For the fourth year in a row, members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department will commemorate the events of the 9-11 attacks and honor the sacrifice firefighters made that day with their Walk Around the Courthouse on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

The Moran Independent School District board unanimously voted to accept the budget proposed by superintendent John Denson at its Thursday, Aug. 29 meeting.

Feed Store Sept. 18 TheAlbany Chest board willmeeetat5:15p.m.Sept.

Pick-up dates for the August distribution of the commodity food program provided by Shackelford County are today and tomorrow, Sept. 5-6.

A new teen program for students in grades 7-10 is being launched by the Old Jail Art Center on the second Tuesdayofeachmonth, starting Sept. 10.

The Albany Masonic Lodge is planning to sponsor the 6th annual First Responders Breakfast on Wednesday, Sept. 11.

Albany’s Cali Rose is offering weekly afterschool drama classes to students in fourth through sixth grade. The classes began Tuesday, Sept.

Mothers Day Out, a ministry of Matthews Memorial Presbyterian Church, will officially open its preschool tomorrow, Sept. 6, for the 2024-2025 school year, according to Meg Walser who is in her fourth year with MDO and her second year as director of the school.

Enrollment for local GED classes has already started, but it is not too late to sign up, according to instructor Kenzie Fairchild Anyone interested in enrolling in the free classes must bring a photo identification and Social Security card in order to sign up. Students must register fortheclass,aswellastake locatorexamsforlanguage artsandmathtodetermine where they need to start.

A total of four Albany High newspaper students have been named to the 2023-24 All-State Journalism Staff awarded by the Interscholastic LeaguePressConference. May graduates Sidney Russell and Robyn Trail each tallied the points required to earn a position on the statewide staff recognized by the Interscholastic League Press Conference, the journalism branch of the UIL.