April 30, 2008 / Front Page

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LUMBERJACKS WIN Bi-DISTRICT TITLE

Liberty Hill up next for Diboll
Diboll defeats Mexia 7-2 and 8-6 to take series More...

School board hopefuls mostly agree

Open conflict was lacking Thursday as three of the five candidates for Diboll school board squared off at the first candidate forum held in the city. More...

County News

News From The Round Table At Pouland's

Carl Burchfield reported that his wife Betty was scheduled to return to a Houston hospital and after ten months she hopes they will be able to help her stand on both feet. More...

90 YEARS YOUNG

Tom Benji McKinney is all smiles as he celebrates his 90th birthday this week. More...

Congratulations to Lindsay Syler!

Lindsay Syler, the 2001 Valedictorian of Diboll I.S.D., daughter of Kyle and Linda Syler of Diboll will complete commencement exercises at Texas A & M University, May 8th, 2008. Lindsay will attain her Doctorate of Veterinary Medicine. More...

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Church

Huntington United Methodist Church

April 20th was the fifth Sunday of Easter and the color is white. Thought: When we put God first, other conditions of discipleship become easier to meet. Luke 9:61. You are welcome at HUMC with open hearts, open minds and open doors. More...

St. Thomas Spirit and Truth Ministries

St. Thomas Spirit and Truth Ministries is having their annual Mother's Day Revival May 7 - 10, 2008. Services will be held nightly at 7:00 pm at 803 S. Temple in Diboll. Portraits will be taken nightly (no sitting fee). More...

ASSEMBLY OF GOD TRADE DAY SUCCESS

Two vendors watch a crowd at another booth at the First Assembly of God Trade Days Saturday. The monthly event also featured a car wash. Attendance was thin in the morning but picked up to healthy levels after noon. More...

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Sports

Lumberjacks ready for postseason play

By Russell Payne Sports Editor

After more than a decade's absence from the postseason the Diboll Lumberjacks have finally found the chemistry and wins to break into the Class 3A playoffs. More...

OUT IN LEFT FIELD

Looking ahead to another year
with Russell Payne

It is hard to imagine, but I actually am celebrating some weird kind of one year anniversary as it relates to my time in Diboll this week. More...

Diboll golfers compete at regionals

By Russell Payne Sports Editor

For the Diboll Golf team it was an important week in Huntsville, TX last week as the boys squad headed for the Class 3A Region III Golf Tournament. More...

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AMERICAN HERO

Man gets medal after 64 years

Ellis Kessinger received an honor Saturday he's been waiting for a long, long time. The Diboll resident and member of VFW Post 8933 officially was awarded the Bronze Star medal he earned almost 65 years ago. More...

Meth bust made

Diboll police Friday night discovered meth lab components after responding to a disturbance call on Hamner Street. More...

Candidates vie at Free Press Forum

Candidates in air differences

Diboll's first-ever candidates forum revealed some differences of opinion among the six city council contenders on the merits of the city charter that will be voted on May 10 along with the council hopefuls. More...

Happenings

Yard Beautiful Contest sponsored by the Diboll Garden Club begins May 1-2. More...

Local History

THIS WEEK IN TEXAS

1902 tornado tears up Goliad, is still remembered today
BY BARTEE HAILE

A boiling black cloud rolled into Goliad on May 18, 1902, rattling windows with earsplitting thunderclaps and pelting the historic town with huge hailstones. But the worst was yet to come from the killer storm. More...

ALL THINGS HISTORICAL

Peter Ellis Bean one in a handful of colorful characters
Archie P. McDonald

The American frontier produced many colorful characters, including Peter Ellis Bean. Bean was born in Bean Station, Tennessee, on June 8, 1783. More...

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

ONE YEAR AGO A total of 355 pounds of non-perishable food items are collected during food drive campaign at the Diboll Curves location during the months of March and April. More...

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Obituaries

Gloria Torres Estrada

Services for Gloria Torres Estrada, 70, of Diboll, were held at 10:00 a.m. Tuesday in the Oakley-Metcalf Funeral Home Chapel with Reverend Baldemar Caftan officiating. Interment followed in the Forest Haven Cemetery. Mrs. More...

Russell Harry Gauman

Russell Harry Gauman, 63, of Huntington, was born April 1 3, 1 945, in Akron Ohio. He passed away Tuesday, April 22, 2008, in a local hospice facility. More...

Little Terry Horne

Memorial services for Little Terry Home, 34, of Huntington were held Saturday, April 26, 2008 at 4:00 p.m. in the Carroway-Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Lufkin with his uncle, Tim Sutton officiating. More...

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