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March 12, 2008  RSS feed

CAN YOU HEAR ME ROCKIN'?
Above, Diboll High School students enjoy a little break from the three Rs Thursday as they take a close look at a demonstration unit from the Acoustic Edge trade school in Houston. The school teaches auto stereo installation, which technician Brandon Lankford agreed is a "growth industry." at right, freshman Shea Holeman gets a close-up look at the eight-speaker display, including two that rise out of the floor, that fills the rear compartment of a Hummer More...
Brookshire's beer remains hot topic
By Jerry Gaulding Editor, Free Press

Beer sales at Brookshire Bros. grocery in Diboll continued to be a prime topic of discussion at Monday's Diboll City Council meeting, with the evening's consensus being a petition to call for a repeal election being the only option left. More...

McReynolds talks TxDOT at First Friday luncheon
By Jerry Gaulding Editor, Free Press

Senior executives of the Texas Department of Transportation can expect some heavy grilling from state legislators when the state Legislature convenes next January, state Rep. Jim McReynolds said Friday. More...

 County News
• article has image DIBOLL, ANGELINA COUNTY AND BEYOND
Former Dibollians Boots and Howard Hutto are TV celebrities. They have moved from Cedar Creek Lake to Highland Springs Retirement Community in Dallas. From more than 300 residents they were chosen to do a TV commercial for the HS community. Their daughter, Rita Howard, lives about one mile from them and went over to help them get ready for the filming. More...
• Brent Hawkins
• Jerry Gaulding
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 Local History
• article has image Former radio man first known Elvis impersonator
Former radio personality Norman Johnson of Nacogdoches holds a unique place in East Texas history: He was the first known Elvis impersonator. A native of Gilmer in Upshur County, Johnson grew up in the Rosewood community, went to school at Harmony, and made his professional singing debut at the age of three during a bank's Christmas party, earning two dollars. More...
• article has image 30 years of press clippings a public service of the History Center
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 Church
• Church news
Jubilee Church We live in a very negative world today. People have been told they can't get the job done; they will never measure up, are a failure in life and will never amount to anything. Many have been told this so many times that they start to believe it and it carries over into their spiritual life. More...
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 Obituaries
• Lois Mane Jacobs Doyle
Graveside services for Lois Marie Jacobs Doyle, 57, of Pollok were held Sunday, March 9, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Sand Flat Cemetery with Brother Ross Black officiating. Mrs. Doyle was born February 3, 1951 in Lufkin, Texas to Bernice (Oliver) and William Baz Jacobs, and died Friday, March 7, 2008 at her residence. More...
• Era "Vernell" Temple Griggs
• Leveta McAdams
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