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Open Door Christian School students successfully launched and recovered a high-altitude balloon containing experiments and GoPro cameras Saturday as part of a Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics project.

Olney’s K9 Officer Bond nosed out a haul of drugs during a traffic stop on Main Street that sent a Los Angeles man to Young County Jail, Police Chief Dan Birbeck said. Bond’s partner, Officer Miranda Wright, stopped David Huang, 28, on the 400 block of West Main Street on Oct. 4 for having an expired registration, Chief Birbeck said. Officer Wright asked to search the vehicle after noticing the smell of marijuana emanating from the vehicle and Mr. Huang’s nervousness, Chief Birbeck said. Mr. Huang denied that he had any illegal substances in the vehicle, which he said he rented from Enterprise Rent-A-Car a few days earlier, the chief said.

The 88th Texas Legislative Session kicks off in January but Olney’s elected representatives, Rep. David Spiller and Sen. Drew Springer, already have filed legislation for the new session. The two teamed up on bills that mandate minimum setbacks for wind farms and dole out state aid to allow small counties to pay their sheriffs a minimum of $75,000 per year.