By Lynsi Musselman Albany senior citizens are still waiting for the green light to meet in their new activity center.

By Melinda L. Lucas Members of the Shackelford County Hospital District’s board of directors met by “Uber conference” for the second month in a row, but tentatively plan to meet in person for the June 15 session.

By Donnie A. Lucas County judge Robert Skelton reported updated COVID-19 testing numbers for the county on Monday, with 27 of the 28 tests administered returning negative and one still pending.

By Lynsi Musselman In the absence of an Academic Banquet, Albany welcomed secondary students to the school individually last week to receive their awards in an informal recognition process.

By Melinda L. Lucas A new position of “administrative assistant to the superintendent” was approved by the Albany ISD board of trustees, and current secondary principal Edward Morales was moved to that role following a 30-minute closed session during Monday night’s regular meeting.

By Lynsi Musselman After weeks of wondering if it would happen at all, members of the Albany High School Class of 2020 will march out on the Robert Nail Memorial Stadium football field to graduate on Saturday, May 23 at 10:00 a.m.

By Donnie A. Lucas Several awards including six special memorial honors were presented to Albany High School athletes last week, although not during the traditional All-Sports Banquet that typically marks the end of the year for school athletics.

By Melinda L. Lucas With renditions due in a little over a week, the staff at the Shackelford County Appraisal District (CAD) is also busy getting ready to send appraisal notices for real property and business personal property.

By Donnie A. Lucas The first confirmed case of COVID-19 in Shackelford County was officially reported late last week to county judge Robert Skelton. The positive test was for a female under the age of 40 and was reported to the judge by the Texas Department of State Health Services.

By Lynsi Musselman The annual Baccalaureate service for the Albany High School Class of 2020 will be held at 8:00 p.m. on Sunday, May 17, at Robert Nail Memorial Stadium.  Baccalaureate will be held in conjunction with the Bible presentation hosted by First Baptist Church.