Preliminary plans for a new housing development are currently being made by the City of Albany and its Economic DevelopmentCorporation,with a total of 42 acres being cleared by city employees, according to city manager Billy Holson.

ShackelfordCounty4-H memberstookpartinanarchery contest as part of the shooting sports program Friday-Saturday, March 15-16 at Graham. “We didn’t have any placings, but we were excited tohaveagroupofkids go,” Shackelford County extension agent Kelsey Bell said.

The Old JailArt Center has been approved by the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) for a Challenge America award of $10,000, according to an announcement made last month by the NEA. The grant will support the Cell Series of exhibitions featuring works by living artists within the cells of its repurposed 1877 jail structure.

TheMoranIndependent School District board voted unanimously at its Monday, March 18 meeting to adopt the proposed school calendar for the 2024-25 school year. The district will adopt a four-day week for the third year in a row.

Four Shackelford County youth helped usher in a new era earlier this month at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, competing intheshow’sfirstjunior ranch rodeo. TheeventwasheldSunday, March 3 at Houston’s NRG Arena.

Four Albany participants made the sale with their livestock projects last week at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo. ShowinginInWave1,Tatum Grady placed sixth with her Hampshire barrow and Callan Edgar placed 10th with a Cross barrow.

Two online video project teams of the Albany FCCLAreceived word that they will advance directly totheNationalLeadership Conference in Seattle during June to present their projects. Only the top 15 online entries across the country advance to the national competition.

Information from the Fort Griffin Special Utilities District (FGSUD) for last week’s Albany News wasmisinterpretedtomean that longtime board member Burrell McKelvain was planning to withdraw his candidacy from the upcoming May 4 election.

Cheerleader tryouts for the 2024-2025 school year were held on Friday, March 8 prior to dismissal for spring break. Several adjustments were made in this year’s tryouts, including the change back to just one high school varsity squad.