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Voters across the state and in Young County have one final opportunity Tuesday to cast their ballots in the general election.

Election day voting will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 5 at five voting locations in Young County.

Those locations are North Central Texas College at 928 Cherry St. in Graham, Loving VFD at 8891 Hwy. 114 E. in Loving, First Baptist Church Newcastle at 501 Graham St. in Newcastle, First United Methodist Church at 700 Third St. in Graham and the Olney Community Library and Arts Center at 807 W. Hamilton St. in Olney.

The vision of three individuals in Graham has spawned national interest as the MOSH-1 off-grid solar container system looks to provide versatile solutions for the future of power.

The company’s mission is to provide sustainable clean energy meeting electrical needs in remote areas where no electrical infrastructure exists, or in a disaster situation. MOSH-1 utilizes a minimum of 22,000 watts of off-grid solar power that is stored in internal batteries.

An Olney man who accepted a plea deal in 2021 for indecency with a child by sexual contact was found guilty this week of violating conditions of his community supervision.

Michael Winslow, 80, of Olney, was found guilty of violating multiple conditions of community supervision during a motion to adjudicate hearing Tuesday, Oct. 29. The conditions were placed on him in October 2021 following his plea of 10 years deferred adjudication community supervision. 

Following an Olney Police Department and Texas Rangers investigation, Jasmine Alexis Kay Smith took a plea deal this week for three years deferred adjudication community supervision for criminally negligent homicide of an 8-month-old infant.

Smith, 28, of Jack County, accepted a plea agreement Tuesday, Oct. 29 of three years deferred adjudication community supervision and a fine of $750. 

An Olney man was indicted on charges of solicitation of a minor under 14 years old and promotion of prostitution related to an alleged incident in May.

A missing child investigation from the Olney Police Department led to the arrest Sunday, June 2 of Jordan Grayson, 30, of Olney. He was recently indicted by a Young County grand jury for the two charges.

A surge of voters came out for the first week of early voting in the November general election, with 1,131 ballots cast on the first day.

At the conclusion of the first week of early voting Sunday, Oct. 27, a total of 4,499 voters turned out to cast their ballots, or 36.25% of all 12,411 registered voters in Young County. 

This total is up from the first seven days of early voting in the 2020 November presidential election which had a total of 3,806 voters turn out to cast their ballots, or 32.2% of all 11,820 registered voters in the county.

For five decades the legacy of one family has lived in the walls and aisles of ACE Hardware/Buchanan Building Supply in Graham, providing service with a smile to generations of customers.

It was in the early 1970s that Curtis Buchanan was in business with his father as a homebuilder in the DFW area and got the call to move to Graham.

It was in 1949 that 19 community members came together with a common purpose: organizing a Baptist church in the north portion of Graham. Seventy-five years later, Bethel Baptist Church still stands strong welcoming and praying with the community.

November will mark the 75th anniversary of the organization of Bethel Baptist Church. The church will be hosting a celebration Sunday, Nov. 3 beginning with Sunday school at 9:45 a.m. 

A total of 23 cases were pleaded in the 90th Judicial District Court for September. Plea information is provided by the office of the 90th Judicial District Attorney. 

• Johanna Sharon Delira, 21, of Olney, pleaded guilty to the offense of intoxication manslaughter with vehicle, and was sentenced to eight years confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice – Institutional Division (TDCJ-ID), and was ordered to pay a $1,500 fine, court costs and restitution.