The Moran Bulldogs and Lady Bulldogs competed at the Albany Roaring Lions Invitational track meet on Thursday, March 28, and Kobee Lapp won first place in boys varsity triple jump with a distance of 43 feet two inches.

Addison Asher qualified for regional in four journalism events at the University Interscholastic League District 8 Academic Spring Meet held at Hawley High School on Tuesday, March 26, and eight of her peers, including Sidney Bartee who earned first place in Science and also won the Top Biology...

This week Fandangle rehearsals moved outside to the lot next to the Bank Park and began a twice-a-week schedule, with practices at 7:30 p.m. on both Monday and Thursday evenings. “The outside rehearsal on Monday was great,” said artistic director Lorna Ayers.

A Monday morning special meeting scheduled for Shackelford County elected officials to travel to Abilene in order to look at a seven-passenger van was spent instead at the Courthouse planning a strategy for a vehicle purchase.

Pick-up dates for the April distribution of the commodity food program are April 4 and 5. On Thursday, April 4, certified eligible families in Moran should pick up their monthly commodity food at the Moran City Hall between 9:00 a.m. and 12:00 noon.

The City of Albany will test the emergency warning siren at 12:00 noon next Wednesday, April 10, as it does the second Wednesday of every month, depending on the weather.

The local spring turkey hunting season looks promising, according to Stasney’s Cook Ranch wildlife manager Billy Hill. “There are not quite as many birds as we’ve had the last two years, but there are still an adequate number,” Hill said. “The first morning (of the season) we got three.

Mariana Green was born Nov. 16, 1959 and grew up on the Green Ranch, just east of Albany, Texas; she was the youngest of the three children of Bob and Nancy Green. Mariana died on March 26, 2019, after a short but vicious fight with cancer.

The Lion baseball team picked another pair of wins last week, with the most significant being the district opener in Stamford. Albany hosted Baird on Tuesday, earning a 16-6 victory to keep the streak going and improving the overall mark to 8-4. Details will be reported next week.

The girls track team finished as the fourth place team at the Eastland track meet last week, while the varsity boys placed sixth out of eight teams present. The JV boys had the best team total of the day for Albany, placing third overall with 83 points.