By Kathy Thomson MERGE high school youth group met at The Feed Store on Monday, Sept. 9 at 7:30 p.m. “Spencer Newsom and Kathryn Hamilton are doing both the junior high and high school groups this year,” said Feed Store director Tisha Wilkins.

By Kathy Thomson Longtime Lion head football coach Denney Faith’s dedication and contributions to the Albany Independent School District, students, athletes, coworkers, and others in Albany were recognized at the start of last Friday night’s home football game when the playing field was officially...

By Kathy Thomson Albany Kids Tennis Club will be holding practices at 4:30 p.m. on each of the remaining three Mondays of this month, Sept. 16, 23, and 30.

By Kathy Thomson The 12th Annual Albany Kiwanis Charity/John Rose & Jim Law Memorial Golf Tournament and Fajita Fiesta will take place at the Albany Golf Course on Friday, Sept. 27. Individuals and businesses can help sponsor the Albany K Charity Scholarship Fund.

By Kathy Thomson The playing field at Robert Nail Stadium will officially be known as “Faith Field” after a ceremony tomorrow, Sept. 6, at 7:15 p.m., shortly before the Albany Lions’ first home football game of the 2019 season.

By Melinda L. Lucas Visitors are invited to enjoy an afternoon lecture about “Law & Order in Depression Era Texas,” followed by light refreshments at the Old Jail Art Center’s Focus Lecture scheduled to take place from 2:00 to 3:00 p.m. this Saturday, Sept. 7.

By Kathy Thomson With the fall stock show season already underway, Shackelford County 4-H, Albany FFA, and Moran FFA students have a workday scheduled this Saturday, Sept. 7, starting at 8:00 a.m. to prepare the local show barn for upcoming events.

The annual “Dollars for Bob’s Scholarships” fundraising drive gets underway later this month. Sponsored by the Albany Ex-Students Association, the campaign traditionally starts the week of Robert Nail’s birth date, Sept. 13. This is the 52nd anniversary of the first scholarship.

By Kathy Thomson Area churches will once again host the successful and popular after-game fellowships following each of the Albany Lions’ home football games for 2019.

By Kathy Thomson The 2019 dove season started on Sunday, Sept. 1 with mixed reviews expressed by those in Shackelford County. Some hunters saw a lot of dove, and others only a few, according to local game warden Jacob Mort.  “It was an average start to a season,” Mort said.