By Melinda L. LucasShackelford County commissioners spent much of Monday’s regular meeting on two items on which no action was taken, although they will probably get back to both at a future date.

By Donnie A. LucasIn-person early voting started Monday for the May 7 constitutional amendment election and the Shackelford County Hospital District trustee election and continues through Tuesday, May 3.All voting is being conducted at the Shackelford County courthouse from 8:30 a.m. until 5:30 p.m.

By Donnie A. LucasAbout 125 tickets remain available for the Radney Foster concert set for Friday, April 29 at the Aztec Theater, with doors opening at 7:00 p.m. for the 8:00 p.m. show.

By Melinda L. LucasThe list of honor students in the 2022 Albany High School senior class was released last week, naming Luke Ivy as valedictorian and Sarah Cotter as salutatorian.Ivy, son of Paul and Ginny Ivy, has a near-perfect four-year average of 99.586.

By Sam WallerMoran senior Johnnie Hise will compete in Ready Writing at the Region II-1A academic meet Saturday, April 23 at San Angelo.Hise placed first in the event at the District 13-1A meet with an essay on inequalities between jobs in agriculture and other career fields.

A meteorological station has been constructed and is up and operational on the Sanders Compton Ranch, located just east-northeast of Albany.

By Melinda L. LucasThe second week in April is traditionally designated as National Public Safety Telecommunicators Week and last week,  April 10-16, local dispatchers were recognized for work they do behind the scenes.

By Donnie A. LucasOver 250 members and guests ventured to Rey­nolds Bend on the Matthews Ranch last Saturday for the annual Sampler of the Fort Griffin Fandangle, performed by a cast and crew of about 80.

By Melinda L. LucasThe ResourceCare Community Health Center will host a Murder Mystery Dinner fundraising event at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, May 5.

George “Clint” Barrett, DDs MD of Lubbock was recently recognized by Texas Monthly in an elite group of “Super Dentists of Texas for 2021.”The list of “Top Dentists in Texas” was published in a special advertising section in December 2021.Dr.