By Melinda L. Lucas The Old Jail Art Center will celebrate International Kite Month with a first ever Kites Around the World Family Festival on Saturday, March 7.

The Hendrick Regional Blood Center bloodmobile will be at Albany High School next Monday, March 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., then at First Baptist Church on Thursday, March 5 from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.

By Melinda L. Lucas Almost 93 percent of the 2019 tax levy had been collected with the required Jan.

By Donnie A. Lucas It was a true cat fight in Tuscola on Monday, with the Lions and the Christoval Cougars clawing their way to a 33-33 tie at the end of regulation time in the bi-district round of the Class 2A playoffs.

By Kathy Thomson County winners at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo last week included several family members, two of whom claimed second place ribbons in back-to-back swine classes on Monday, Feb. 17.

By Melinda L. Lucas A few members of Albany High School’s tennis team saw their first action of the 2020 season on Feb. 20, traveling to Rose Park in Abilene to participate in the Hawley Invitational Tournament.

By Kathy Thomson Children at Nancy Smith Elementary School will join others around the nation observing Read Across America Day next Monday, March 2. Read Across America Day was inaugurated in 1998 by the National Education Association, and is held every year in early March.

By Donnie A. Lucas Advancing to the third round of the Class 2A playoffs for the first time in 25 years, the Lady Lions faced the familiar Stamford Lady Bulldogs on Tuesday, suffering a season-ending 49-39 loss.

By Kathy Thomson The season of Lent began on Feb. 26, Ash Wednesday, and at least two local churches have special activities during the weeks leading up to Easter, which will be cele-brated on April 12. Trinity Lutheran Church members will host a Lent service at 7:00 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas Junior high track teams traveled to Knox City on Monday, earning a number of medals and ribbons. The four teams will compete at Breckenridge on Tuesday, March 3, starting at 3:30 p.m. Results for both girls teams were received, but records weren’t kept for the boys teams.