Moran Independent School District started the 2018-19 school year on Monday, Aug. 27. “We had a great start to this school year,” said superintendent Danny Freeman. “Students and teachers alike were excited to see each other again after a long summer break.

The Lady Bulldogs lost games to Gorman, Bluff Dale, and Mullin, beat Rochelle, and took Bluff Dale in a rematch before falling again to the host team at the Gorman Spikefest Tournament earlier this month, according to coach Dakota Fowler.

Moran community members who want to include their location in the city-wide garage sale this weekend need to contact organizer Michelle Taggart before 10:00 a.m. on Friday, Aug. 31. “I will not add any more sales locations after 10:00 a.m.

Parents of boys and girls at Nancy Smith Elementary are encouraged to sign their children up to participate in the Albany NFL Flag Football league.

During their regular meeting on Monday, Aug. 20, school board trustees learned that Albany ISD earned a “B” in the state’s new accountability ratings with distinctions given in social studies at the secondary level and science on both campuses.

Albany Independent School District student enrollment number totals for the beginning of a new school year dropped below 500 for the first time since 2014. A total of 491 pupils were registered for the 2018-2019 term on Monday, Aug.

Albany city council members worked through several significant agenda items during a meeting on Friday morning, Aug. 17, including proposing a tax rate and setting dates for two required public hearings.

Proposed budget totals for the Shackelford County Hospital District for 2019 increased about $150,000 more than the current year’s original budget, but that is primarily due to the addition of a new ambulance.

Atmos Energy Mid-Tex Division currently lists half a dozen projects in various stages of completion in Albany, and anyone that has driven around the Kenshalo, Pate, Gregg, Jacobs, and Williams Street areas has probably noticed the crews at work, or at least the construction signs, trucks, trenches,...

ResourceCare employees took time to participate in National Health Center Week 2018 and reached out to the various communities they serve with special activities every day last week.