June 25, 2008 / Front Page

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VANDALS ACTIVE

Ramiro DeJesus,Diboll Investigator, stands with markings spray painted on the baseball complex concession stand at Old Orchard Park; at right The Wall of Honor at the baseball complex was defaced; and below, the vandals also left their mark on the ic More...

Angelina County Jobless rate low

Angelina County's labor force has grown oh-so-slightly in the last year, while its neighboring counties to the north and south have remained essentially static. More...

County News

Behind the Desk OF JERRY GAULDIING

The Washington Post has opened the race war in the 2008 presidential campaign with a story Sunday contending that polling results indicate 30 percent of Americans admit to having racially prejudiced feelings and casts that as a potentially serious More...

News From The Round Table At Pouland's

Emma Lee Smith was pleased to learn that her great niece, Susan Walker, and her family had their picture taken on the White House lawn in May. We are talking about the presidential White House in Washington, D.C. More...

Diboll Police Report

June 9, 2008 - June 15, 2008

Arrests: Carlos Valenzuela - No Drivers License; Male - Emergency Peace Officers Warrant; Carlos Grandos - No Drivers License and No Liability Insurance; John D. More...

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Church

Huntington United Methodist Church News

By: Juanita Hopson

June 15, 2008 was Kingdom tide, the fifth Sunday after Pentecost. More...

It Came from the Bible

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Gospel Concert at First Assembly

First Assembly of God in Diboll is having a Gospel Concert: The Bethels from Nederland, Texas on June 29, 2008 at 6 p.m. For more information please contact Pastor Bruce Frazier at 936-829-4250. More...

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Sports

Hunt for Lumberjacks new head man is underway

By Russell Payne Sports Editor

After last week's surprising revelation that Diboll Lumberjack Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Gary Martel would be moving to role of Diboll I.S.D. More...

Lumberjacks step up to play the big boys in 7-on-7 Tournament

By Russell Payne Sports Editor

Still riding high off of their victory in the Diboll 7-on-7 State Qualifying Tournament last weekend the Lumberjack squad would take their winning ways to uncharted waters. More...

See You on the Lake

Lufkin Bass Club and Woody Cooper Foster Grandparents
Woody Cooper

The Lufkin Saturday Bass Club held their May tournament on May 10 with the weigh-in at Monterrey Park. The weather was decent and the 16 contestants managed to find fish for the most part. More...

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Tom Sheppard to lead Lumberjacks

New Diboll AD and Head Football Coach to begin July 7
Russell Payne /Sports Editor

****DIBOLL FREE PRESS EXCLUSIVE (SHEPPARD NEW HEAD FOOTBALL COACH)**** More...

Mitchell to be sworn to council after election

Fred Mitchell outpolled Gary Mike Smith in the Saturday, June 21, runoff nonelection for a place on the Diboll City Council. The runoff became a nonevent after Smith withdrew from the race Monday, June 16. More...

Parents urged to take heed

School's out, and so are the vandals. More...

Happenings

Diboll Days Plans are under way for the production of the 2008 edition of Diboll Days, set for Oct. 4. Anyone interested in volunteering for the event should call Lesa Terrell at 637-1084. More...

Local History

ALL THINGS HISTORICAL

The forgotten forests of East Texas
Archie P. McDonald

In the early 1800s, when East Texas was settled by Southern families, they were greeted by vast pine forests where massive trees towered over the land. It wasn't unusual to see pines as large as five feet in width. More...

THIS WEEK IN TEXAS

White outlaws lead Indians on frontier raid
BY BARTEE HAILE

(This is my 1,300th column, which makes it exactly 25 years that I've been writing and you've been reading "This Week in Texas History." Thank you, fellow Texans, for your interest and support, and a special note of appreciation to the editors and More...

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

ONE YEAR AGO Leading the Lufkin High School Panther Pride Drill Team are Director Johnna Walker, Lt. Taylor Rush, Lt. Katarina Peitersen, Lt. Morgan Holcomb, Lt. Amiee Weber, Capt. Claire Cumbie and Assistant Director Maya Gamble. More...

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Obituaries

John Edward McLain

Graveside services for John Edward McLain, 56, of Lufkin, were held June 24, 2008, in the Chinquapin Cemetery in San Augustine, with Reverend Ted Tedford officiating. Mr. McLain was a painter for Ace Painting. More...

Ervin McCaa

Services for Mr. McCaa were held June 23, 2008, in the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel, with Reverend Horace Fletcher and Reverend Grant Hanes officiating. Interment followed in the Garden of Memories Memorial Park. More...

Clennon Hubert Moncrief

Graveside services for Clennon Hubert Moncrief, 50, of Lufkin were held June 21, 2008 in the Sims (Rocky Hill) Cemetery with Kayla Brown delivering the eulogy. He was born Dec. More...

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