By Melinda L. LucasAn Albany blood drive is set for today, Nov. 17.Hendrick Regional Blood Center will park the bloodmobile at First Baptist Church at the usual time from 1:00 to 6:00 p.m.The blood center depends on volunteer blood donors to supply 100 percent of the blood that is used for patient...

By Donnie A. LucasTwelve new members were inducted into the Albany chapter of the National Honor Society last Sunday at the high school auditorium.The ceremony was conducted by current members, with the invocation and welcome by Presley Green, history of NHS by Ashley Richards, and the four...

By Donnie A. LucasThe Albany Junior High theater class presented the comedy “Once Upon a Clothesline” by Aurand Harris for the public on Tuesday, and in One Act Play competition on Wednesday in Stamford.Results of the district contest Wednesday were not available at press time.The play includes 12...

By Donnie A. LucasAlbany elementary and junior high students are entering the UIL competition window starting this week with the one-act play competition and writing events.Students in grades two through five will compete in the elementary division, while students in grades six through eight are in...

By Donnie A. LucasAlbany students and staff members will be dismissed starting at 3:00 p.m. next Tuesday for the Thanksgiving holidays.Unlike past years, classes will be in session for a full day rather than having an early release.“The input we got back from teachers and parents when we were doing...

By Sam WallerFor Friendship Baptist Church members, the annual Harvest Acres bazaar offers an opportunity to include people from outside the congregation in the congregation’s efforts to help those in need throughout the community.The church’s sixth annual bazaar will start at 9:00 a.m. Saturday,...

By Sam WallerAlbany Methodist Church will host the Albany Community Thanksgiving Service at 6:00 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 20.Church member Annette Harris said she felt the need to help bring the event back after it wasn’t held last year.“Some people liked having this,” Harris said.

By Sam WallerAlbany Methodist Church is conducting its annual pie drive to help the Abilene Salvation Army with its Thanksgiving meal.Local residents can contribute by bringing homemade or purchased pies to the church’s Fellowship Hall by noon on Tuesday, Nov. 22.“If people want to bring pies and...

By Donnie A. LucasRehearsals continued this week for the 2022 production of “The Nativity,” scheduled for two performances on Dec. 10 and 11 at the Aztec Theater.Practices for each scene started two weeks ago.“The sets will start going up on the stage beginning Sunday and continuing next week,”...

By Sam WallerDeadline for two holiday programs conducted by the Albany Ministerial Alliance is rapidly approaching.Applications for the Alliance’s Believe Tree for Teens and Christmas Basket campaigns are due Friday, Nov. 18.Believe Tree for Teens provides gifts for approximately 40 junior high and...