News Stories
The finish line is finally in sight for Olney Hamilton Hospital’s new $33-million hospital.
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
Olney High School’s Olney Invitational Cross Country Meet has grown more popular each year since OHS began hosting it at the Olney Country Club.
By Will Sadler Advertising@olneyenterprise.com
Olney Police Chief Bryan Barrett apologized last week after two Olney police officers arrested a 29-year-old mother on outstanding warrants at Cub Stadium while she was attending a youth football g
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
Olney High School freshmen and sophomores added some muscle last week to a community effort to bring Lake Olney and Lake Cooper back to life as a recreational destination.
By Gina Keating Editor@olneyenterprise.com
I ran across a video from several months ago of a man with a bloody and bruised face. He was holding his side, cradling his broken ribs.
By Melissa Edgington | Columnist
Blessed be the God of heaven, who sent His Son to die for us, so that we might behold the beauty of the cross and recognize the depravity of our own hearts.
By Rodney Nantz | Columnist
For the first time, Olney High School received a grant from Carter BloodCare. Throughout the 2025-26 school year, three blood drives were planned, gathering 125 units of blood.
By Blaize Devries Olney High School Journalism Student
The Olney Junior High’s One Act Play is called “The Happy Scarecrow.”
By Savanna Burger Olney High School Journalism Student
Sports
The Olney Junior High Cubs’ White and Red teams both defeated the Roscoe Plowboys at Cub Stadium. The White team won 30-20, and the Red team rolled to a 44-14 victory.
The OHS Lady Cubs continue to build success with a hard-fought win over rival Perrin-Whitt Lady Pirates with a 3-2 victory at home on Wednesday, Sept. 2.
The Olney Cubs opened their football season on the road Friday night, falling 35-12 to the Quanah Indians in a game that Head Coach and Athletic Director Dustin Altmiller said exposed some things t
Our OHS Lady Cubs Varsity Volleyball team has plowed through competition as the season gets underway.
Although no official score was kept during the Cubs scrimmage against the Texas Leadership Charter Academy Eagles, the Cubs scored the only three touchdowns during the match-up.
Newcastle ISD hosted the Back-to-School bash in their new gym. The gym will have the capacity to host four volleyball games at the same time, when the old gym is used.
Obituaries
Jimmie Cyrus Johnson of Elbert, Texas, known to many as Jimmie Cy, Cy, or Big Jim, was born April 3, 1934, in Olney, Texas.
Jerry Ben Andrews went peacefully into the hands of God on August 9, 2026, at the age of 91. He was born on February 13, 1935, in Kilgore, Texas, to Homer E. and Martha E. Andrews.
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.
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