Afternoon golf scrambles will start next week on Wednesday, April 3 at the Albany Municipal Golf Course, according to Albany Golf Club representative James Waters.

Reports from concerned citizens to local law enforcement about suspicious people roaming in neighborhoods or on property where they might not belong have risen in recent months, and Shackelford County Sheriff Edward Miller said that quite a few incidents could be prevented if everyone would lock...

A Mexican fiesta will greet ticket holders at the Old Jail Art Center’s spring fundraiser Fiesta Cárcel! next Saturday, April 6, from 6:00 to 9:00 p.m., and there is still time for everyone to join the party in exchange for a contribution to the local art outreach program.

Albany made major headlines last week after a Big Country snake removal company posted a video on its Facebook page that went viral within a day.

The Chamber of Commerce has reduced the price of vendor sites for “Wild West Day” on Saturday, April 27 from $50 to $25. “We felt that maybe $50 was a little too much for some vendors, so we decided to lower it to draw larger numbers,” treasurer Lisa Barton explained.

The 2019 Shackelford County Youth and Livestock Association Buyer-Seller Banquet will be held at the Nancy Smith Elementary School Cafe-teria at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 6, and a meeting of the SCYLA will take place the following Tuesday, April 9 at 6:00 p.m.

Thursday, April 4 is the last day to register to vote or make a change of address effective for the May 4 local board elections.  Voter registration applications can be found online at votetexas.gov, or filled out in person at the Tax Assessor-Collector office at the Shackelford County Courthouse.

Fandangle practices move outside next week, with the next scheduled rehearsal set for 7:30 p.m. on Monday, April 1, at the Bank Park. The Membership Sampler is barely three weeks away, and starting next week, rehearsals will also take place on Thursdays, with a practice set for 7:30 p.m.

Members of the Albany Ministerial Alliance decided to do things a little differently for this summer’s community Vacation Bible School, and they want to make sure that parents can plan ahead for the new schedule.

Shackelford County elected officials planned a special meeting in order to view and possibly purchase a vehicle to transport clients from the Walker-Sayle Unit in Breckenridge. County judge Bob Skelton reported that he had located a fairly late-model seven-passenger van for $4,700.