OLNEY TOWN TALK
On this episode of Town Talk, Olney Enterprise Editor and Town Talk host, Gina Keating, discusses rural area points of interests.
News Stories
A crew of House of Mercy volunteers, and Olney police officers spent last Thursday morning hauling away debris from a home on West Payne Street, in a renewed code enforcement push that first offers
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
The first confirmed cases of New World screwworm in Texas in more than 50 years has cattle producers across the state paying close attention, with local ranchers warning that preventing the pest’s
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
When Jeffry Flores stepped to the podium as Olney High School’s salutatorian in May, he opened his speech with a joke about how far he had come.
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
The Olney Volunteer Fire Department and the Megargel Volunteer Fire Department conducted training exercises at an abandoned house on North Avenue B on Saturday, May 30 to prepare firefighters for b
By Will Sadler Advertising@olneyenterprise.com
A landmark Olney home built by one of the founders of Hamilton Hospital has found a new mission.
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
Therapists at Lighthouse Therapy are seeing a troubling shift in the developmental challenges facing young children across Young County and surrounding communities, with delays appearing both more
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
This prayer has been upon the lips of countless suffering believers who have placed their trust in the Lord Jesus Christ.
By Rodney Nantz | Columnist
Sports
The Cubs notched a tie game in a double header last week against the Petrolia Pirates in summer league. .
A Honor Roll Sixth Grade Daniela Alvarado Harper Bitner Jessa Branum Magnolia Caffey Palmer Hargis Caroline Jeske Rylan Keeter Jack Wells
Olney High School Cub Head Basketball Coach Eric Symank continues to build the Cub basketball program from the ground up by offering a summer basketball camp again this summer.
Obituaries
Johnnie Augustus “Gus” Dormier passed from this world into the arms of the Lord on April 24, 2026.
Barbara Joy Phillips, born June 14, 1938, in San Angelo, Texas, peacefully passed away on April 20, 2026.
September 10, 1931 – Johnnie Dell Cuba passed away on December 14, 2025 at the age of 94 while on Hospice Care at EZ Years Retirement Living in Las Vegas, Nevada.
February 27, 1929 – June 9, 2025 Johnnie Wesley Cuba passed away at his home in North Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 9, 2025 at the age of 96.
Deborah “Debbie” Louise Taylor Dickens went to be with the Lord on March 25, 2026.
Peggy Joyce Choat, 89, entered the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. Peggy was born August 18, 1936 in Jacksboro, TX to the late John A.
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