Employees at Albany Food Mart were startled, then stunned on Tuesday afternoon when a power pole crashed through the roof of the building. “There were two people here, no customers, just the boss and me,” Tammy Boland said.“WethoughtLion Fuels blew up.

Albany artist Michael Christopher Matson and his sculpture “This Way Up” will be featured in the 38th biennial Outdoor Sculpture Exhibition in downtown Abilene, which willbecelebratedtheweekend of Sept. 20-21.

MISD classes to get underway Aug. 5 Moran Independent School District will hold its annual Meet the Teacher Night at 6:00 p.m.

Several Albany residents recently returned from a week-long mission trip to Belize. The group joined organizers Dee and Donnie Fitts of Seymour for their second trip to Bermudian Landing, a small rural village about 45 minutes from Belize City, according to local leader, Becky Wills.

Pick-up dates for the July distribution of commodity foods will fall on Thursday and Friday, Aug. 1-2.

Closet Angels will remain closed for the rest of July, but work is ongoing for the ministry’s Back to School Bash. TheBacktoSchoolBash is scheduled for 5:00-7:00 p.m.

“Breaker Rock Beach” is the theme of this year’s VBS, highlighting God’s rock-solid truth in a world of shifting sands. The program, for children Pre-K through sixth grade,willbeheld5:30-8:20 p.m.

Albany ISD administrators finished filling a somewhat lengthy hiring list of teachers and paraprofessionals this week for the upcoming school year.

Albany High School students entering grades 11 and 12 during the upcoming school year will again have the opportunity to take dual credit courses that earn course credit for both high school and college.

Summer band camp started this week for the Ragin’ Red Band with the percussion section including the front ensemble learning new music in preparation for the fall marching season. Brass and woodwind players will join the drum line and pit starting Monday, July 29.