The University Interscholastic League announced earlier this month that six students from Albany High School have been named to the 2017-2018 All-State Journalism Staff.

An Albany junior high runner earned his third top 10 medal in as many meets when local athletes participated in a Haskell event on Sept. 19. Eighth grader Isaiah Carrillo was sixth of 59 junior high boys in the two-mile course.

Kaylin New and Jesse Hawley were crowned as the 2018 Homecoming Queen and King during the halftime festivities in Moran on Friday, Sept. 14, during the Bulldogs’ non-district game with Sidney. Homecoming Queen Kaylin New has gone to Moran since the first grade.

An Albany Senior “bowl” making the rounds in Albany will be hard to miss and will help keep local seniors from “flushing” away their graduation night.  All proceeds from the lighthearted fundraiser will be used to provide a safe graduation night at Project Graduation 2019.

Albany alumni, students, and fans should make plans to join in the many Homecoming preparations and activities that will take place over the next few weeks. Current Albany students will elect the homecoming court next week. The theme for the parade this year was not yet known at press time.

Fall officially starts this Saturday, Sept. 22, and the Albany downtown area will soon be dressed for the autumn season.

The fourth annual Ft. Griffin BBQ Cook-Off is set to take place in downtown Albany the last weekend in September, and among the 20 or more teams that have paid the $150 registration fee to enter the event are some well-seasoned local veterans that took home prize money last year.

Shackelford County commissioners agreed to make adjustments to the Courthouse clock chimes and added repainting of the fire escapes as a change order during a session on Monday, Sept. 10.

This Saturday and Sunday, the Shackelford County show barn will host the 32nd Annual First Impressions Invitational Pig Sale, and organizers are expecting 19 consignors from four states to bring 125 pigs for the competition and sale.

The Albany Masonic Lodge hosted a breakfast for the First Responders of Shackelford County on Tuesday, Sept. 11, with 17 volunteers and emergency workers served.