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February 15th, 2007
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Mary Voyles named 2006 Citizen of the Year
Loving, compassionate, understanding, unstoppable, always there, and remarkable were just a few words used to describe this year's Citizen of the Year, Mary Voyles, of Brownsboro, during the Chandler Brownsboro Area Chamber of Commerce's annual awards banquet held Thursday, Feb. 8, in the Chandler ... More...
School Closed

The outbreak of flu-like symptoms has forced the closing of all Brownsboro ISD schools for the remainder of the week, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, Feb. 14 through 16. BISD Superintendent Elton Caldwell said about 470 students are absent from class due to illness. More...

Brookshire's Grocery evacuated following bomb threat

Chandler Police are searching for information that will lead to the arrest of the person + or persons who placed a bomb threat in the form of a note on the vehicle of a Southside Bank employee Monday night. According to CPD Chief Ron Reeves, around 8:22 p.m., a female employee of the Southside Ba... More...

 News
•Adams & Eubanks Engaged
The engagement of Rene Adams, Chandler, and Thomas Eubanks, Jacksonville is announced. The bride-elect is the daughter of Bob and Donna Manasco of Whitehouse. She is a graduate of Whitehouse High School and attended Tyler Junior College. She is employed by Brookshire Gro- cery Company. More...
•Milum & Lewis wed
•Brownsboro ISD MENU
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 Church News
•Americans: A praying nation
According to a recent US News and World Report poll, 62 percent of Americans say that, personally for them, religion has been increasing its influence in their lives. Seventy six percent believe that God is a heavenly Father who can be reached by prayers. Seventy-seven percent say that God has,... More...
•Chandler F.U.M.C.
•West Lake Baptist News
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 School
•Time is running out to nominate the next Texas "Teacher of the Year"
Meriden, CT -- The deadline for accepting nominations for the Texas 2006-2007 "Teacher of the Year" award is midnight March 1, 2007. The announcement came from the award sponsor, Teachers' Insurance Plan, a car insurance program exclusively for members of the educational community. More...
•Brownsboro Junior High School STUDENTS OF THE WEEK
•School board candidate workshop offers information and insight
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 Obituaries
•Margaret Louise McCullars Fowler
Services for Mrs. Margaret Louise McCullars Fowler, 70, of Chandler, Texas, were held Wednesday, February 7, 2007 at Chandler Memorial Funeral Home Chapel. Burial was in Chandler Memorial Cemetery, under the direction of Chandler Memorial Funeral Home, Chandler. More...
•Emma Lucille Bass
•Martha Cowart Miller
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 Letters
•TO THE EDITOR:
"Picture this": You are going in Kidd Jones Chevron Station on Hwy 31 West in Chandler when you see a small purse laying there. You pick it up and look in it. There is no identification, but there is money in it. You look around to see if anyone saw you pick it up. Guess what, God did. You didn't ... More...
•TO THE EDITOR:
•Letter to the Editor:
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 Writer's Corner
•Writers' Corner
If you have a poem, song lyrics or a short story and you would like to share it with the readers of The Statesman now is your chance. Email or mail us your submission and look for it in an upcoming issue of The Statesman. More...
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 Sports
•BHS UIL Academic Team compete at Lindale & REL
Members of the Brownsboro High School UIL Academic Team have been burning the midnight oil lately competing in area tournaments. On Friday and Saturday, Jan. 26 and 27, twenty-one students traveled to Lindale High School to compete in a variety of academic contests. More...
•Former Bearette makes a splash in college softball
•Gridiron Heros
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 Whats Happening
• What's Happening
The Chandler Public Library will host a book signing and reception for author Jennifer Kennedy Dean Fri., Feb.16, 5pm-6pm. Kennedy is an author and speaker who leads seminars for the Praying Life Foundation. More...
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 Historical
•ALL THINGS HISTORICAL: A LOOK AT EAST TEXAS HISTORY
Before the late Steve Ervin wrestled his first crocodile, before Jane Goodall learned to communicate with chimps, before swimming champion Johnny Weissmuller personified Edgar Rice Burroughs' Tarzan and Jungle Jim in movies and serials, and before John Wayne performed in a film titled "Hatari! More...
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