Diboll's mayor and just-departed city manager agree that the city and state agencies are much better prepared to deal with a severe hurricane than they were at the time of Hurricane Rita in 2005. Mayor Bill Brown and former City Manager Kenneth Williams, whose last day was Monday, Sept. More...

Diboll City Council members Monday evening appointed Kent Havard and Elvia Estevez-Garza as interim co-city managers while the council seeks a replacement for the departed Kenneth Williams. Williams attended Monday's meeting on his last day on the job. He starts today, Sept. 10, in his new job as city manager of Buda. More...