By Sandy Morris The recent winter blast pushed back several events scheduled for last week, including the worship night at The Feed Store.  Feed Store Executive Director Tisha Wilkins said the worship night, featuring speaker Riley Israel, has been rescheduled for Wednesday, Feb. 24.

By Sandy Morris Local pastors are working on plans for the Ministerial Alliance’s Easter Community Service.

By Sandy Morris Students at Nancy Smith Elementary School have been challenged to read about America during the month of February.

By Sandy Morris Project Graduation organizers have announced their next fundraiser for the annual celebration held for Albany’s graduating seniors. Senior parent and organizer Tisha Wilkins reported this week that the next fundraiser will be a ‘To-Go’ lunch starting at 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, Feb.

Albany High School graduate Maggy Karl has earned the honor of being placed on Tarleton State University’s Scholastic Honors College of Business Dean’s List for the fall 2020 semester. Karl is attending TSU online and is classified as a sophomore.

Max Balliew earned the honor of being on Tarleton’s Scholastic Honors Dean’s List in the Fall 2020 semester.  This distinction is the University’s way of honoring and celebrating academic achievements from the spring semester.

By Sandy Morris The Moran varsity boys’ basketball team was scheduled to wrap up its season last week with games against May and Baird. The game against Baird was cancelled and will not be made up.   Moran athletes will now move into track and tennis seasons. Moran vs.

By Donnie A. Lucas The Albany Lions locked up a basketball playoff berth with their regular win over Haskell on Feb. 9, ending up with second place in District 10-2A after Anson lost to Cisco last Friday. The Lions (10-6, 9-3) will face Petrolia (14-8, 7-4) on Friday, Feb.

By Donnie A. Lucas Several Albany football players were selected for positions on the All-Big Country Football Super Team, as well as the Class 2A teams for the area. Three local players were named to one of the Super Teams, which is comprised of players ranging from Class 1A through 6A.

By Melinda L. Lucas A meeting of those interested in the Albay Girls Softball Association was postponed from its original time on Feb. 17 to next Wednesday, Feb. 24, according to association president Jacey Shack. The meeting will be held at the Scout Hut starting at 7:00 p.m.