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June 17, 2009  RSS feed

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Monday, June 8, Diboll High School was represented at the state level by Colleen Courtney and Steven Brown. Freshman Colleen Courtney (right) returns with a Third Division Twirling Solo and Junior Steven Brown (left) medaled with a Second Division Trumpet Solo. More...
History Center fetes life on the Neches

The History Center in Diboll, along with the Museum of East Texas and Texas Conservation Alliance Announce the Life on the Neches Traveling Photograph Exhibit. More...

Council member resigns due to recent bid scandal

Diboll City Councilman Gary Jones, indicted last year by the Angelina County grand jury, resigned Monday. The move could be seen as a prelude to a guilty plea in the near future. City Manager Dennis McDuffie confirmed Tuesday morning that Jones had submitted his resignation. More...

 Local History
• article has image "Know Nothings" spring election surprise
With Election Day just seven weeks away, the Texas branch of the American Party, better known as the "Know Nothings," met on June 11, 1855, to select a slate of candidates for statewide office. In only three years, the grass-roots movement had evolved from a fraternal group in the Northeast called the Order of United Americans into a major political force. More...
• article has image Texas landmark turns 150
• article has image Thirty years of Diboll Free Press clippings
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 Obituaries
• Jackie Marberry
Funeral for Jackie Marberry, 83, of Hudson was Tuesday, June 16, 2009 in the Carroway-Claybar Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in the Wallace Chapel Cemetery. She died Saturday, June 13, in a local hospital. A native of Huntington, she was the retired owner of Marberry & Sons Supermarket. Survivors include her sons; Robert L. Marberry, Billy J. Marberry, Richard M. More...
• Bobby V. Forest
• Marco Antonio Torres
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 Sports
• Talking Sports
NBA Finals recap In the 24th edition of the paper this year, it's only appropriate that I talk about #24 Kobe Bryant and the Los Angeles Lakers. Regardless of what people think of his off-the-court mishaps, Kobe just cemented himself as the second-best wingman of my generation. More...
• article has image Camp Photos
• Sam Rayburn fishing report
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