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
A dispute between rural Texas hospitals and the nation’s largest health insurers over historically low reimbursement could soon have an impact on healthcare access at small town hospitals.
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
The Olney City Council approved a new employee health insurance plan June 8 that will increase the city’s costs by nearly $43,000 next year, but officials said the alternative would have been even
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
The Olney City Council voted June 8 to amend the bylaws of the Olney Economic Development Corporation while preserving a provision allowing up to two city council members to serve on the OEDC board
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.
For a district with barely more than 100 students in its high school grades, Newcastle ISD keeps showing that academic excellence has no size limit.
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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