The City Council agreed to consider lifting a yearlong moratorium on allowing mobile homes in the city limits at the request of Councilmember Tommy Kimbro, who complained that a planned citywide rezoning had gone off track and was preventing residents from upgrading mobile homes that are already in place.
An immigration bill sponsored by Rep. David Spiller, R-Jacksboro, passed the Texas House last week following an emotional debate, with Democratic opponents complaining that the measure could lead to racial profiling.
Longtime Olney resident Brenda Pratt and her brother Mike Pace had long wanted to reclaim land that had been in their family for decades and was the site of the Black community, school and church. The land has been vacant since at least 2010, and Mrs. Pratt and her brother, both Olney High School graduates and the children of Alfred and Arstine Pace, imagined family and friends holding gatherings on the properties.
213 E. Main St.
PO Box 577
Olney, Texas 76374
Phone: (940) 564-5558
Fax: (940) 564-3992