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August 6, 2008  RSS feed

Law enforcement officers and emergency medical personnel swarm the scene of a strange car chase that occurred Thursday morning beginning in Diboll and ending in south Lufkin. A compact SUV sped through Diboll at a high rate of speed and was chased by Officer Kevin Fontenot and Detective Brandon Lovell. More...

Work has begun on a classroom for a new culinary arts program at Diboll High School that already has drawn interest from more than 20 students, school district trustees learned at their monthly meeting Tuesday, July 29. The program will provide students with the skills to be commercial cooks, such as restaurant chefs, Superintendent Gary Martel said later. More...

AUSTIN --Temple-Inland Inc. last week reported second quarter 2008 net income of $8 million, or 7 cents per diluted share, compared with second quarter 2007 net income of $66 million, or 62 cents per diluted share, after a first quarter 2008 net loss of $13 million, or 12 cents per basic share. More...

American Legion Auxiliary Unit 113 held its installation of officers for the 2008-2009 year Thursday, July 24. Sharon Phelps, 7th District president from Madisonville was the installing officer. More...
Long before Anglos settled East Texas, the region's first settlement was going about its business on a prairie slope near the Neches River in what is now Cherokee County. Caddoan Mounds, a settlement of dwellings and temples, was the home of a prehistoric group of Caddo Indians, who settled in the Neches Valley sometime in the late eighth century A.D. More...
The First Baptist Church of Diboll's Youth recently attended the Houston Astros vs. New York Mets game at Minute Maid Park in Houston. More...
Graveside services for John Waylon Cox, 58, of Lufkin were held Thursday July 31, 2008 at the Berry Cemetery with David Merritt officiating under the direction of Carroway-Claybar Funeral Home, Lufkin. He was born December 23, 1949 in Lufkin, Texas to the late Audrey Mae (Sowell) and John Bunyan Cox, and died Friday, July 25, at his residence. More...
The temperatures are not the only thing heating up around Diboll with the Diboll Lumberjacks hitting the practice fields this week as the 2008 football season looms near. New Athletic Director and Head Football Coach Tom Sheppard got things started Monday afternoon with his first formal introduction to his team. More...