First Baptist Church members are serving a chili and bean supper tomorrow night, Oct. 12, from 5:30 p.m. until the start of the homecoming football game at 7:00 p.m., and everyone is invited to attend the fundraiser.

Shackelford County senior adults (50 and up) are invited to attend the Shackelford County Resource Center’s October senior luncheon to be held on Friday, Oct. 19 at the Youth Center beginning at 11:00 a.m. “For October we will have a murder mystery luncheon,” program assistant Ragan Riley said.

A special homecoming mum and garter fundraiser for the Albany FCCLA is continuing through 10:00 a.m. today (Thursday).

It seems as if the very possibility of a fleet of freshly washed and polished classic trucks parked side by side for a truck show in Albany in the fall of the year is enough to inspire clouds to gather, and the third annual Shifters Car Club Truck Show, currently scheduled for the rain-out day on...

The third annual Shifters Car Club Truck Show will take place on Saturday, Oct. 13, and truck fanciers are welcome to enter a 1987 or older vehicle and compete for prizes, or to walk through the trucks exhibited in downtown Albany for the event and take a stroll down memory lane.

Over 450 area elementary and middle school students and teachers are already signed up to attend Living History Days at Fort Griffin State Historic Site on Friday, Oct. 12 to visit the fort and interact with about 100 reenactors portraying day-to-day life in the real Old West.

The Albany High School class of 1988 will host the fourth annual Junior Garcia Memorial Golf Tournament on Saturday, Oct. 13 at the local golf course, starting at 8:00 a.m., with proceeds going to help support local charities and scholarships for local graduates.

Pick-up dates for the October distribution of the commodity food program are Oct. 4 and Oct. 5, and recipients must pick up their October bags this week in order to be given a special holiday bag next month.

Albany local medical professionals are advising Shackelford County residents to get vaccinated before the beginning of the flu season following last Thursday’s announcement by national public health and medical groups that kicked off the 2018-2019 flu vaccine campaign.

Ticket holders are encouraged to arrive at the Friends of Fort Griffin 15th Annual Gala at the Collins Creek Ranch this Saturday, Oct. 6, as early in the evening as they can, because Doug Moreland will give a demonstration of his chainsaw carving abilities as soon as the gates to the ranch open for...