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An Olney man pleaded guilty to a felony charge stemming from a two-day crime spree through the City in January in exchange for an eightyear state prison sentence, prosecutors said. David James Kee, 37, was charged with four felonies after leading police on a five-hour manhunt in a caper that began with the late-night theft of a boat, evolved into a chase through fields north
The owners of a planned hydrogen production facility near Graham told Young County Commissioners that the project will break ground in June after supply chain issues delayed the start of construction. In the meantime, they said they will make good on tax payments that Olney Hamilton Hospital is counting on for its proposed expansion.
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To continue with our Hometown Pride Tour, we spoke to Toni Elliott, Young County Arena Manager, about the significance of the arena to Graham.
The Olney Heritage Museum recently acquired an antique pump organ believed to date back to the late 1800s. The instrument was generously donated by the executor of a Wichita Falls family’s estate. The donation occurred as the result of a chance encounter between executor Teresa Roberts and Preston Crow of the House of Mercy.
Deidre Brown, director of the Olney Chamber of Commerce, graduated recently from the intensive You Lead training course for future community leaders and revealed that she will be stepping down from her position at the Chamber.