All residents from around the Shackelford County area are invited to attend the Albany Lions Club sponsored Memorial Day service held at the Aztec Theater on Monday, May 27, at 6:00 p.m. This is the second year that the Lions Club has been in charge of the annual event.

Twenty-eight Albany High School seniors will march into the AHS gymnasium Friday night, May 24, walk across the stage to receive their diplomas, stand to sing the Alma Mater together as a class one last time, and then step into their future.

One new teacher was hired and two resignations accepted during a May 20 meeting of the Albany school board.

A blood drive is scheduled to take place in Albany this afternoon, May 23, and Hendrick Regional Blood Center (formerly Meek Blood Center) will park its bloodmobile at First Baptist Church from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.  Blood drives in Albany have been sponsored by the Kiwanis Club for over 20...

Fandangle practices are going well, but some minor scheduling changes have been made, according to artistic director Lorna Ayers.  “Indian practice on Wednesdays will be at 7:30 p.m. from now on instead of 8:00 p.m.” Ayers said. “I encourage everyone to go online and get a new rehearsal schedule.”

Despite the early morning storm that wreaked havoc on plans for this year’s Polo on the Prairie, scheduled to take place last Saturday, May 18, at the Musselman Brothers’ Lazy 3 Ranch in Albany, the rains failed to dampen a record-breaking fundraising effort, according to MD Anderson program...

A monthly country and western musical will get underway this month on Saturday, May 25 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. at the Moran Community Center. Moran singer-songwriter M.L. “Marty” Clifford is coordinating the new event, which will probably be held on the fourth Saturday of each month.

Paul Cornelius with the Discovery Center Creation Museum  will speak at the Albany United Methodist Church this Sunday, teaching about Creation.

The Fort Griffin State Historical Site is hosting “Trail Driver Cooking: Historic Foodways of the Western Trail,” a special outdoor cooking event, on Saturday, May 25.

Parents whose children attended Nancy Smith Elementary School this spring and will return to the same campus next year are asked to go online and register for the upcoming school year using links for 2019-2020 Returning Student Registration link that were recently emailed..