Registration forms for T-Ball, Coach Pitch, and Little League are available at local schools, and the signup deadline is next Thursday, Feb. 28. Players that will be eight years old or older on Aug. 31, 2019 need to attend the Feb.

Moran High School student JT Holland placed fifth in class 35 medium weight European cross steers at the Fort Worth Livestock Show earlier this month, earning a spot in the exhibition’s Sale of Champions.

Dakota Fowler, head girls coach at Moran High School, was chosen to be one of the volleyball coaches for the upcoming Big Country Fellowship of Christian Athletes All-Star Festival. Coaches and players for the teams were announced on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Beltway South in Abilene.

Boys head coach Harley Ethridge and girls head coach Dakota Fowler have scheduled meets for the Moran high school and junior high tracksters. The first meet of the year for all four teams will be next Thursday, Feb. 28 in Hico, followed by a Monday, March 4 meet in Gordon.

The Albany Independent School District and the City of Albany will both hold elections on May 4, while the other three local governing bodies, the Shackelford County hospital district, the Moran city council, and the Moran school board do not have any contested races and are expected to cancel...

Two new exhibitions open Tuesday, Feb. 26, at the Old Jail Art Center and will remain on display at the local museum until May 18.  OJAC members who sent in their RSVP before the Feb. 18 deadline will be able to attend the artist’s reception and special members’ opening event this Saturday, Feb.

A unanimous vote by the Albany ISD board of trustees named the football field at Robert Nail Stadium “Faith Field,” surprising longtime Albany coach Denney Faith with the honor near the end of Monday’s regular meeting.

A quorum of Shackelford County Hospital District (SCHD) directors voted to order a new ambulance at a cost of $199,775, a purchase that has been discussed for several months and which is included in the 2019 budget.

Several new directors were elected to the Albany Chamber of Commerce board at the organization’s annual membership meeting on Feb. 8. Local residents who are new to the board are Chris Beard, Megaen Birdwell, Susan Montgomery, Jonathan Scott, Clayton Snyder, and Tracy Sullivan.

Shackelford County 4-H and FFA members brought back an assortment of prizes from the San Angelo Stock Show recently. “It was a stellar outing for Shackelford County, especially following the wins at Fort Worth,” said Albany ag instructor Chris Beard. “It’s pretty exciting to see all the successes.