Local day care and Albany ISD early learning classes are in the midst of celebrating the Week of the Young Child, which will culminate with a downtown parade on Friday.

Members of the Albany Volunteer Fire Department will host their annual community-wide Easter egg hunt at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 20 at the Webb Park Complex, with all Albany children and their guests invited to hunt for treats hidden by the AVFD members.

The 13th annual Albany Classic Car Show is set to take place on Saturday, April 20, and everyone is invited to come downtown and enjoy the various body styles and polished chrome that reflect memories of yesterdays.

Local business owners will have to come up with more money if they don’t file renditions by mid-April, according to Shackelford County chief appraiser Clayton Snyder. Taxpayers have until Monday, April 15 to file personal property renditions.

Albany is hosting the District 8-2A high school track meet today, and as of press time, volunteers were still needed to help run the concession stand. Athletes, coaches, and fans from seven area schools will be here today.

Addison Asher qualified for regional in four journalism events at the University Interscholastic League District 8 Academic Spring Meet held at Hawley High School on Tuesday, March 26, and eight of her peers, including Sidney Bartee who earned first place in Science and also won the Top Biology...

A Monday morning special meeting scheduled for Shackelford County elected officials to travel to Abilene in order to look at a seven-passenger van was spent instead at the Courthouse planning a strategy for a vehicle purchase.

The City of Albany will test the emergency warning siren at 12:00 noon next Wednesday, April 10, as it does the second Wednesday of every month, depending on the weather.

The local spring turkey hunting season looks promising, according to Stasney’s Cook Ranch wildlife manager Billy Hill. “There are not quite as many birds as we’ve had the last two years, but there are still an adequate number,” Hill said. “The first morning (of the season) we got three.

Albany High 2018 graduate Reyna Garcia got her first hit as a college softball player just a couple of weeks ago, and it was one that she will probably always remember. It was not Garcia’s first time at the plate as a member of the War Hawks.