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The makeup of Diboll City Council remains unchanged after Saturday's election, but the school board is getting a new member. Mayor Bill Brown decisively defeated challenger Gary Mike Smith 251-173 while council incumbents Larry Cook and Ricky Conner prevailed over challenger Lewis Ivey. Cook received 278 votes, Conner 204 and Ivey 125. More ... HOUSTON (AP) -- A 7-year-old boy who was allegedly shot in the head by a couple who thought he and three other people were trespassing on their property died Saturday, authorities said. Donald Coffey Jr. died Saturday morning at a Houston hospital, less than two days after the boy was struck in the head by shotgun pellets, Liberty County Sheriff's Cpl. Hugh Bishop said. More ... PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) -- CBS Sports golf analyst David Feherty apologized Sunday to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid for a morbid joke that went bad in a Dallas magazine. More ... The co-defendant of Diboll City Councilman Gary Jones has pleaded guilty to a charge against him and agreed to testify against Jones, District Attorney Clyde Herrington said last week. Lane Bass, a former street superintendent for the city of Diboll, was charged last fall along with Jones with four counts of misuse of official information. More ... Veda Bearden is a cancer survivor. When she was diagnosed, she sat down and wrote the following poem. We are printing it again for anyone who missed it last year. We had another successful Relay for Life this year. Thanks to everyone who helped out. Working together, we can defeat this disease. More ... Its allergy season again. Some of the most common allergies are pollen from trees, grass, weeds, mold, animal dander and dust. There is help available at Self-Help for Allergies on www.familydoctor.org. More ... Thankfully we had no damage from the fast moving stormy weather that moved through on Sunday morning. Our electric power was off several hours just when folks needed to be getting breakfast and ready for church. Since Beamon and I eat very early, we were out of the kitchen and I had just gotten Mother's food on the table. More ... Mike and Terry Gipson are still traveling across the country in their very nice RV. They enjoy watching birds, fishing, hiking, cooking, eating, shopping, all the fun things one hopes to do when they retire. More ... Panther Pride Officers for 2009-2010 are: Capt. Madeline Dubose, Lt. Celeste Cole, Lt. Maegan Mahoney, Lt. Moniqua Shaw and Lt. Olivia Williams. More ... Came across a news item last week that was one of those reads that leave one shaking one's head in disbelief. A young man in Pennsylvania is crying discrimination because the small, "conservative Christian" college he attends has suspended him for a year because of the part-time job he took to raise money for school. More ... Saturday's city election results will allow Diboll to move forward as a home rule city and perhaps take some steps to protect the city's viability in the years to come. Being a home rule city gives the city the power to annex property without the consent of the property owner. More ... Last week this column addressed some basic information on te Driver's Responsibility Program, points and surcharges. This week I will discuss a few of the most frequently asked questions we received through the JP court. QUESTION: How do I know when to pay a surcharge? More ... The final employee of the week for the 2008-09 school year is Diane Pennington, Temple Elementary gifted/talented teacher. Each employee of the week receives a $100 gas card and all will be taken to dinner by the school district and Diboll PTSA, which sponsor the award. More ... Thomas Morrow Reavley, a Nacogdoches High School graduate and senior judge of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, will address new graduates at Stephen F. Austin State University's spring commencement ceremony on Saturday, May 16. More ... Air Force Airman James H. Stone graduated from basic military training at Lackland Air Force Base, San Antonio. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. More ... NACOGDOCHES — Meagan Hensley of Diboll was the recipient of three scholarships awarded by the Stephen F. Austin State University department of mathematics and statistics. Hensley was awarded the W.D. Clark Mathematics Scholarship, the Carl Monk Jr. and Dr. Corrine Monk Jones Scholarship, and the Jason Balusek Scholarship. More ... Dear Diboll Community and Friends, I was asked by a community member this week to clarify why Diboll ISD pays teachers $35.00 an hour. This question was based on last week's Free Press article about increases in pay for summer school teachers to $35.00 an hour. More ... NACOGDOCHES - Agricultural producers who did not obtain crop insurance or Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) coverage for 2008 can pay a buy-in fee through May 18 to become eligible for 2008 disaster assistance programs authorized by the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, according to Lance Jacobs, More ... AUSTIN — The House on May 4 approved HB 4765, legislation to raise the small business exemption to the state margins tax from $300,000 to $1 million but only for years 2010-11. The primary author of the bill is Rep. Rene Oliveira, D-Brownsville. One of the bill's four co-authors, Rep. More ... |
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