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The heavy workover drilling rig (shown at far right) caused severe damage to the railroad tracks and to the expensive control system that was knocked over when it knocked over a stop sign and plowed dirt and crossed the tracks shortly before 5 p.m. last Wednesday afternoon. The truck was going east on FM 418 and veered to miss a vehicle stopped at Hwy 96. See related photo, page 2. Photos by Dan Eakin
The Sixth Annual Spring in the Big Thicket Festival in downtown Silsbee is now only about a month away, and vendors are signing up at the Silsbee Public Library to rent booth space for the big event.
The event will be from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, April 29.
Vendors who participated last year have until this Friday, March 31, to reserve their same spaces for this year.
Beginning Saturday,…