Albert News

Phyllis D. Keeley, 79, of Great Bend, died Jan. 9 at Clara Barton Hospital, Hoisington.

Charles M. Thomas, 74, of Great Bend, died Dec. 31 at Cherry Village Nursing Home, Great Bend.

Separate bomb explosions Wednesday in Afghanistan's volatile east and south killed eight Americans and five troops and a journalist from Canada, U.S. and NATO officials said.

Derrill Shuttleworth and his father Dale recently painted the rapids of the Slave River on the Alberta-N. W.T. border, the site of a proposed hydroelectric project.

Jeremy Reid laughs near 102 St. and 100 Ave. while being cast as a zombie on the short independent film called "H1Z1." A pair of city filmmakers is playing on the controversy surrounding H1N1 inoculations in a new short film where a bad batch of vaccine turns people into zombies.

Only one Albertan was among the 21 environmentalists arrested for invading the Suncor oilsands site north of Fort McMurray this week, all of whom were granted bail Thursday.

If Ian Mackaye taught you algebra, you'd probably learn about a lot more than just linear and quadratic equations.

Rachel Lynn Kirmer and Kevin Philip Dolechek were married May 30, 2009, at St. Nicholas of Myra Catholic Church, Hays, with Father Daryl Olmstead officiating.

CrossIron Mills, the out-of-town megamall, will be absent a second Day 1 anchor tenant, with the Indigo book superstore not ready for the grand opening next Wednesday, mall general manager James Moller said today.