By Donnie A. Lucas In the continuing effort to contain the spread of -COVID-19 coronavirus, the old adage of “no news is good news” definitely applies. Shackelford County continues to hold the virus at bay with no new tests administered over the last week and only one positive case reported.

By Donnie A. Lucas No new tests for -COVID-19 were reported over the last week in Shackelford County, with the total holding at 28 negative tests.

By Melinda L. Lucas In a “socially distant” ceremony that looked much different than most Albany graduations in recent years, dozens of local scholarships were presented to members of the Albany High School Class of 2020 during commencement exercises held last Saturday morning, May 23.

By Donnie A. Lucas Shackelford County Commissioners added another county road to the list of roadways that will soon have speed limits posted, along with taking another step in the process of repaving the parking lot at the Courthouse, during a meeting held Tuesday.

By Lynsi Musselman It’s happening more frequently as the pandemic continues – residents who avoid calling 9-1-1 in time of need because of the fear of COVID-19 exposure.

By Lynsi Musselman Albany senior citizens are still waiting for the green light to meet in their new activity center.

By Melinda L. Lucas Members of the Shackelford County Hospital District’s board of directors met by “Uber conference” for the second month in a row, but tentatively plan to meet in person for the June 15 session.

By Donnie A. Lucas County judge Robert Skelton reported updated COVID-19 testing numbers for the county on Monday, with 27 of the 28 tests administered returning negative and one still pending.

By Lynsi Musselman In the absence of an Academic Banquet, Albany welcomed secondary students to the school individually last week to receive their awards in an informal recognition process.

By Melinda L. Lucas A new position of “administrative assistant to the superintendent” was approved by the Albany ISD board of trustees, and current secondary principal Edward Morales was moved to that role following a 30-minute closed session during Monday night’s regular meeting.