 has a four-year unexpired remaining term…

It was a busy day at Pioneer Tire Center.

Susan Coltharp is going through something. It’s neither tragic nor trivial, but it also isn’t over. A routine mammogram spotted something, a biopsy was performed. They had hoped for DCIS (ductal carcinoma in situ) tissue, which is precancerous, but found something more. That led to a lumpectomy.

As last year’s Stillwater Medical Foundation live auction was about to begin, Juergen Janzen left his seat and walked over to Scott Petty, Executive Director.

Author Jodi Picoult is the featured speaker for this year’s H. Louise & H.E. “Ed” Cobb Speaker Series presented by the Friends of the OSU Library. The dinner, keynote and book signing will take place from 6 to 9 p.m. Oct. 24 at Sparrow Beginnings in Stillwater, Oklahoma.

Oklahoma State University alumni and benefactors Ross and Billie McKnight have been named grand marshals of OSU’s 2019 homecoming festivities by the OSU Alumni Association.

 A Guthrie man, Charles Tyler Hurst, 34, was charged on Thursday with child neglect, breaking and entering and public intoxication following an incident on Sept. 25.

Boomer Lake Station provided electric power to the city of Stillwater since as early as 1956. 

A World War II Medal of Honor recipient who spent some of his life in Yale will be inducted posthumously into the Oklahoma Military Hall of Fame Oct. 26.

With two months of rehearsals and two public performances behind them, the 157-member Stillwater High School Marching Band competed at the Owasso Invitational Marching Contest on Saturday.

A Stillwater man was hospitalized following a Wednesday morning car wreck west of Perkins. Stone Mesa, 20, of Stillwater was transported to Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City with head, trunk and leg injuries.

One area that Stillwater can pride itself on is the amount of events in the community that raise funds for charity.

There’s no question that Stillwater’s downtown area is very different than it was 10 years ago when vacant buildings with outdated soffits and faded exteriors dominated.

A Drumright man, Devin William Hulsey, 30, was charged last week with domestic assault and battery, second and subsequent offense.

The 2020 Stillwater Makes a Change (fundraising campaign was kicked off last week with a generous donation by The Faye Allene Rife Brown Foundation. Kristine Waits, Brown Foundation board member, presented the news of the $50,000 gift to Brennan Lacy and Kylie Gallegos, SMAC student executiv…

 Stillwater High School announced that six seniors have been named as Semifinalists in the 65th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. This is the most National Merit Scholars Stillwater has had since 2011.

Meridian Technology Center is participating in a statewide effort for flu vaccination in conjunction with the Payne County and State Health departments.

The City of Stillwater holds a disc golf tournament known as The Stillwater Classic. 

Two brothers from Perry were taken into custody on Sept. 21 after a theft from a building on OSU’s campus. Court records indicate David Joseph Robbins, 37, and John Franklin Robbins, 46, were charged on Tuesday with second-degree burglary.

The Oklahoma State University Museum of Art has a mission to provide OSU art students with opportunities that provide them with hands-on experience. The museum has provided just that with the opening of Little Nemo’s Progress: Animation and Contemporary Art, which celebrates the history and …

People across the country have seen headlines and social media posts announcing that women in Oklahoma and a few other states can now legally go topless in public. The claim is provoking celebration from some, consternation from others and spirited, sometimes heated, discussions between many.

Our Daily Bread recently celebrated its annual fundraising event at the McKnight Performing Arts Center. The Unveiling Hunger Gala was intended to be a night of eye opening to both the need in our community and good works being done.

Medical marijuana in Oklahoma sparked a boom in the business of cannabis, from dispensaries to processors to growers. The patient numbers have swelled at a rate faster than any other state, the business licenses also came together quickly. Stillwater alone has more than 33 dispensaries regis…

Payne County Sheriff Kevin Underwood, who took office effective Sept. 2, has selected Chris Nixon to serve as his Undersheriff. Nixon has 23 years in the Payne County Sheriff’s Department, most recently serving as a Captain.