The Olney Community Library & Art Center [OCLAC] hosted cowboy storyteller Nick Waters to relate the tale of the Abernathy Boys as part of the library’s summer activities.
A 35-year-old Megargel man was arrested June 9 in connection with a stabbing that occurred during a party on West Cherry Street the previous night, according to the Olney Police Department.
City Administrator Simon Dwyer outlined Olney’s application for a $750,000 grant from the Texas Community Development Block Grant Program (CDBG) during a public hearing held before the June 9 City Council meeting.
Three unopposed candidates—Steve Nurre, Thea Sullivan, and Chuck Stennett—were officially sworn in as members of the Olney City Council at the Council’s June 9 meeting.
Barry Hodges, co-owner of Big Luv’s BBQ in Olney, asked the City Council on June 9 to consider increasing food truck fees and tightening regulations, arguing that mobile vendors are cutting into the revenues of brick-and-mortar restaurants without sharing the financial burden of doing business in the city.
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PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
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