Members of a local church are preparing for mission trips next week. FirstBaptistChurchhas sent a group to Del Rio the past several years, and this year is no different.

Tuesday’s program was the final installment in the 2024 summer children’s hour at the Shackelford County Library. Local EMS employees JeffHillandKraymerHarbold led Tuesday’s event, teaching bike safety to preschool and elementary age children.

Visitors and locals alike will be able to enjoy a variety of activities offered in Albany this weekend prior to the final two performances of the Fort Griffin Fandangle. Free events will be offered on Friday and Saturday including a quilt show, tracker organ concert, calliope concert, viewing the PicketHouse,longhornson the courthouse square, exhibits and crafts kits at the Old Jail Art Center, plus several other activities.

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Albany sent 16 youth to the Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes Leadership Camp, held Monday-Friday, June 1721 at Hardin-Simmons University. Local FCA representative Paul Johnston said the camp drew about 350 attendees, 62 of them from Johnston’s area.

Two new stones being added to the veterans monuments on the Shackelford CountyCourthouseSquare are now complete and will be installed next Tuesday, July 2. Mary Kay O’Connor, who headed up the campaign to raise funding for the structures, is inviting the public to come watch the monuments being set into place.

While a wetter spring has eased drought conditions, Shackelford County Commissioners adopted restrictions on fireworks in the county over the Fourth of July holiday at their Monday, June 24 meeting. Commissionersadopted a resolution that prohibits the sale, detonation, ignition or any use of fireworks classified as “skyrockets with sticks” and “missiles with fins” in any portion of the unincorporated area of Shackelford County.

‘Victory or Death’ letter to be discussed Any county residents interested in knowing more or commenting for or against a request from the Alamo Letter Society to place a plaque in the Shackelford County Courthouse or on the grounds are encouraged to attend the next commissioners courtmeeting on July 8. The meetings start at 9:00 a.m., with the public forum portion at the beginning.

The Shackelford County Rural Volunteer Fire Department had a busy week last week, responding to six calls. Chief Brad Henry said five of the outbreaks occurred along a stretch of State Highway 6 between Albany and Moran.

A bomb threat to the local Brookshire’s Grocery Store was answered by at least six city and county law enforcement officers on Saturday, June 22 at about 10:30 a.m. According to Shackelford County deputy Jason Price, Brookshire’s Asset Protection department detected the threat to several Brookshire’s locations, including Albany’s store, and contacted the local dispatchers.