Tommy and Karen Noble of Albany are pleased to announce the engagement of their daughter, Kallie, to Jack Griffin, son of Kevin and Terri Griffin of Danville, California.

Andrea Danette Pharris and Brandon Scott C.C. Burnett were united in marriage on Sunday March 3, 2019 at 3:33 p.m. at Plantation on the Bay in Beach City, Texas.  The bride is the daughter of Randy Edward Pharris and Janice Michelle Carr. The groom is the son of Pastor Jay and Debbie Burnett.

Newt Koemel, a 2016 Albany High graduate and a current alternate member of the Texas Tech Meat Judging Team, placed among the top individuals at the Houston Livestock Show competition this month.

In two months, high school seniors will march across the stage, receive their diplomas, and walk into the next chapter of their lives, one that will no longer include seeing all of the same classmates, many of whom they’ve known since kindergarten and have gone to school with every day.

Shackelford County Hospital District directors learned that a new ambulance approved at the February meeting will cost about $10,000 less than expected.

Winners from Abilene, Anson, Stamford, and Wylie were announced by the Old Jail Art Center’s Junior Docents at the opening reception of the museum’s 14th annual Student Art Show, “Talking Back 2019,” on Saturday, March 9.

According to the calendar, spring arrived yesterday, March 20, and Tommy Sullivan spent part of this week getting the Albany Community Garden ready for planting.

Fandangle practices began this week, and the next scheduled rehearsal will be at 7:30 p.m. on Monday, March 25, at the Aztec Theater. “I want to invite new people to Albany to experience Fandangle and invite Fandangle veterans to return,” said artistic director Lorna Ayers.

Albany school board members discussed some budget fears that may become hard realities over the next few years unless state legislators make major changes in school funding. Trustees talked at length about what they will soon face.

The Chamber of Commerce has scheduled a “Wild West Day” on Saturday, April 27 from noon until 10:30 p.m.