February 18, 2009 / Front Page

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LADY JACKS SET SIGHTS ON REGION QUALIFIER

Diboll vs Crockett Tonight at 6:30pm in Huntsville
Lady Jacks are set to face an old district rival tonight when the Crockett Lady Bulldogs and the local ladies tie it up tonight at Sam Houston St. More...

Diboll 4H

Jakob Stephens won Reserve Champion in the Pullet Division and third overall. Kaitlyn Selman won Reserve Champion in the Rooster Division and fourth overall. Both are in the Diboll 4-H and are fourthgraders at Temple Elementary in Diboll. More...

County News

2008 Pilot Club of Diboll Tree of Lights

Donations to the 2008 Pilot Club of Diboll Tree of Light were made by: Cory D. Parr, in memory of James E. Parr Sr., James E. Parr Jr., Maron Parr and Bettie Lane. More...

The Boys and Girls Club of Diboll kicks off One Campaign

The Boys & Girls Club of Diboll One Campaign has kicked off. The goal this year is to raise $10,000 during the annual pledge drive to support the daily operations of the Boys & Girls Club of Diboll. More...

Tobias Wedding

April LeAnn Tobias and Chester Christoph, both of Lufkin, were united in marriage Saturday, September 20, 2008 at the Red Barn in Lufkin with R.G. Bowers officiating. More...

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Church

35th year of interdenominational choir

The 35th year celebration of the Lufkin Interdenominational Choir is Wednesday through Saturday, Feb. 18-21, with services beginning at 7 p.m. nightly. Wednesday's service is at the Church of the Living God, 613 Culverhouse, Lufkin. More...

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Obituaries

E. F. (Dick) Hendrick

E. F. (Dick) Hendrick, 92, of Diboll, was born December 4, 1916, in Alto, Texas, the son of the late Rosa (Landrum) and Edwin Frank Hendrick. He passed away Wednesday, February 11, 2009, in a local nursing facility. Mr. More...

Denver K. Morris

Funeral for Denver K. Morris was Thursday, Feb. 12, 2009 at the Gipson Funeral Home Chapel. He died Monday, Feb. 9 at a Diboll nursing facility. A native of Hosston, Louisiana, he was a retired glue-line operator from Temple-Inland. More...

Cleatus Allen

Funeral for Cleatus Eddie Allen, 89, of Lufkin was Saturday, Feb. 14, 2009 at the First Church of the Nazarene Sanctuary. Burial was at the Gann Cemetery. He died Wednesday, Feb. 11. More...

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Hurricane relief funding

Lufkin and Nacogdoches will split more than $10 million in state hurricane relief funds to build long-term shelters for storm evacuees by the 2010 hurricane season, local officials said Friday, Feb. 13. More...

Dateline Diboll

Southern Gospel Show Gospel music returns to the Diboll Civic Center when Southern Gospel Showcase presents four groups in concert. This free event on Saturday, Feb. 21, features Breakaway, Had-A-Call, Revived, and the SGS Directors' Band. More...

Campbell Group moving forward

Campbell Timberland Management has just about gotten things settled down 15 months after buying almost 1.5 million acres of timberland from Temple-Inland. More...

Local History

Diboll History Center Press Clippings

ONE YEAR AGO U.S. Air Force Airman First Class Amanda K. Russell is awarded the Global War of Terrorism Expeditionary Medal. Airman Russell received this award for her support in Operational Iraqi Freedom. More...

THIRTY YEARS AGO THIS WEEK

Good Citizen Awards -- Six Angelina County young ladies were recognized for their service, leadership, dependability and patriotism by the Anthony Smith Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution at an awards ceremony held at the home of Mrs More...

Texans invade New Mexico for the second time

Jose Antonio Navarro, a courageous patriot who endured fiendish torture rather than renounce the cause of independence, finally returned to Texas on Feb. 15, 1845, after three hellish years in a Mexican dungeon. More...

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Sports

2009 Senior Lady Jacks

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Lumberjack Country

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Tennis season has arrived in Diboll

Joe Miranda Sports

Yes, spring is almost here and tennis is in the air - tennis balls that is. The Diboll Lumberjack Tennis team hit the courts for competition the first time this year, when they traveled to visit the Hudson Hornets last Thursday. More...

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