Five Tarleton students, including Olney High School grad Kiara Owen, are getting a firsthand look at politics, Lone Star style.
Once when I was a little child, I woke up in the night with a tummy ache. I got out of bed and went into the living room, following the sounds of the television. My dad was still awake. To me it seemed like my dad never slept, like he was just sitting there in the living room waiting to see if anyone needed help in the dark of night. He was probably just staying up until midnight, but that may as well have been four in the morning in my little girl mind. He waved me over to him. He listened to my plight. And he did a very un-mom-like thing. He suggested we walk around the living room. He told me my tummy would feel better after a little walk. He took my hand and we walked around in small circles on the brown 80s carpet with the black of a country night pressing in through the uncovered windows.
Some of the six telemedicine terminals to be deployed by Olney Hamilton Hospital to area schools and rural clinics are not being used, OHH Chief of Staff Dr. Mark L. Mankins told the hospital board at its June 2 meeting.
A 22-year-old Olney man pled guilty to a drug trafficking charge and was sentenced to 20 years in state prison on June 6 in a case that law enforcement officials hoped has sent a message to entrenched drug dealers and users in the area.
213 E. Main St.
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Olney, Texas 76374
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