April 2, 2008 / Front Page

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SETTLED IN...FOR NOW

Staff calls temporary library a cozy place
T.L.L. Temple Public Library is up and running in its new temporary quarters at 800 N. Temple, the former Temple Associates building. More...

Portable Meth lab found by AC authorities

Above, Angelina County Deputy Sheriff Donald Carroll opens a plastic container for Sheriff's Lt. Jimmy York to examine on a small road off Farm Road 2497 Friday morning. More...

Happenings

Diboll Clean-Up Week Curb side pick-up. Call City Hall, April 1st thru April 10th NO Tires, NO Batteries, NO appliances with Freon! More...

County News

News From The Round Table At Pouland's

Wasn't it a beautiful Easter Sunday? We at First Baptist Church in Diboll were thrilled to have our pastor, Gary Fannon, back in the pulpit. More...

Veterans Forum slated with Texas rep. Louie Gohmert

US Rep. Louie Gohmert of Tyler will host a veterans forum in Lufkin to give veterans an opportunity to learn more about services available to them and have their concerns addressed. More...

Public comment on TTC extended by 30 days

AUSTIN - Texas Department of Transportation announced last week that its request for a 30-day extension of the public comment period for the Interstate-69/Trans-Texas Corridor Tier One Draft Environmental Impact Statement has been granted. More...

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Church

Church news

Jubilee Church We live in a very busy world today. When I talk to folks about the urgency of making a life commitment to Jesus, the answer I often get is just that. Right now I am too busy preacher but one of these days I will. More...

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Obituaries

Myrtle Nelle (Myrt) Atkinson

Myrtle NeIle (Myrt) Atkinson, of Lufkin, was born January 9, 1914, in Nacogdoches, Texas, the daughter of the late Willie May (Bowler) and Walter Ford Wilson. She passed away Saturday, March 29, 2008, at the age of 94, in a local hospital. More...

Nancy Collins

Graveside services for Nancy Collins, 88, of Lufkin, were held at 2:00 p.m. Friday, March 28, 2008, in the Homer Cemetery, with Reverend Jackson Colwell officiating. Mrs. More...

Minnie Landrum Conditt

Funeral services for Minnie Landrum Conditt, 67, of Lufkin were held Tuesday, April 1, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. in the Carroway- Claybar Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Vic Bass and Brother Bueford Rogers officiating. More...

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Home Rule Commission changes Mayor's term

By Jerry Gaulding Editor, Free Press

Members of Diboll's Home Rule Commission got their first look at a draft city charter Friday and made one major change - returning the term of the mayor to two years - as they race a deadline to get the charter on the May 10 election ballot. More...

Bi-lingual education on rise at local ISDs

Diboll educators are promoting a new system of bi-lingual education that will use a progressive, multi-year system to bring Spanish-speaking students up to full English proficiency. More...

Public Forum slated for month's end

Diboll Free Press will sponsor a public forum for candidates in the May 10 municipal and school elections at 6 p.m. Thursday, April 24, at Lottie and Arthur Temple Civic Center. More...

Annual stipends restored to teachers

Diboll school trustees last week modified a recommended compensation plan to restore $1,000 annual stipends to teachers designated "lead teachers." Lead teachers are experienced teachers who guide and counsel younger classroom teachers. More...

Local History

THIS WEEK IN TEXAS

Houston goes into exile with Cherokees
BY BARTEE HAILE

During the first week of April 1829, Sam Houston sent his teenaged bride home to mother, decided to resign as governor of Tennessee and made preparations for a self-imposed exile among his boyhood friends, the Cherokees. More...

ALL THINGS HISTORICAL

Travis' second most quoted letter from Alamo
Archie P. McDonald

The second most quoted letter William B. Travis penned in the Alamo while awaiting Santa Anna's assault began, "Take care of my little boy. More...

30 years of press clippings a public service of the History Center

ONE YEAR AGO Bob and Doris Bowman publish their first book of a new series, "The Forgotten Towns of East Texas." The first volume and will be followed by three more volumes in the coming years. More...

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