You may have noticed the paper looks and feels a little different this week. That’s because this issue marks the beginning of a new printing partnership for The Albany News. After many years of being printed in Lubbock, we’ve officially moved our printing operations to Midway Press in Dallas.

One of my favorite things to do is flip through the old Albany News vault books and see what life looked like in years gone by. Every now and then, something jumps off the page and feels just as relevant today as it did back then.

In peace I will lie down and sleep, for you alone, LORD, make me dwell in safety. -Psalm 4:8 (NIV)Sometime back, I walked into the living room and my son, Simon, was watching the 1960 movie “The Time Machine,” based on the H.G. Wells book by the same name.

Money Matters

By David H. WallerLast Tuesday night, I got a text from Melinda: “Check your email.” It was somewhat late, and I had a feeling something was up. Sure enough, when I opened my inbox, the subject line of the message confirmed it,  “Another Printer to Bite The Dust.

The Beatitudes, Part 2By Pastor B. AndersonText: Matthew 5:6–86. Blessed are they which do hunger and thirst after righteousness: for they shall be filled.7. Blessed are the merciful: for they shall obtain mercy.8. Blessed are the pure in heart: for they shall see God.

By David H. WallerThe final weekend of Fandangle is here. And while I’m certainly worn out—like the rest of my family—I always feel a twinge of sadness when the season comes to a close.Growing up in Fandangle, I didn’t know anything different.

“When Jesus stepped out of the boat onto the land, he was met by a man from the city who had demons…when he saw Jesus, he screamed, fell down before him and said with a loud voice, ‘What have you to do with me, Jesus, Son of the Most High God? I beg you, do not torment me.’” (From Luke 8:27-28)

I played with an 8-year-old girl around the corner. I was 8 also. She got polio and I never saw her again, except once being wheeled in a wheelchair to the car. How come her? I lived 150 feet from her house. Why not me?Then someone close to my age at 15 died. I asked, “Why?

By Lynsi PerryWhat started as a typical Friday on Main Street quickly turned into a scene involving an emergency vehicle from the Albany Volunteer Fire Department and several concerned citizens gathered around a large pecan tree behind the CenterWell Home Health office building, located at the...