The Olney City Council voted Oct. 13 to appoint Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Joey Stewart as the city’s new municipal judge, filling the position left vacant by last month’s retirement of Judge Stan Mahler after 18 years of service.
Stewart’s Food Store had its beginning in 1975 when Harold and Faye Stewart bought Oak Street Grocery from Luther and Vearl Johnson.This small neighborhood store, built around 1930, was located at the intersection of Oak and Avenue F. Harold formerly worked for Mrs. Baird’s Bread for the previous nineteen years delivering bread to grocery stores, restaurants, and schools in Olney and the surrounding communities making many friends throughout the area.
Young County voters can begin casting ballots for the November 4 general election on Monday, Oct. 20, when early voting by personal appearance opens across Texas. Early voting runs through Friday, Oct. 31, with polls open at the Young County Annex in Graham and the Olney Library.
A new joint campaign involving Olney Hamilton Hospital and other rural hospitals across Texas warns that the window to enroll or switch Medicare plans is fast closing — and the stakes are high for local health care. To preserve access to care in small towns, these hospitals are urging Medicare-eligible residents to act immediately.
Olney voters will decide on 17 proposed amendments to the Texas Constitution in the general election on Tuesday, Nov. 4.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992