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August 4, 2009  RSS feed

With Lumberjack Stadium in the distance, these Jack hopefuls geared it up for the first day of two-a-days Monday on the practice field. Diboll will continue two-a-day workouts for the remainder of the week as the Lumberjacks get closer to the opening game of the season Aug. 28 at home against Kirbyville. The community will get the chance to "Meet the Jacks" Aug. 14 at the high school gym beginning at 6 p.m. followed the next day by the first scrimmage of the year at Hardin- Jefferson. Photo by Andy Scott More...

Piney Woods Sanitation Company will no longer take recyclable garbage from the City of Diboll to the City of Lufkin for recycling, City Manager Dennis McDuffie said last week during a city council meeting. More...

The Diboll Independent School District Board of Trustees voted unanimously last week to hire the firm of Claycomb Associates of Dallas and Austin as architects for construction projects if the district is able to pass a bond referendum in November. More...

Diboll City Manager Dennis McDuffie says city water customers are being asked to voluntarily conserve water now that one of the city's water wells has gone down for repair. More...
Lick Skillet is a name that courses through the history of rural East Texas. For more than a hundred years or so, it has been attached to communities, creeks, roads and anything else where people have a sense of humor. More...
Local students prepare for returning to school after a busy summer. Students representing The Saltmine, student ministry at First Baptist Church-Diboll, have been busy this summer and many will return to school after learning great life lessons. The high school students traveled to Tennessee to Camp Living Stones in early June where they helped with mission projects and enjoyed great worship, bible study,and networking with students from Mountain Home, Arkansas and Garland, Texas. The junior high students traveled a short distance to Pineywoods Encampment for summer camp. They enjoyed their experiences as well including bible study, worship and meeting about 800 new friends. To wind down the summer, 23 students along with 5 adult sponsors, traveled to the Dallas metroplex for a trip to Six Flags which hosted Christian Rap Artists, TobyMac and Kutless. They ended their trip with worship at Prestonwood Church in North Plano (pictured right). Many students will return to school changed through their experiences they had over the summer. More...
Funeral for Connie Merle Donnell, 100, of Nacogdoches, formerly of Huntington, were held Wednesday, August 5, 2009, in the Carroway-Claybar Funeral Home Chapel in Huntington. Burial was in the Huntington Cemetery. She died Sunday, August 2, in Nacogdoches. A native of Houston County, neat Ratcliff, she was a homemaker. Survivors include her son, Sam Donnell, Jr. More...
CAPE GIRARDEAU,, Mo. (Monday, July 13, 2009) - Redhawks softball head coach Lana Richmond has announced the signing HaLeigh Willis to a National Letter of Intent (NLI) for the upcoming softball season. More...