About 25,000 tax statements will be mailed in the next week or so, as local property owners find out what they will owe in taxes for this year. Interim Chief appraiser Richard Petree at the Shackelford County Appraisal District (SCAD) office stated that tax rates for all eight county taxing entities have been entered, and statements are scheduled to start mailing on Friday, Oct.

It was quite a birthday party for Shackelford County over the weekend, with numerous events marking the milestone 150th anniversary of the signing of a charter that officially created the county in 1874. “The 150th events all came off great,” 150 Club chairman David Waller said.

What was possibly the last Living History Days at Fort Griffin State Historic Site drew several hundred visitors Oct. 11-12..

The AHS honor Class of 1974 held its 50th reunion during the 2024 Homecoming festivities in Albany this past weekend. A total of 22 classmates and many spouses enjoyed both the homecoming festivities and the celebration of the Shackelford County 150 Anniversary during the weekend.

Moran Independent School District enjoyed another quiet week, but activity will pick up soon. “Itwon’tbelongbefore we finish another six weeks,” principal Jo Hise said.

Parents of high school and junior high athletes are reminded that there are still many individual and team photo packages that have not been picked up, with flag football and youth cheer groups to be in the file in the near future.

A small group of Albany ex-students from as far back as seven decades, including Art Viertel from the Class of 1945, attended the homecoming business meeting last Saturday morning at the Feed Store. Currentco-chairBuford Salters stated that over 700 email addresses of ex-students had been collected, andcommunication by email still seemed to be more effective than mail.