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Step 1 to fix voter fraud: Do no harm Less voter access does not lead to more voter integrity. Signage marking an official polling location outside of the George Allen Courts Building in Dallas, during the first day of early voting, on April 19, 2021(Ben Torres / Special Contributor) By Ann Zimmerman All across the country, states are passing or considering laws ostensibly to improve voting integrity. Texas is no exception, even though it is already considered by voting experts, such as the Brennan Center for Justice, to be one of the toughest states in the country in which to vote. It is n...

Texas COVID-19 cases holding steady Mike Stucka Texas reported 23,420 new cases of coronavirus in the week ending Sunday, from 23,598 the week before of the virus that causes COVID-19. Texas ranked 37th among the states where coronavirus was spreading the fastest on a per-person basis, a USA TODAY Network analysis of Johns Hopkins University data shows. In the latest week coronavirus cases in the United States decreased 13.8% from the week before, with 407,147 cases reported. With 8.71% of the country's population, Texas had 5.75% of the country's cases in the last week. Across the country, 1...

Thu, 04/22/2021 - 12:00am By:  Will Sadler | Photojournalist Meet the Olney City Council candidates before casting your vote in the May 1 general election. The six candidates running are Chuck Stennett, Sean Osborn, Harrison Wellman, Charlotte Bond, Tommy Kimbro and Brad Simmons. The Olney Enterprise reached out to each candidate but only five were available to provide information for use. Harrison Wellman: “With pride, I will be running for an elected position on City Council. I have been a resident of Olney for five years and I am proud to call Olney home. My wife Madison w...

Young County Commissioners will be hosting a public hearing Monday regarding the company Apex Clean Energy, Inc., and their application to designate the area in Young County for their proposed wind farm as a tax abatement zone. The zone submitted for application by the company covers 20,023.50 acres of land in Young County and will incorporate 11 different property owners. The area to be designated as the Young County Reinvestment Zone is located west of the city of Newcastle and contains portions of the boundaries of Graham ISD and Newcastle ISD. The public hearing will be at 10 a.m. April 2...

Two male subjects were shot at a residence near the border of the Graham city limits in Young County Saturday afternoon on Cliff Drive. The dispatch call came around 12:30 p.m., according to the Young County blotter, for a medical emergency on Cliff Drive regarding a shooting. Young County/Graham EMS, Graham Police Department, Graham Fire Department and the Young County Sheriff’s Office responded. According to GPD Police Chief Brent Bullock, GPD officers responded first due to the location and knew the incident occurred in the county. Upon YCSO deputies arriving on the scene, the GPD office...