By Lynsi Musselman Feed Store youth coordinator Kathryn Hamilton will soon be leaving for Wisconsin, but before she goes she would like to have one last worship night with local youth. The worship night is planned for junior and high school students on Saturday, Aug. 1 at 8:00 p.m.

By Lynsi Musselman First Baptist Church Albany cancelled its mission trip this year but did not cancel the mission.

Suitably attired in 2020-appropriate face masks, Moran Masonic Lodge #863 officers John Adams (l) and Bob Estes (r) were installed for their upcoming terms during a joint Masonic Lodge installation ceremony last Saturday morning, July 18 at the Clyde Masonic Lodge building, with members present...

By Lynsi Musselman The first day of the 2020-2021 school year for Albany Independent School District begins in just five weeks, and AISD administrators are currently trying to decide the details of just how that will happen.  With school scheduled to start on Aug.

By Lynsi Musselman Camp Jam, meaning Jesus and me, is ready to kick into full gear Thursday, July 16. The camp, organized by First Baptist Church, will host youth going into eighth through 12th grades.

By Lynsi Musselman Community Vacation Bible School 2020 will begin Sunday, July 26 and continue through Wednesday, July 29 at First Baptist Church Albany. “Concrete and Cranes” will begin Sunday at 5:00 p.m. with dinner in the fellowship hall. Activities start at 5:30 p.m.

By Lynsi Musselman Camp Jam, organized by First Baptist Church, will begin Thursday, July 16 and end Sunday, July 19.  The Disciple Now style camp is for campers going into eighth through 12th grades.

By Melinda L. Lucas For the second time in two weeks, the Albany ISD board of trustees hired a band director for the 2020-2021 school year.

By Melinda L. Lucas A car chase that began in Albany ended on the other side of Stephens County’s One-Mile Bridge with the arrest of a 36-year-old woman on Saturday afternoon. Just after 1:00 p.m.

By Lynsi Musselman There will be no Chamber of Commerce lunch this Friday, July 3 in observance of Independence Day weekend. Chamber manager Mary Beth Jones said the Chamber lunches will begin again at the Icehouse on Friday, July10 at 12:00 noon.