By Lynsi Musselman The Albany Chamber of Commerce and Beverly Rogers, captain of Team Albany, are getting prepared for the ‘cruse night’ event this weekend that is being held to help end the fight for Alzhiemer’s.

By Lynsi Musselman Albany ISD superintendent Jonathan Scott said Homecoming 2020 plans are “a go” and preparations are already underway. The homecoming game is planned for Friday, Oct. 2 at 7:00 p.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas Local organizations who plan to apply for funding from the Albany Chest need to finish and submit their applications by 5:00 p.m. Friday afternoon, Oct. 2.

By Lynsi Musselman The Shackelford County 4-H horse program gets started with the first 2020 horse clinic on Thursday, Oct. 1 at 5:30 p.m. The clinic will be held at the county show barn.

Albany residents are invited to help display cut cane and fall leaves down Main Street this Saturday, Sept. 26 at 9:00 a.m. Albany Chamber of Commerce treasurer Lisa Barton encouraged volunteers to help make the town look like fall.

By Lynsi Musselman Teri Lucas, Cub Scout leader for Albany, will hold a meeting for current Scout members and any youth that would like to sign up to be a Cub Scout at 6:00 p.m. Monday, Sept. 28 at the Scout building.

By Lynsi Musselman Members of the National Honor Society have met to elect officers to lead their organization over the next nine months.

By Lynsi Musselman Albany Independent School District will deliver electronic report cards only, starting with the end of this upcoming six weeks on Thursday, Oct. 1. The online report cards will be made available through the Ascender Parent Portal program using the primary parent’s account.

By Lynsi Musselman ASPIRE  will get underway at Nancy Smith Elementary School on Monday, Sept. 28 from 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. ASPIRE, standing for Active Student Participation Inspires Real Engagement, is for third and fourth grade students and is held weekly Monday through Wednesday.

By Lynsi Musselman This Sunday, Sept. 27 at 5:00 p.m., members of the Ministerial Alliance invite Albany residents to an all-community prayer event at the Feed Store.  Ministerial Alliance president Jeff Turner said there will be a national call to prayer in Washington D.C. on Saturday, Sept.