The City of Moran Volunteer Fire Department recently converted a 2.5-ton Stewart Stevenson into a firefighting machine.

By Sandy Morris Moran junior Johnnie Hise earned third place in Ready Writing at the UIL Region 2 Academic meet at Angelo State University and will advance to the state competition on May 1 at Abilene Wylie High School.

Photo packages for local Little League and t-ball participants will be ready for pickup on Monday, May 3.

By Sandy Morris First Baptist Church Children’s Ministry will host a hamburger lunch fundraiser at the FBC Fellowship Hall from 11:30 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 2. The brown bag lunch will be ‘grab and go’ and will include a hamburger, chips, drink, and dessert.

By Sandy Morris The Albany sixth grade band attended the Clyde Beginner Band Festival on Saturday, April 24 and earned straight division 1 ratings for their performance of “The Buglers” by Edmondson and “Star Wars” by Williams, arranged by Strommen.

Parents of Albany High School graduating seniors are reminded to gather baby pictures for The Albany News’ upcoming graduation section. Pictures are due by the end of next week, on Thursday, May 6, if possible.

By Sandy Morris Parents and family members are reminded that the Nancy Smith Elementary School Scholastic Book Fair is in progress though Sunday, May 2. The book fair is sponsored by the PTO and is being held virtually this year with a goal of selling 647 books.

By Sandy Morris Registration for Head Start classes will continue and a pre-registration process for kindergarten for the 2021-2022 school year will get underway at Nancy Smith Elementary School next week on Tuesday, May 4.

By Sandy Morris Members of the local 4-H club participated in a Prairie Polo clinic on Saturday, April 24 with 12 in attendance, according to Shackelford County extension agent and 4-H sponsor Kloey Painter.

Albany High School graduate Megan Anderson Jimenez was recently honored as the Edwin and Agnes Jennings Teaching Excellence TLC Elementary Teacher of the Year for Abilene Independent School District.