OLNEY TOWN TALK
On this episode of Town Talk, Olney Enterprise Editor and Town Talk host, Gina Keating, discusses rural area points of interests.
News Stories
Air Tractor has reduced its aircraft production plans for 2026 due to the downturn in the agricultural economy.
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
The Olney City Council on June 8 approved a request from the Olney Economic Development Corporation to move forward with converting the former Head Start facility into a Montessori-style daycare ce
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
The Olney Economic Development Corp.
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
The City of Olney officially welcomed its new city administrator, Andy Wolfe, during a recent swearing-in ceremony conducted by City Attorney Dan Branum, marking the beginning of a new chapter in c
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
A crew of House of Mercy volunteers, and Olney police officers spent last Thursday morning hauling away debris from a home on West Payne Street, in a renewed code enforcement push that first offers
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
The first confirmed cases of New World screwworm in Texas in more than 50 years has cattle producers across the state paying close attention, with local ranchers warning that preventing the pest’s
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
When Jeffry Flores stepped to the podium as Olney High School’s salutatorian in May, he opened his speech with a joke about how far he had come.
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
Sports
Children spent four evenings learning, playing and getting a little messy during Southside Baptist Church’s annual Vacation Bible School, held June 8-11 at the church in Olney.
The Cubs notched a tie game in a double header last week against the Petrolia Pirates in summer league. .
A Honor Roll Sixth Grade Daniela Alvarado Harper Bitner Jessa Branum Magnolia Caffey Palmer Hargis Caroline Jeske Rylan Keeter Jack Wells
Olney High School Cub Head Basketball Coach Eric Symank continues to build the Cub basketball program from the ground up by offering a summer basketball camp again this summer.
Obituaries
Johnnie Augustus “Gus” Dormier passed from this world into the arms of the Lord on April 24, 2026.
Barbara Joy Phillips, born June 14, 1938, in San Angelo, Texas, peacefully passed away on April 20, 2026.
September 10, 1931 – Johnnie Dell Cuba passed away on December 14, 2025 at the age of 94 while on Hospice Care at EZ Years Retirement Living in Las Vegas, Nevada.
February 27, 1929 – June 9, 2025 Johnnie Wesley Cuba passed away at his home in North Las Vegas, Nevada, on June 9, 2025 at the age of 96.
Deborah “Debbie” Louise Taylor Dickens went to be with the Lord on March 25, 2026.
Peggy Joyce Choat, 89, entered the presence of her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Wednesday, January 28, 2026. Peggy was born August 18, 1936 in Jacksboro, TX to the late John A.
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