By Sam Waller

The Albany Lady Lions basketball team continued to struggle last week in losses to Cisco and Anson as the District 10-2A girls schedule reached the midway point.

The Lady Lions (4-16 overall, 1-6 district) began the second round of the league schedule Tuesday, Jan. 14 with a 56-16 loss at Hawley. Details will be reported next week. Albany has the district bye on Friday, Jan. 17 and returns to action Tuesday, Jan. 21 against Stamford at home.

By Sam Waller

The Albany Lions varsity boys basketball team endured a rough second week of the new year with losses to Cisco and Anson.

The Lions (8-6 overall, 3-3 District 10-2A) returned to action Tuesday, Jan. 14 with a 48-65 loss at Hawley in their only outing this week. Albany has the district bye Friday, Jan. 17 that fortuitously coincides with the Shackelford County Livestock Show.

By David H. Waller

The Shackelford County Commissioners Court held its regular meeting on Monday, addressing several important topics, including IT system upgrades, internet improvements, and road equipment replacement.

Discussions on implementing a burn ban took place, but no action was taken, leaving no burn ban currently in effect.

By Melinda L. Lucas

The filing period for local elections opened Wednesday for several entities such as the school board, city council, and hospital board and will continue until Friday, Feb. 14.

The election date set by the state for all local elections is Saturday, May 3.

Candidates have the 30-day filing period to sign up for a spot on one of the local boards or councils.