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June 11, 2008  RSS feed

COPCARTS
Diboll police dept. cuts fuel costs
Diboll police have two new patrol vehicles, so watch that jogging at excessive speed The golf carts, which arrived Saturday, June 7, will be used at athletic events and civic center functions, patrolling Old Orchard Park as well as neighborhood patrols during the summer and hike and bike trail patrols. More...
City council favors conservation contribution

Diboll will participate in a planning effort that promises to increase tourism and make East Texas a better place to live after city council members agreed to a $5,000 contribution to the effort. "Green infrastructure" is the target of the planning effort spearheaded by the Conservation Fund, a national wildlands protection group. More...

Election investigation follows May 10 polls

The Angelina County district attorney's office has begun a preliminary inquiry into Diboll's May 10 city election, in which six county residents are alleged to have voted illegally, DA Clyde Herrington confirmed last week. County Tax Assessor-Collector Thelma "Midget" Sherman has confirmed that that many votes by non-city residents were cast in the election. More...

 County News
• Forest Association boasts landowner opportunities
The Texas Forest Association has compiled a brochure that list cost-share programs available to landowners that can help reduce the cost of managing forest lands. More...
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 Local History
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Alabama-Coushatta tribe linked with Texas history
Thousands of people drive through East Texas each year without the knowledge that an Indian reservation-- one that played a role in the independence of Texas--exists within the pine forests. The difficulties faced by the Alabama Coushatta tribes to remain on their land and create economic opportunities for their people reach back to the 1830s. More...
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 Obituaries
• Terry Stephen Carter
Funeral services for Terry Stephen Carter, 44, of Livingston were held Thursday, June 5, 2008 at the Carroway-Claybar Funeral Home Chapel with Brother Jackson Colwell officiating. Mr. Carter was born April 27, 1964 in Beaumont, Texas to Genevieve (Barfield) and Delmer Carter, and died Sunday, June 1, 2008 in a Houston hospital. More...
• Bryan Keith Cartwright
• Maria Isabel Fernandez
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 Sports
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Singing conventions were the highlights of our young lives
Music is one of the important things of my life and always has been. Some of my earliest recollections have been the sound of music. I love to hear voices in harmony and almost any kind of instrumental working up a musical storm. I have vivid memories of family music from before age five years old. More...
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