Renee Fite

Close to 135 more senior citizens will have access to healthy, fresh produce at the Stilwell Farmers Market this summer.

The Hometown Heroes banquet Saturday, April 11, honored local firefighters and gave the ladies a reason to dress up.

Turkey eggs, cookie cakes, goat milk lip butter and first strawberries of the season were among the items available at the Stilwell Farmers Market for opening day, Thursday, April 16.

Dennis Tibbits will bring intrigue and humor to “Arts Under the Stars” as Hercule Poirot the French detective. Tibbits portrayed Mark Twain last year.

For 79 years, the community has enjoyed the Stilwell Strawberry Festival, the longest, continuous festival in Oklahoma.

The 79th Stilwell Strawberry Festival was celebrated Saturday, May 9, with queens past and present, a parade with four marching bands, a gaggle of political candidates, tons of vendors and shoppers, and strawberry judging and awards and the berry auction.

A cloudy week and peculiar spring weather – cold, then hot starting in March – didn't leave many ripe berries available for sale at the 79th annual Stilwell Strawberry Festival Saturday, May 9, but it did bring four entries to the competition.

Adair Park was filled with laughter and sunshine Saturday, May 30 as hundreds of youth and family members enjoyed a morning of fun at Smay Lake during the Youth Fishing Derby.

Jim Smith shows the Leon Russell print by J.D. Emmerson he chose at the Art Quest during Arts Under the Stars 2025.

It was a rain-or-shine Stilwellness on Saturday, June 6 at Adair Park, as sprinkles and sometimes more dripped on volunteers who kept taking registration forms and giving vaccinations.