Four Albany students who earned seats on the All-Region bands for high school and junior high during tryouts in December will play in separate concerts overthenextfewdays. Eighth graders Charlee Patterson and Karlyn Thompson earned seats on the junior high All-Area band.

Albany students and staffreturnedbacktoschool this week after after a two and a half-week Christmas break, but they will again have holidays next week. Students will have their next holiday on Monday, Jan.

The mile-long bridge on US Highway 180 over Hubbard Creek Reservoir was reopened to traffic by TxDOT on Sunday, Jan. 7 following repairs to at least one of the concrete support beams underneath the structure.

With the filing period for local elections opening next Wednesday, Jan. 17 and those elections coming up on May 4, county clerk Cheri Hawkins reminds local voters that they can apply for an “annual ballot” for 2024 that will cover both this year’s state and national elections, as well as the local decisions.

The Shackelford Youth and Livestock Association met Tuesday, Dec. 19, to finalize plans for this year’s county stock show.

ThomasKeithHumber, a long-time Albany resident, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, Dec. 27 in Frisco, Texas. Tom was born onApril 14, 1936, at the family homestead on the farm owned by his parents, Walter and Lena Belle Humber. He was the oldest of the three siblings – Tom, Dick, and Harriet.

The Shackelford Youth and Livestock Association met Tuesday, Dec. 19, to finalize plans for this year’s county stock show.

The mile-long bridge on US Highway 180 over Hubbard Creek Reservoir has been closed to traffic since Dec. 22 following an emergency inspection prompted by debris being observed falling from underneath the west end.

ush Just a few days before Christmas, more than $11,000 was still needed to reach the Albany Community Chest’s 2023 goal of $45,000. Then, with last-minute and year-end giving, the campaign surged, and a report earlier this weekshowedthatcontributions had moved well over the 100 percent mark.

Jason Boland’s band Tickets are now on sale for the Feb. 17 concert by Jason Boland and the Stragglers at theAztec Theater in downtown Albany.