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January 7, 2009  RSS feed

Open for Business
The T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library staff and other Diboll area community members were on hand Monday as the Lufkin- Angelina Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting as the newly renovated facility opened back up for business hours on a regular basis. There is a very special program planned for the library's 45th Anniversary later this year. More...
Sports Shorts

Raffle Tickets The JackBackers Athletics Booster Club is offering up an excellent opportunity to win a lifetime hunting and fishing license. Tickets for the raffle are now only $10. More...

Ribs anyone ?

Another new restaurant is on the horizon for Diboll. Papa Joe's Ribs and Home Cooking is planned for early this year, sharing the property across from Diboll's motel with Countertops by Cannon. Joe Cannon's son, Jubal, operates the countertop business and will share the space with his dad. In fact, all four of Joe Cannon's sons are in the Diboll area. More...

 County News
• T.L.L. Temple Memorial Library News
Happy New Year everyone! We have moved into our new building and are open for business. This new building is quite a sight to see; you can never imagine the transformation that has been made. The old has become new and the new is beyond our imagination. On the outside we may not have changed much, but the inside will surprise everyone. More...
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 Local History
• Diboll History Center Press Clippings
ONE YEAR AGO Former Diboll Lumberjack, Jermichael Finley informs officials at The University of Texas he would be entering the 2008 National Football League draft. Tyler Junior College Apaches basketball squad defeats Angelina College Roadrunners 97-88 with TJC hitting 15 of 25 three-point shots. More...
• article has image THIRTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK
• article has image Border trouble brings ex-Ranger out of retirement
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 Church
• Seminary sign-up
The International Theological Seminary, formerly Mt. Beulah Institute & Seminary, 217 South Warren St., Lufkin, resumes for spring semester Jan. 14-May 17 at the same educational facility. Early registration is 6-9 p.m Friday, Jan. 9. Regular registration is 6-9 p.m. Monday, Jan. 12. Set orientation is required of all students from 7-8 p.m. Jan. 15. More...
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 Obituaries
• Douglas Earl Bowman
Funeral services for Douglas Earl Bowman, 56, of Lufkin, were held Sunday, Jan. 4, 2009, in the Carroway- Claybar Funeral Home Chapel with Bro. Dwyan Calvert officiating. Survivors include his wife, Melinda Bowman; son, Drew Bowman; son and daughter-in-law, Seth and Lyssa Bowman; one grandson. More...
• Donald B. Garrett
• Jonie Harris
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 Sports
• article has image Diboll Lady Jacks keep on rolling along
The Diboll Lady Jacks just keep on keeping on as they ran rough shot through the Livingston Lady Lions Tournament and turned around to annihilate the Rusk Lady Eagles two days later 81-37. The ladies wrapped up last week's tournament action back at full capacity with Nikki Greene making it back from the holiday's on the second day of action in Livingston. More...
• article has image Lumberjacks take 18-3A home opener
• Sam Rayburn Fishing Report
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