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August 6, 2008  RSS feed

High Speed Chase
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...
New DHS program will be ready

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...

T-I earnings up in quarter 2

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...

 County News
• article has image American Legion Auxiliary Unit 113
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...
• Jacks season tickets on sale
• article has image Diboll ex honored for work
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 Local History
• article has image The Mystery of the Caddo Mounds
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...
• article has image Peacemakers wait for Comanches to decide their fate
• article has image Historical Markers of Angelina County Emporia Cemetery
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 Church
• article has image FBC Diboll Youth invade Minute Maid
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...
• Church Calendar
• article has image DFP - Church of the Week
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 Obituaries
• John Waylon Cox
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...
• Martha Davis
• James H. Dillon Sr.
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 Sports
• article has image Are you ready for some Football?
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...
• Looking for a chain gang
• The Diboll JackBackers Need Your Help!
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