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Six Olney High School band students will be traveling to the Austin area on Friday, May 24, for the 2013 Texas State Solo and Ensemble Contest. Students from Olney competing include senior Britney Robertson, juniors Annie Hirsch, Schelby Ming, Dionecia Petit and Hannah Taylor and freshman William Allen.
Police arrest 2 for suspected cockfighting
Olney police arrested two men for drug possession and for possessing roosters and paraphernalia used in cockfighting as they drove through town, Chief Dan Birbeck said. The officer pulled over the white four-door sedan with Colorado license plates for speeding down Main Street on Feb. 24, Chief Birbeck said. The officer smelled marijuana wafting from inside the vehicle, and asked to search it, Chief Birbeck said. He found five fighting roosters being transported illegally in wood- en boxes, he said. “They were being transported inhumanely with the intent to fight them,” he said. The officer also discovered cockfighting paraphernalia, including “gaffs” or razors to attach to the roosters’ legs, he said.
Council discusses water plan, equipment
The City Council mulled actions that they hope will prevent or mitigate another total shutdown of the water system like the one that occurred March 6-8, while citizens feted city workers for their tireless effort during a severe thunderstorm to get the service flowing again.