Main Street Mall, Pizzeria to open
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
Downtown Perkins will soon be welcoming two new businesses in one location. Main Street Mall and Perkins Pizza Company are set to open next week.
“We anticipate an opening date by Feb. 8,” said Dan Johnson,...
Voters asked to renew sales tax
By Cindy Sheets
Contributing Writer
A special election will be held Tuesday, Feb. 14, to address the extension of a 3/8 cent sales tax in Payne County.
If approved, the measure will simply renew a sales tax that was originally established in 1994. Funds provided from the tax are used to finance county government and programs.
Last week, The Journal discussed where the lion’s share (53 percent) of the tax revenue is used – roads and bridges.
The remainder of the revenue is...
Legislators face pointed questions
By Michelle Charles
Journal Staff Writer
Stillwater’s legislative delegation seemed to be taken aback by the very specific questions they faced last week at a reception hosted by the League of Women Voters and Friends of the Library.
The annual event gives area citizens an opportunity to talk with many of their elected representatives in person.
This year’s reception also drew candidates and elected officials from the Stillwater Board of Education, City of Stillwater and Payne County.
Legislators attending this year were District...
