By Sam WallerWork has begun on installing monuments honoring Albany’s three state championship football teams at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.“The foundations were poured last Friday (Sept. 1),” Albany superintendent Jonathan Scott said.

By Sam WallerThe Albany Lions junior varsity football team scored on offense, defense, and special teams Thursday, Aug. 31 in defeating Dublin 38-0 to open the season.The Lions JV returns to action at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7, at Seymour.

By Sam WallerThe Albany cross country program made its second outing of the season Wednesday, Aug. 30, with seven runners competing at Haskell.The next meet will be Wednesday, Sept. 13 at Hawley.

By Sam WallerThe team of Toombs-Toombs shot consecutive rounds of 61 to win the Championship Flight of the Albany Golf Club’s Labor Day Tournament.The two man scramble, played Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 2-3, at Albany Golf Course, drew a field of 50 teams.

By Sam WallerThe Albany Junior High Cubs kicked off the football season with a pair of victories Thursday, Aug. 31, at Dublin.The seventh grade won 38-14 with the eighth grade winning 36-22.A combined seventh/eighth grade team will play this week at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 at Seymour.

By Sam WallerThe Moran Bulldogs stumbled in their second outing of the football season Friday, Sept. 1, falling 54-6 at Baird.The Bulldogs (1-1) return to action Friday, Sept. 8, when Aspermont visits Bulldog Field.At Baird, two early turnovers put Moran in a hole it couldn’t get out of.

By Sam WallerOverall, Moran ISD saw higher scores on state-mandated testing for the 2022-23 school year.“Moran ISD received EOC and STAAR scores for the 2022-23 school year earlier this summer,” Gay Williams, the district’s director of testing, said.

By Melinda L. LucasTeam and individual pictures of the junior high football teams will be taken on Thursday, Sept. 14, starting at 3:45 p.m.Those packages, along  with Lady Cubs volleyball, will be ready for pickup in the next couple of weeks.

Diana Gayle Mikeska, age 86 of Albany, passed away Wednesday, Aug. 30, 2023. Funeral services were held Wednesday, Sept. 6 at First Methodist Church of Albany with Lance Thomas officiating. Interment followed at the Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Abilene under the direction of Morehart Mortuary.

By Melinda L. LucasShackelford County commissioners proposed a tax rate and heard a presentation about building a data center adjacent to the Lone Star Wind Farm during their meeting on Monday, Aug. 28.