The fourth annual Ft. Griffin BBQ Cook-Off is set to take place in downtown Albany the last weekend in September, and among the 20 or more teams that have paid the $150 registration fee to enter the event are some well-seasoned local veterans that took home prize money last year.

Shackelford County commissioners agreed to make adjustments to the Courthouse clock chimes and added repainting of the fire escapes as a change order during a session on Monday, Sept. 10.

This Saturday and Sunday, the Shackelford County show barn will host the 32nd Annual First Impressions Invitational Pig Sale, and organizers are expecting 19 consignors from four states to bring 125 pigs for the competition and sale.

The Albany Masonic Lodge hosted a breakfast for the First Responders of Shackelford County on Tuesday, Sept. 11, with 17 volunteers and emergency workers served.

Boys and girls from kindergarten through fifth grade who are interested in joining Cub Scouts should attend a meeting at the Nancy Smith Ele-mentary School cafeteria at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, Sept. 20.

Registration for the General Education Development (GED) class in Albany took place last Monday, Sept. 10, but the program is still accepting new enrollees, according to local instructor Kenzie Fairchild. “We will accept new applicants on each Monday,” said Fairchild.

Albany High students interested in attending a ACT test prep workshop to be presented by Chad Cargill in Anson on Oct. 4, need to sign up with Dee Dee Waggoner before the end of school tomorrow, Sept. 14.

Volunteers originally planned to begin the transformation of J.R. and Tricia Reyes’ recently purchased storage building into a comfortable, although tiny home last Saturday, but inclement weather delayed the start of the project.

Revival services will take place at Friendship Baptist Church starting this Sunday, Sept. 16, at 10:55 a.m. Regular Sunday School classes will be held at the usual time of 10:00 a.m., and then the 10:55 a.m. service will be led by guest speaker Lance Bingham.

The third annual Shifters Truck Show is set for Saturday, Sept. 22, and everyone is invited to come downtown and peer into the past reflected in polished chrome on vintage trucks in the competition, as well as those on display in the Flying A Car Museum and nearby streets.