Olney residents mourned the loss of Franklin Fischer, a longtime community leader who lent his engineering skills and advice to a multitude of City projects, often at no charge.
The Olney Economic Development Corporation board of directors on March 6 voted to hire two firms to create and implement plans for an enterprise zone to attract businesses and to spruce up downtown. The plan is to hire one firm for planning and engineering, and another firm to create a tax incremental reinvestment zone (TIRZ) along Main Street (State Highway 114) and State Highway 79, and to rehabilitate the facades on the commercial buildings within the zone.
The OHS Cubs and Lady Cubs traveled to Nocona to participate in the Nocona Golf Tourney.
Young County voters helped return Rep. David Spiller to the Texas House of Representatives, pitted Scott “Scooter” Philipp and Alan Craig in a runoff for Precinct 3 Commissioner, and voted to keep Olney Police Chief Dan Birbeck at his current post rather than electing him Young County Sheriff.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992
