Thirty Years Ago 1995
October 15, 1995
“The last food stamps ever issued by Texas will be mailed to New Boston families over the next 10 days. Those coupons will be replaced by the electronic Lone Star card, which is about to go on-line in Bowie County,” said State Comptroller John Sharp. The card uses modern technology to supplant the “inefficient and fraud ridden paper system of the past.”
Twenty Years Ago 2005
October 16, 2005
Red River Member Service Group, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Red River Federal Credit Union, has developed a new service that eliminates the cost of driving all over town to find some place to cash a payroll check. They will bring their new Payroll Van to your place of business, and employees can cash their checks there.
Ten Years Ago - 2015
October 14, 2015
The State Bank of DeKalb held a bank-wide food drive during the month of September with all three of its branches competing to see who could bring in the most combined pounds of food, boxes of cereal and monetary gifts. The 3 locations collected a total of 677 boxes of cereal, 1,547 pounds of donated food items, and $3,383.60 in monetary gifts. The donations were distributed to local community service organizations, including Harvest Texarkana, Nick’s Mission, and DeKalb Hope
Five Years Ago- 2020
October 14, 2020
The James Bowie offense was firing on all cylinders Friday night as they clobbered the Clarksville Tigers 4623 in their first district game of the season.
