By Sandy Morris While winter seems to have officially hit the Big Country area and the post-holiday COVID surge continues, many people are finding themselves in need of basic items of clothing and furniture.

By Sandy Morris As AISD students have begun their second semester of the 2020-2021 school year, students and parents are being reminded of the importance of school attendance due to the Texas Compulsory Attendance Law which mandates that students attend a minimum number of minutes each semester to...

By Sandy Morris With the spring semester comes the start of UIL academic contests, and Albany High School students are starting this season off with a virtual meet hosted by Haskell High School.

By Sandy Morris The Albany Independent School District will be closed on Monday, Jan. 18 in observance of Martin Luther King Day.  Classes will resume at the usual times on Tuesday, Jan. 19. AISD also will have a student holiday on Friday, Jan.

By Sandy Morris Plans are in place for the Hereford Ball set for Saturday, Feb. 27 at the Whitney Theater, with Chamber of Commerce members given first opportunity to buy tickets.  “All advertising tables are sold for the Hereford Ball,” said Jones.

By Sandy Morris Filing has now opened to any local residents who want to run for the various city council, hospital district, or school board positions in the Saturday, May 1 election. Filing is underway as of Wednesday and will close in one month on Friday, Feb. 12 at 5:00 p.m.

By Melinda L. Lucas Albany city council members awarded the administrative contract related to a Community Development Block Grant application to Public Management of Cleveland during a regular monthly meeting on Monday night, Jan. 11.

By Sandy Morris Old Man Winter made his presence known this past weekend when he blew into the area on Sunday, Jan. 10 and dumped as much as eight inches of snow in some parts of the Big Country.

By Melinda L. Lucas The much-anticipated coronavirus vaccine has still not made its way to Albany, but some Shackelford County citizens are finding a path to outside sources.

By Sandy Morris The Moran Independent School District resumed classes after the holiday break on Monday, Jan. 4. The next scheduled holiday for the district is Martin Luther King Day on Monday, Jan. 18 followed by Friday, Jan. 22 for the Shackelford County Livestock Show.