The Lady Bulldogs split games last week, defeating Strawn in three sets on Tuesday, Sept. 11, and then falling in straight sets to Newcastle last Saturday. The junior high and varsity teams hosted Hawley on Tuesday, Sept. 18, but results were not available at press time.

Shackelford County 4-H member Johnnie Hise, a freshman at Moran High School, won several ribbons in the youth clothing division of the West Texas Fair and Rodeo this month and, after all the results from the category were tallied, she also won the overall award in youth clothing.

The third annual Shifters Car Club Truck Show will entice nostalgia buffs and truck enthusiasts to downtown Albany this Saturday, Sept. 22, to see antique vehicles, hot rod pickups, and classic work trucks lined up side by side for judging and viewing.

Everyone is invited to celebrate the Chinese mid-autumn moon at a free family festival hosted by the Old Jail Art Center on Saturday, Sept. 22, from 12:00 noon until 3:00 p.m.

With more than half of the intended application time for the Albany ISD superintendent post already gone, AISD trustees discussed the possibility of extending the process until the end of the year during a regular meeting on Monday, Sept. 17.

The biography of world champion bull rider Lane Frost is told in 8 Seconds, a 1994 movie that will be shown at the Aztec Theater this Saturday, Sept. 22 for $6 per ticket or as part of the Reel Deal series for season ticket holders. The Aztec box office will open at 6:00 p.m.

A quorum of Shackelford County Hospital District directors okayed the proposed budget and tax rate at an abbreviated meeting on Monday, Sept. 17.

State Senator Charles Perry and State Representative Mike Lang will host a joint Town Hall meeting for Shackelford County residents next Wednesday, Sept. 26 at the Aztec Theater in downtown Albany. The hour-long forum from 4:30 to 5:30 p.m.

Albany High School senior Madison Wilkins and Moran High School senior Khloe New were named Lions Club co-sweethearts for 2018-19.

Shackelford County senior adults (50 and up) are invited to attend the Shackelford County Resource Center’s September senior luncheon to be held on Friday, Sept. 21 at the Youth Center beginning at 11:00 a.m. “The meal time is a little earlier,” said program assistant Ragan Riley.