Olney News

When Lawrence Scheer began selling baby clothes in 2010, he didn't realize it then, but he was on the leading edge of a recovery in small business exports.

Scoot "Tootsie" McClelland, age 88, died Thursday, June 13, 2013 at Hamilton Hospital in Olney, Texas.

The National Small Business Association and its international trade arm, the Small Business Exporters Association , today released the 2013 Small Business Exporting Survey .

More than 60 percent of small businesses have sold their products to foreign customers, according to a National Small Business Association survey.

The bride-elect is the daughter of Lorri Harrison. She is the granddaughter of Ramona Warden of Megargel and Donald and Nadyne Dunagan of Olney.

NOT READY FOR BUSINESS The municipal pool stands unused on Monday, June 10, thanks to Phase 4 drought restrictions.

A group of Olney citizens hoping to pay to fill the municipal pool with treated water from the city of Graham moved one step closer to achieving that goal after the Monday, June 10, meeting of the Olney City Council, but still must wait a week before collecting funds.

A group of local citizens is attempting to organize and raise money to fill the municipal pool for the summer.

A 2006 Olney High School graduate is on the path to living out his dreams on the radio in the Dallas/Fort Worth area.

GETTING LOW The level of Lake Cooper has now fallen to 1,126 feet, and waters continue to recede.

Kevin Turner, son of Olney residents Rick and Kim Turner, can be heard on the radio waves from 2-6 p.m. weekdays with "The Ben and Skin Show" on 105.3 The Fan.

Palo Pinto County deputies arrested an escaped prisoner at Maverick, a truck stop on Highway 281 just south of Interstate 20, Sunday.

Estell Kirby, age 92, died Tuesday, May 28, 2013, at Hamilton Hospital in Olney.

This is the gas station in Olney where inmate Michael Rimmer escaped from a prison transport van that was attempting to take him to a Florida Prison early Saturday Morning.

Olney police, Young County Sheriff's deputies, and Department of Public Safety troopers are on a massive manhunt in Olney right now, trying to track down an inmate who escaped in the area.

Olney PD, YCSO deputies and members of the Highway Patrol are searching for Michael Dennis Rimmer, a 33-year-old Florida man who escaped from a prison transport vehicle that had stopped at Allsup's in Olney around 1 a.m. Saturday morning.

Rosary for Ray Garza, Sr., 71, of Olney was held Wednesday, Aug. 31, in the chapel of Lunn Funeral Home.

Air Tractor has gone a little bit Hollywood. The Olney-based company recently had a part in helping a California movie promotion company come up with a new way to promote an upcoming Disney animated movie titled "Planes." Kristin Edwards, Air Tractor board member, said she was contacted by a California-based movie promotion company about using a ... (more)

Residents of Olney were sent scrambling for cover Friday, May 17, when a large, severe thunderstorm began showing signs of rotation and producing very large hail.

Stephen Riley, 41, of Olney, was sentenced to 10 years in federal prison on Friday, May 17.