By Kathy Thomson Several local 4-H students will compete at the district 4-H Food Challenge in San Angelo next Wednesday, Jan. 22. “I will be taking three teams to the competition,” said Shackelford County agent Kloey Painter.

The city of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $37,143 from the state this January. The amount is down 28.52 percent from the $51,963 payment received in January of 2019. The city of Moran will receive a net payment of $1,444 this period for a 2.

The deadline to signup boys and girls for Little Dribblers basketball is next Wednesday, Jan. 22, and parents of children who are interested in playing this year need to turn in their paperwork soon. The league is open to local youth from eight years of age (as of Jan.

By Kathy Thomson School holidays, stock shows, cheer tryouts, and basketball games are all scheduled to take place over the next few weeks. Friday, Jan. 17 is an optional/required fifth day for Moran students. On Monday, Jan.

By Melinda L. Lucas Rodney Alexander, Albany’s mayor for the past five years, suffered what is believed to be a brain aneurysm last week and died less than 24 hours later in a Dallas hospital. Alexander, 51, collapsed at his home late Monday night, Dec.

By Kathy Thomson Only a few cases of influenza have been seen at the Resource Center or at the school so far this winter, but quite a few patients seen by the medical staff at the Shackelford County Health Clinic have tested positive for influenza, according to administrator Jera Fairley.

By Kathy Thomson New voter registration cards were mailed in December, and everyone who is registered to vote in Shackelford County should have received a 2020 voter registration card by the end of this week. Those who are not registered to vote still have time.

By Kathy Thomson Licensed hunters ages 16 years and younger have opportunities this winter and spring to sharpen their skills and bring home some whitetail and turkey trophies, and adult hunters still have time to harvest wild game.  Dove season ended Sunday, Jan.

For most people, breathing is automatic – the air goes in, the air goes out – they don’t even think about it. But for those with airway problems, especially children, it isn’t that simple.

By Kathy Thomson Students at the Moran Independent School System started the spring semester and the fourth grading period on Monday, Jan. 6, after a two-week long Christmas break. Tuesday, Jan.