By Sam WallerShackelford County 4-H started its new year Monday, Sept. 4 with a kickoff party at Webb Park.“There were a few families there that I had never met before, which is shocking in a town this size,” Shackelford County extension agent Kelsey Bell said.

By Sam WallerWork has begun on installing monuments honoring Albany’s three state championship football teams at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.“The foundations were poured last Friday (Sept. 1),” Albany superintendent Jonathan Scott said.

By Sam WallerThe team of Toombs-Toombs shot consecutive rounds of 61 to win the Championship Flight of the Albany Golf Club’s Labor Day Tournament.The two man scramble, played Saturday-Sunday, Sept. 2-3, at Albany Golf Course, drew a field of 50 teams.

By Sam WallerThe Albany Junior High Cubs kicked off the football season with a pair of victories Thursday, Aug. 31, at Dublin.The seventh grade won 38-14 with the eighth grade winning 36-22.A combined seventh/eighth grade team will play this week at 4:30 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 7 at Seymour.

By Sam WallerOverall, Moran ISD saw higher scores on state-mandated testing for the 2022-23 school year.“Moran ISD received EOC and STAAR scores for the 2022-23 school year earlier this summer,” Gay Williams, the district’s director of testing, said.

By Melinda L. LucasTeam and individual pictures of the junior high football teams will be taken on Thursday, Sept. 14, starting at 3:45 p.m.Those packages, along  with Lady Cubs volleyball, will be ready for pickup in the next couple of weeks.

By Melinda L. LucasShackelford County commissioners proposed a tax rate and heard a presentation about building a data center adjacent to the Lone Star Wind Farm during their meeting on Monday, Aug. 28.

By Donnie A. LucasA record crowd of music festival fans were on hand last Saturday for the fifth annual CareFest benefiting the ResourceCare centers serving six area communities.The event was hosted at Happy Wife, Happy Life Event Center located about four miles west of Albany.

By Sam WallerDespite excessive heat this summer, dove numbers are up across the state as the start of the hunting season approaches.The downside is the local population is not as robust as other areas.“We’ve had quite a few birds in the area,” game warden Jacob Mort said.

By Sam WallerThe Albany Volunteer Fire Department will hold its second annual Burgers and Birds fundraiser from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2 at the fire station on Railroad Street.There is no set price, but donations will be accepted with a suggested price of $10.