Angelina County grand jury hands down 44 indictments.
In accordance with National Library Week and Library Workers Day, local librarians recognized are Jeannie McGaughey, Diboll Primary School; Lessie Boudreaux, Temple Elementary School; Laura Hobbs, Diboll Junior High School; Sally Macher, Diboll High School; and Brenda Russell, T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library.
Angelina County joins the City of Lufkin in tax abatement agreement with Lufkin Industries for a $2.4 million expansion that will bring new jobs to the local economy.
Two suspects are sought in the attempted robbery of the Diboll Food Mart.
Robbie Kent wins Crazy Quilt throw in fund raising drawing held by the Pilot Club of Diboll.
The Temple Foundation awards $40,000 to the Diboll Boys and Girls Club for operating expenses.
Texas Commissioner of Higher Education Dr. Raymund Paredes tour Angelina College and visits with students and campus administrators.
Beulah Congregational Methodist is gearing up for its 113 homecoming celebration.
Joseph Gerland of Lufkin celebrates 8th birthday with parents Jill and Jonathan Gerland, grandparents Barbara and Bill Gerland of Lufkin and Mary Beth and Larry Kendrick of Pollok.
The Diboll High School Class of 1956 is planning to celebrate 50th year class reunion at the Burke School.
Diboll's baseball Lumberjacks upset Crockett Bulldogs with dramatic 4-3 finish as winning run is walked in on four straight pitches.
Diboll Cub Scout Pack 128 celebrates Blue and Gold banquet and conduct their Crossover ceremony from their Webelos to Scouts, who join Boy Scout Troop 128. Scouts participating in the event are Sam Moses, Mason Wheeler, Colbert Sheard, Myles Elbel, Chad Modisette, Jamie Streetman, Cayton Bentley, Austin DuBose, Edwin Hurtado, R.J. Hewitt, Thomas Sims and Zane Blount.
FIVE YEARS AGO
Keisha Ray continues to be one of the top high school golfers in East Texas as Ray takes the silver medal at the Livingston Golf Tournament. Ray has placed second in two of the four golf tournaments for the season.
Diboll ISD candidates in the upcoming election are Bennie Scott, James Rhone, Trey Wilkerson and John Flowers.
Huntington Intermediate School earns the prestigious "Title I Distinguished School" designation for the second consecutive year.
Angelina County Commissioners find themselves at an impasse on how to dole out road-and-bridge funds following the recent redistricting which shifted a number of county roads from one precinct to another.
Diboll ISD is considering discontinuing block scheduling for junior high students.
Diboll city council candidates for the upcoming elections are John Wilson, Bill Brown, Don Hendrick and Gandy Stubblefield.
Hudson ISD trustees approve new clerical position for the school district office. HISD Superintendent Mary Whiteker accepts resignations of Phyllis Clark, elementary school secretary; Vance Hendrick, high school English teacher; and Dana Zyblot, high school science teacher.
James Kessinger, Jerry Weeks and Charles Chambliss receive 40-year service pins from Citation Texas Foundries in Lufkin.
Tim and Susan Pair of Ganado, announce the engagement of their daughter, Jill Pair, to John Carswell, son of Ray and Martha Carswell of Lufkin.
Joseph Thomas Gerland of Lufkin celebrates 4th birthday with parents Jonathan and Jill Gerland of Lufkin, Bill and Barbara Gerland of Lufkin and Larry and Mary Beth Kendrick of Pollok.
Leather items made by offenders in the Diboll Correction Center's craft shop are displayed by the T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library in Diboll.
Diboll Junior High School Book of the Month is "You Don't Own Me."
Lamar Tinsley receives 50-year service pin from Citation Texas Foundries in Lufkin.
TaMeshia Miller and Alisha Fowler helps pace the Diboll Lady Jacks to a strong fourth place finish in the Lufkin Pineywoods Relays held at Abe Martin Stadium.
Diboll High School Sophomore Terrance Moore places fifth in the 132-pound weight class at the state power meet held at Texas Christian University in Fort Worth.
Allison McClain fires one-hit shutout in pitching Diboll Ladyjacks to a 6-0 win over the Huntington Devilettes in District 20-3A softball action.
Livingston High School Lions shoot team score of 330 to nip Center Rough Riders' team by three strokes in the 2002 Diboll Invitational Golf Tournament.
The Davy Crockett Ranger District is preparing site for construction of an office in Ratcliff at the intersection of State Highway 7 and FM 227.
The Reading Railroad completes its fifth annual visit to the Texas Forestry Museum.
TEN YEARS AGO
Angelina County Commissioners Curt approve an order to sell $3 million in certificates of obligation, with the monies to be used to purchase of land and rights-of-way, purchase of road and bridge equipment, expansion of the juvenile detention facility, road work and roof repairs to the County Courthouse and Courthouse Annex.
Lufkin High School Senior Amy Cryer represents Lufkin at the 54th Annual Tyler County Dogwood Festival in Woodville.
Diboll High School Senior Patrice Scott travels to Washington, D.C., to attend the National Young Leaders Conference. Scott is one of 355 students across the nation spending spring break learning about U.S. governments.
Diboll ISD board of trustees adopt 1997-98 school calendar allowing Diboll school classes to start five to seven days later than the other Angelina County districts.
State historical marker commemorating the Angelina County town of Ewing is now up at the location of the old Ewing townsite on State Highway 103 and the west bank of Lake Sam Rayburn.
Mr. and Mrs. D.A. (Jessie) Burchfield of Lufkin celebrate 50th wedding anniversary with open house at First Baptist Church fellowship hall in Diboll hosted by family and friends.
Henry Jordan, 50-year employee of Texas Foundries is honored for his service and dedication to the company.
Lufkin Host Lions Club donates check to the Ellen Trout Zoo to help with operating expenses for the Lion exhibit at the zoo.
Lufkin-Conroe Communications names Nick Worda as staff manager of its corporate communications department and Yana Pounders-Bullock as its public relations specialist.
Voters in the Zavalla ISD approve $1.2 million in bonds for school construction and renovations. The bond approval will fund the construction of a new gymnasium/auditorium facility as well as a new vocational educational building. The elementary classroom building will be remodeled and renovated.
Kaela Kenley, a 1995 graduate of Lufkin High School, is named Honorable Mention NAIA Relay All-America as a team member of the Ouachita Baptist University Lady Sharks swimming and diving team.
Diboll Youth Baseball Association sponsor free softball pitching clinic for girls ages 8 and older at the baseball complex in Diboll.
Mt. Calvary Baptist Church in Lufkin receives historical marker for its significant impact to the moral, cultural and educational development of Keltys and the City of Lufkin for over 104 years.
Fairview Baptist Church welcomes new pastor Jerry Young, wife Barbara and son Micah to their church.
TWENTY YEARS AGO
Doyle and Billy Bishop open up new business in Diboll- Bishop's Butane Service.
Becky Chapman joins HCA Woodland Heights Medical Center in Lufkin as administrative assistant to the M.L. Lagarde, administrator.
Diboll High School basketball standout Frank Lane is selected District 18-3A MVP, First Team All-District, First Team All-Region and Second Team All-State.
Diboll has no trouble with the Hemphill Hornets behind the one-hit pitching of Chuck Murphy as Lumberjacks defeat the Hornets 4-0.
Dramatic scenes portraying the life, ministry, death and resurrection of Christ is presented by Lufkin First Christian Church Chancel Choir.
The use of drug sniffing dog and development of a comprehensive drug education curriculum for grades kindergarten through 12 are among recommendations made to Diboll ISD school board by select committee on drug awareness.
Lufkin Mayor Pitser Garrison proclaims March 30 as "Doctor's Day" in Lufkin and Angelina County.
David Renfro steps down as Zavalla post master after almost 29 years.
Early morning drug raid in Diboll nets 14 felony arrests for officers working with the Deep East Texas Organized Crime Task Force.
U.S. Army Pvt. James Due of Lufkin completes one-station unit training (military basic training/infantry) at the U.S. Army Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia.
Angelina College Community Service Division schedules photography techniques course as part of their spring schedule of non-credit courses.
Diboll High School tennis team wins championship trophy at the Crockett Tennis Tournament. Team members include Pam Fenley, Audra Tanner, Kelly Hicks, Patti Glass, Elizabeth Ingram, David Garza, Fritz Evans, Avery White and Felipe Hernandez.
T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library in Diboll hosts display work by local artists as part of the celebration and rememberance of National Art Week. Among the artists are Raymond Ryan, Billie Oates, Lorene Chance Leon Forney, John Copeland and Mary Jane Griffin.
THIRTY YEARS AGO
The musical comedy, "Bells Are Ringing," is presented in the Lufkin High School Auditorium. The role of Ella Peterson is portrayed by Emily Shelton, the role of Jeff Moss is played by Ray Warner and the production is directed by Tom Lucas. Other cast members include Leigh Berry, Jane Read, Kenzy Hallmark, David Jones, Jay Clement, Nicky Farris, Benny Hunter, Bill Cannon, Vanda Stovall and Paula Lively.
Among the contestants for the crown to be worn by this year's Miss Lufkin are Rhonda Jordan, Karen Williams, Laurie Davis, Ann Smith, Gayle Holt, Tammy Stanley and Vicki West.
Radar nabs nineteen violators and are given citations for speeding this week by Diboll police.
Lufkin High School's golf team wins Diboll Invitational Golf Tournament Championship. Team members consist of Richard Gardemal, Mike McCarley, Louis Zeleskey, Jim Fredrick, David McElveene and Coach Billy Dean.
Diboll High School's Donald Coleman breaks two DHS track records at the Warren track meet by heaving the shot put 49'-11'' and the discus toss of 139'7''. The school's shot put record was previously set by Thomas Joshua in the regional meet in 1972 of 48'-7'' and Greg Cowart had the discus record of 138'-11'' set at the Tomball meet in 1974.
Diboll High School baseball pitcher Larry Spivey becomes the first Lumberjack to pitch a no hitter since the days of Danny Baker and David Wimp (1967) as he horse-collars the Hemphill Hornets 11-1.
Melanie Harrison, Angelina County 4-H'er is elected chairman of the District Nine 4-H Council.
Miss Vevelyn Dixon, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Smith of Diboll, is selected to appear in Who's Who Among Students in American Universities and Colleges.
The Western Weekend portion of the Tyler County Dogwood Festival kicks off with trail rides, western dance, parties and parade. Jill Crawford is the reigning queen of the Tyler County Dogwood Festival.
Ryan Chapel Methodist Church begins its pre-Easter revival with Rev. J. Carr Peel conducting services and special guest minister Air Force Col. H. Daniel Jones (USAF Ret.).
Sales at area Baskin's Department include: Men's Levi Bells...$9.99; Men's Wranglers...$7.88; Straw Hats...$4.88; and Ladies Knit Pull-On-Pants...$$5.99.
The Burke Booster Club sponsors chicken & dressing supper at the old Burke school to raise funds for community projects.
The Nature Conservancy, the American Land Trust and Temple-Eastex announce negotiations are under way for major 2,000 acre gift of Temple-Eastex land in the Sandylands area of the Big Thicket.
Mrs. Georgia Lazarine is one of several members of the Alpha Eta Alpha Chapter, Beta Sigma Phi, conducting eye tests for all Diboll Elementary School students. The sorority conducts the tests every year in the elementary school as part of its public service program.
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