A construction agreement for the new terminal building at the Albany airport was approved by Albany city council members at a regular meeting on Monday, May 13. New council member Don Taggart was sworn in after the meeting, following the canvassing of the votes cast for the May 4 election.

The 33nd annual Polo on the Prairie fundraiser benefitting cancer research and patient programs at The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center will be held at the Musselman Brothers’ Lazy 3 Ranch on Saturday, May 18, and although the actual polo competition will not take place because of wet...

The Albany City pool will open to the general public on Saturday, May 25 with a one-day-only, free-admittance, Splash Day.  “We typically open the pool the first Saturday after school lets out,” said city park manager Brian Holson. “And we’ll have free admittance on opening day this year.

Shackelford County 4-H member Johnnie Hise of Moran won first place in the Senior Division Fashion Show-Natural Fibers and second place in Senior Division Fashion Show Construction-Everyday Living at the District 7 4-H roundup in San Angelo last Friday, May 10, qualifying her to advance to the next...

All Shackelford County senior adults (50 and up) are invited to attend the Shackelford County Resource Center’s April senior luncheon to be held on Friday, May 17 at the Albany Youth Center beginning at 11:00 a.m. Members of the Albany Church of Christ are hosting this month.

Practice for the 2019 Fandangle summer shows began Sunday, May 12 and will continue to take place at the Prairie Theater four or more nights a week until the first performance on Friday, June 21.

The city of Albany will receive a sales tax allotment of $46,577 from the state this May. The amount is up 6.60 percent from the $43,692 payment received in May of 2018. Payments to date for the 2019 year to the city of Albany are $252,791, up by 14.

Three incumbents were returned to the Albany school board and city council at the end of Saturday’s local elections and will be joined by three newcomers.

Albany junior Addison Asher medaled in two journalism events at the state UIL academic meet last Friday after qualifying for the state level in three events. Asher brought home a silver medal for news writing, as well as a fourth place in feature writing. She also competed in headline writing.

Video footage posted on Facebook last week by Albany 2012 graduate Josh Hudman showing multiple waterfalls cascading 15 or more feet down a rock embankment to plunge into a deep pool of water surrounded by lush green foliage was, to the surprise of many, actually filmed last Thursday, May 2, near...