By Kathy Thomson Licensed hunters ages 16 years and younger have opportunities this winter and spring to sharpen their skills and bring home some whitetail and turkey trophies, and adult hunters still have time to harvest wild game.  Dove season ended Sunday, Jan.

Color photo packets taken of high school varsity boys and girls, junior varsity boys, and junior high boys and girls basketball, taken by The Albany News are ready for pickup.  Pictures of the JV girls team haven’t been taken yet because of injuries and should be scheduled soon.

Prior to the Christmas break, AISD superintendent Jonathan Scott accepts a memorial plaque in honor of Albany “-Super Fans” Bobby Key and Glenn Key.

By Kathy Thomson For the fifth year in a row, trainers, owners, and highly skilled hunting dogs from across Texas and surrounding states are expected to travel to the Crooked Tree Ranch in Shackelford County for the Region 7 American Field Trial Clubs of America (AFTCA) Amateur All-Age...

For most people, breathing is automatic – the air goes in, the air goes out – they don’t even think about it. But for those with airway problems, especially children, it isn’t that simple.

By Kathy Thomson The Lady Bulldogs played three basketball games over the last couple of weeks, winning in Newcastle on Tuesday, Dec. 17, and then dropping matches on Dec. 20 and Dec. 30. Newcastle Moran held on to a close 30-29 victory over the Lady Bobcats.

By Kathy Thomson Students at the Moran Independent School System started the spring semester and the fourth grading period on Monday, Jan. 6, after a two-week long Christmas break. Tuesday, Jan.

As part of their commitment to education and training, concern for community and support of youth, four scholarships are available through Big Country Electric Cooperative and affiliates: •Big Country EC Academic Scholarship – Two $4,000 scholarships will be awarded to graduating seniors whose...

By Kathy Thomson Twenty-nineteen started off cold, with temperatures unwilling to climb above freezing until Jan. 3, but the year ended on a warm note, with unusually mild temperatures the final month and a half. During the course of the year, the weather was typical for this part of West Texas.

Dan Edward Chambers, 75, of Abilene, formerly of Albany, died Friday, Dec. 27, 2019 in an Abilene nursing home. No services are planned at this time. Dan was born July 19, 1944 in Lueders to Aubrey and Margie (Davis) Chambers. He attended Lueders/Avoca High School.