A hamburger fundraiser hosted by members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department is set for this Sunday, Oct. 14 to benefit longtime fire chief Kyle Tischler. The meal will be held at the city fire station from 12:00 noon to 2:00 p.m. on Sunday.

Members of the Albany Mainstreet Playhouse will host a high school reunion themed murder mystery dinner in the reception room and patio (weather permitting) of the Aztec Theater at 6:30 p.m. on Oct. 16 and Oct. 18. “Come wearing your school memorabilia,” AMP representative Lorna Ayers said.

It seems as if the very possibility of a fleet of freshly washed and polished classic trucks parked side by side for a truck show in Albany in the fall of the year is enough to inspire clouds to gather, and the third annual Shifters Car Club Truck Show, currently scheduled for the rain-out day on...

About 25,000 tax statements will be mailed in the next couple of weeks, as local property owners find out what they will owe in taxes for this year.

Eleven upperclassmen from Moran High School traveled to Cisco Tuesday, Oct. 2, to attend a college fair held at the Myrtle Wilks Community Center.

The annual membership meeting of the Fort Griffin Fandangle Assocation is scheduled to be held at the Albany Visitors Center on Monday, Oct. 15 at 5:30 p.m. Reports about the 2018 outdoor show and a motion to hold the Fandangle in 2019 are expected.

Pick-up dates for the October distribution of the commodity food program are Oct. 4 and Oct. 5, and recipients must pick up their October bags this week in order to be given a special holiday bag next month.

At least one Albany resident has been approached recently by phone scammers, and he is warning other local residents to be on the alert.

Students at the secondary campus recently elected their class officers for Albany Junior/Senior High School’s 2018-2019 school year, and those officers are already busy getting their classmates organized for Homecoming activities and for the upcoming Fall Fest.

Local groups and exes are invited to join the parade for the Albany High School homecoming celebration this year.