January 30, 2008 / Front Page

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DETCOG board regional 911 update

Emergency system at top of long board's agenda
San Augustine - Deep East Texas Council of Government's (DETCOG) Board Members received a report on proposed updates to the region's 911 system Thursday at their meeting in San Augustine. More...

J.N. Husband, USCG RTC grad

Guard Fireman Jeremy N. Husband, son of David Neil and Kristina Husband of San Augustine, recently graduated from the U.S. Coast Guard Recruit Training Center in Cape May, N. J. More...

County News

Sheila's Potpourri

News from Huntington
Sheila Scogin

Wednesday was a wild day for me and just as I had gotten home from buying groceries and mailing a package, while trying to get my clothes changed and throw some lunch on the table, the phone rang. More...

Texas Forestry Museum Fun in the Forest After Dark

Lufkin - The Texas Forestry Museum invites all kids' club members to attend Fun in the Forest After Dark on Tuesday, Feb. 5, from 5:30 p.m. until 7:30 p.m. Participants will learn about nighttime animals and star constellations from Dr. More...

Padilla and Escamilla to wed

Socorro Concha and Alfredo Padilla, Jr. of Diboll, wish to announce the engagement of their daughter, Erica Padilla, to Alejandro Escamilla, son of Francisco and Dora Escamilla, also of Diboll, The wedding will be at 2 p.m., Feb. More...

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Church

Church news

Huntington United Methodist Church Jan. 20 was the second Sunday after the epiphany and the color was green. Thought: Nothing or no one serves the purpose of God is unimportant. I Chronicles 16:19-21. More...

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Obituaries

Wayne Bowdion

Wayne Bowdion, 66, of Huntington, was born November 30, 1 941, in Crockett, Texas, the son of the late Frances (Willis) and Eugene Cochran. He passed away Tuesday, January 22, 2008, in a local hospital. Mr. More...

Allen George Brown

Funeral services for Allen George Brown, 51, of Lufkin were held Friday, January 25, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. in the Carroway-Claybar Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Mike Hunter officiating, with a eulogy given by Timmy Carpenter. More...

Willie M. "Bill" Carrell

Funeral services for Willie M. "Bill" Carrell, 86, of Zavalla were held Monday, January 28, 2008 at 2:30 p.m. in the Carroway-Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington with Reverend Jacob Fitzgerald officiating. More...

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Happenings

Diboll Tamale Festival The City of Diboll has scheduled a new - and, hopefully, annual - festival to East Texas. Diboll will host its first Diboll Tamale Festival March 15 and 16. More...

Super gets extension, raise

Diboll schools superintendent Brent Hawkins received a contract extension and a raise at the Diboll school district's monthly meeting Jan. 22. Hawkins received a $5,000 pay boost, bringing his annual salary to $100,000, he said. More...

Photo

Diboll Primary school honored school board members by having Ja'Meisha Tatum, a Kindergarten student, in Mrs. More...

BEEP BEEP!

Angelina College's Roadrunner statue, dating to 1982, recently received an overhaul and a fresh paint job to restore it to its original condition. Students gathered Friday morning to witness the rededication of the school mascot. Fotch Sign Co. More...

Local History

The "Indian" bootlegger

Tony Sanches, a Lufkin sawmill hand in the 1920s, not only made some of the best bootleg whiskey in East Texas; hehad the best customers--people like singer Jimmy Rodgers, Clyde Barrow of the Bonnie and Clyde gang--even the local sheriff. More...

30 years of Clippings from Diboll Free Press

ONE YEAR AGO Diboll native and DHS graduate of 1992 Jaime DonJuan is named to the Laredo Latin American International Sports Hall of Fame for his accomplishments as a coach at Laredo Community College. More...

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Sports

JV LadyJacks soccer

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Ladyjacks varsity soccer team

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Diboll High School Tennis 2008

Tentitive 1-14-08 More...

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