Midwestern State University (MSU Texas) will soon be offering a degree in electrical engineering as well as improving its infrastructure for teaching such hot disciplines as programming, cybersecurity and gaming as a result of a $2.4 million state grant to establish a Center for STEM Excellence.
Olney High School freshman Colby Johnson just completed his second year as a beekeeper, a hobby he started while home from school in the depths of the COVID pandemic in 2001. The 14-year-old started researching beekeeping as something to do when the world returned to normal, and last year he harvested his first honey – 25 pounds of it – and started a business selling honey.
A collection of heavy road construction equipment and big piles of road material that sprang up recently beside State Highway 114 a few miles west of Olney will probably be there for several years as the state moves forward on its long-range transportation program, Precinct 3 Commissioner Stacey Rogers said.
Olney Independent School District welcomed 34 new staff members for the 2023–24 school year – the most turnover the district has seen in nearly a decade, Superintendent Dr. Greg Roach told the group during their orientation last week.
The Olney City Council breathed a collective sigh of relief on Friday, after learning that state environmental regulators will allow the City’s $13.5 million water treatment plant to go ahead with construction.
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