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
In a signal that the end of the school year is fast approaching, Olney Elementary School students paid a visit to downtown businesses and the Olney Heritage Museum last week.
By Will Sadler | Photojournalist
The Olney Hamilton Hospital Foundation donated $75,000 to help pay for 2023 expenses and discussed how and when to hold a capital fund drive to pay for new medical equipment and furniture for the n
By Gina Keating | Editor
If you’re a younger worker just starting out in your career, you’ve got tremendous personal and professional opportunities ahead of you.
Two Olney men pleaded “true” and were sentenced to lengthy prison terms for stealing weapons from a home on Springcreek Road and attempting to sell them online in 2020, law enforcement officials sa
By Gina Keating | Editor
A New Mexico man who allegedly tried to burn down a shop and boat just outside Olney then stole the car of a good samaritan who stopped to put out the fire was in Young County Jail, facing a long l
By Gina Keating | Editor
OISD board members and boosters held separate events last week to inform voters about the upcoming $8.3 million school bond election on May 4.
By Gina Keating | Editor
“Christ redeemed us from the curse of the Law, having become a curse for us-for it is written, “Cursed IS EVERYONE WHO HANGS ON a TREE”-” Galatians 3:13 NASBS
Sports
The OHS Lady Cubs softball players celebrated Senior Night during their last game of the season.
Olney High School [OHS] student athletes traveled to Graham on April 11 to compete in the UIL Area Track Meet.
The OHS Cubs continue to bring the heat this season. The Cubs hosted the Quanah Indians.
The Olney Cubs men’s golf team (Caleb Johnson, Brady Lisle, Brason Brock, Case Gray. Ryder Lisle) secured District Champ 1st place team and advanced to the regional tournament.
Each spring, the children of Olney fill Cub Stadium to compete in the annual Lil Cub Relays.
Obituaries
Sam Vernon Akins, age 90, of Bedford, Texas, passed away Friday, April 12, 2024, in Dallas, Texas. The family will hold a private burial at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery later that day.
Neva Lou McClatchy, age 97, passed away Thursday, March 7, 2024, at Grace Care Center in Olney, Texas. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m.
On February 23rd, 2024 Jimmie William Pierce Sr. age 87 went to be with our Lord. He was reunited with his wife whom he desperately missed for the last 649 days.
Waylon Drew West, age 44, passed away Saturday, February 17, 2024, at his home in Olney, Texas. Visitation will be on Wednesday, February 21, 2024, from 5:00 pm to 6:00 p.m.
Walter “Woody” Kuykendall, age 70, of Edmond, Oklahoma passed away Wednesday, January 31, 2024, in Edmond.
Kay Frances Madera, 82, of Wichita Falls, passed away peacefully on Monday, January 29, 2024 surrounded by loved ones.
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