AISD observes Dyslexia Awareness
October is Dyslexia Awareness Month. Albany ISD Dyslexia Coordinator Kristie Smith serves students on both elementary and secondary campuses.
Band earns ‘excellent’ rating at UIL contest
The Albany Ragin’ Red Band brought home a Division II rating from the UIL Marching contest held Monday in Abilene.
StuCo to trick-or-treat Sunday
Albany residents might seesomespooksandgoblins a few days early this weekend but all for a good cause. The Albany Jr./Sr.
Food drive concludes Friday
This year’s food drive contest between Albany and Cross Plains school districts ends today, Oct. 24.
Tax statements to be mailed soon
About 25,000 tax statements will be mailed in the next week or so, as local property owners find out what they will owe in taxes for this year.
AISD board looks at facility options
The Albany school board discussed the condition of the district’s facility, focusing especially on the secondary campus Monday during the regular October meeting.
County road complaints addressed
Several residents of Pct. 1 presented complains about roads, the 2023 audit was reviewed, and the county’s technology consultant was officially changed during a regular Shackelford County commissioners session held on Tuesday, Oct.
New pecan sculpture dedicated
It was quite a birthday party for Shackelford County over the weekend, with numerous events marking the milestone 150th anniversary of the signing of a charter that officially created the county in 1874. “The 150th events all came off great,” 150 Club chairman David Waller said.
Agreement approved by city council
Most of Monday’s hourlong meeting of the Albany city council was spent comprehending and discussing a proposed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) recently drafted by Shackelford County emergency management coordinator and sheriff Ed Miller and Albany VolunteerfirechiefJoel Viertelwithhelpfromcounty...
Fort hosts Living History Days
What was possibly the last Living History Days at Fort Griffin State Historic Site drew several hundred visitors Oct. 11-12..
