By Melinda L. Lucas Shackelford County elected officials are combing through three IT bids opened Monday, Feb. 24, with plans to meet with each vendor separately in the next couple of weeks before making a decision. Sealed bids were received from Computer Transition Services Inc.

The Hendrick Regional Blood Center bloodmobile will be at Albany High School next Monday, March 3 from 10:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., then at First Baptist Church on Thursday, March 5 from 1:00 p.m. until 6:00 p.m.

By Melinda L. Lucas Almost 93 percent of the 2019 tax levy had been collected with the required Jan.

By Kathy Thomson County winners at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo last week included several family members, two of whom claimed second place ribbons in back-to-back swine classes on Monday, Feb. 17.

By Kathy Thomson The National Weather Service (NWS), with the help of local organizations, conducts SkyWarn classes each spring all over the nation, including two scheduled in area towns over the next few days. This Saturday, Feb.

By Kathy Thomson Students at the Moran Independent School District are celebrating national FFA week, Feb. 22-29 with different themes each day. “Monday was camo day, and Tuesday was dress as a farmer,” said administrative assistant Jeanne TenCate.

By Melinda L. Lucas Three new exhibitions, including one that cele-brates the Old Jail Art Center’s 40 years of collecting, will be open to the public starting next Tuesday, Feb. 25. OJAC members can attend a preview reception this Saturday, Feb. 22 from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m.

By Kathy Thomson There are new faces in the Fandangle office starting this month, with Jamie Parsons taking over as office manager and Scarlett Yates heading up the marketing for the 2020 season.

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By Kathy Thomson Text-to-9-1-1 is now available in Shackelford County, according to sheriff Ed Miller. “The project has been in the works for a while, and it is now up and running as of the first of the year,” said Miller.