By Donnie A. Lucas After almost a three-month lull in activity, local student athletes who will enter grades 7-12 next fall have their first opportunity to start supervised workouts that include both conditioning and limited sport-specific training.

By Melinda L. Lucas Five of the eight local senior athletes who were selected to participate in this summer’s FCA All-Star games were presented last week with personalized items they would normally have received as part of the festival events.

By Donnie A. Lucas More teams have signed up for the annual Fathers Day Golf Tournament set for June 20-21 at the Albany Golf Course.

By Donnie A. Lucas Albany Little League games started this week despite a lengthy delay from the original start date due to the coronavirus pandemic. Both major and minor teams will play three days per week during a shortened season scheduled to end by June 30.

By Lynsi Musselman The Feed Store reopened Monday for summer hours. The Feed Store’s normal hours will be Monday, Tuesday, Friday, and Saturday from 4:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Thursday hours are 3:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m., and the facility is closed Wednesday and Sunday.

By Lynsi Musselman While churches across the state of Texas and in Albany adjust to ever changing guidelines and restrictions, they continue to prepare for the safest way to be with their congregations both in person and virtually.

By Lynsi Musselman The unofficial start of summer 2020 is here and camp planning is underway at First Baptist Church Albany. Camp JAM will be July 16 to 19 for campers going into eighth through 12th grades.

The family of Elgin Ray (Punk) Jones and Mary Belle (Steddum) Jones proudly announce their 70th wedding anniversary. Punk and Mary Belle were reared in Shackelford County. They met in 1940 when the Jones family moved to Albany, Texas next door to the Steddum family.

Callahan-Shackelford Counties Farm Bureau directors announce that substantial donations have been made to food programs in Callahan and Shackelford counties.

By Donnie A. Lucas Albany youth who usually spend much of their summer vacation attending local sports camps will have to wait a little longer to see if the use of school facilities is allowed.