Ash Wednesday is next week, and at least two Albany churches will have special services that evening. Trinity Lutheran Church will hold a service at 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, March 6.  Jesus of Nazareth Catholic Church has Mass scheduled for 5:45 p.m. on Ash Wednesday.

The city of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $50,966 from the state this February. The amount is down 15.20 percent from the $60,108 payment received in February of 2018. Payments to date for the 2019 year to the city of Albany are $102,929, down by 0.

The Methodist Women’s group invites everyone in the community to enjoy lunch at First United Methodist’s annual fundraising Mexican pile-on dinner this coming Sunday, Feb. 24. The meal consists of seasoned ground beef, tortilla chips, lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, onions, and additional trimmings.

The regular dominos crowd, plus a few extras, helped Louise Shelton (front, c) cele-brate her 103rd birthday with a few brisk games of “42” last Friday afternoon at the local library. Shelton is a frequent winner and attends the games almost every week.

Moran High School student JT Holland placed fifth in class 35 medium weight European cross steers at the Fort Worth Livestock Show earlier this month, earning a spot in the exhibition’s Sale of Champions.

Dakota Fowler, head girls coach at Moran High School, was chosen to be one of the volleyball coaches for the upcoming Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival. Coaches and players for the teams were announced on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Beltway South in Abilene.

The Albany Independent School District and the City of Albany will both hold elections on May 4, while the other three local governing bodies, the Shackelford County hospital district, the Moran city council, and the Moran school board do not have any contested races and are expected to cancel...

A quorum of Shackelford County Hospital District (SCHD) directors voted to order a new ambulance at a cost of $199,775, a purchase that has been discussed for several months and which is included in the 2019 budget.

Shackelford County 4-H and FFA members brought back an assortment of prizes from the San Angelo Stock Show recently. “It was a stellar outing for Shackelford County, especially following the wins at Fort Worth,” said Albany ag instructor Chris Beard. “It’s pretty exciting to see all the successes.

The Texas Junior Livestock Association held its 39th annual year end awards at the Will Rogers Memorial Auditorium during the Fort Worth livestock show, and two local youth placed in the cattle divisions.