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After 70-year drought, college football reigns
Head Coach Johnny Richey: ‘We couldn’t have scripted that any better; it’s like a movie’
Lon Morris’ return to junior college football got off to a blockbuster start, and one that head coach and Rusk native Johnny Richey – or even Steven Spielberg – couldn’t have scripted any better. More...
Track, artificial turf OKd
$1.12 million field surface will be identical to Dallas Cowboys
BY GLORIA JENNINGS

When the Rusk Eagles host their first home game for the 2011 football season they will be playing on artificial turf, the same as used at the new Cowboy Stadium. Stadium renovation totaling $1,389,780 is to be completed by Feb. 21, 2011, in time for the spring track season. More...

Public schools report attendance on 1st day

As school bells ring the start of a new year, 303 additional students are answering the call in Cherokee County. Some schools are reporting increases, while others are almost the same as last year. First day enrollment totaled 8,339 students. By Friday, students reporting for class increased to 8,542 students. Last year, a total of 8,293 students reported on the first day. More...

 News
• Synthetic marijuana has legal loophole
The noose is tightening on a legal loophole that allows the sale of synthetic marijuana. While no ordinances have been passed in Cherokee County concerning the sale of K2, the city of Rusk plans to take up the issue at its Sept. 9 meeting. “K2 will be on the Sept. 9 agenda when the Rusk council meets,” Mayor Angela Raiborn said Thursday afternoon. More...
• article has image Rusk’s Zero Food Locker building is razed this week
• Veterans of Foreign Wars, Auxiliary sponsor contest
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 Community
• Jacksonville police department will use money for 8 new radios
$11,487 FEDERAL GRANT
A $11,487 Department of Justice grant will be used by the city of Jacksonville to purchase eight hand-held radios, said Assistant Chief John Page. “Beginning January 2013 all radios must be on a narrow-band system for interoperability communication,” the assistant chief said. More...
• article has image Couple tells wedding plans
• article has image 4-H Summer Project Show
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 Viewpoints
• article has image RHS alumni group uses website, Facebook to keep in touch
Thank you to the staff of the Cherokeean Herald for the great press coverage you have given to the Rusk High School Alumni Association. You have helped promote our upcoming events. We have more info that you might want to consider including in your articles prior to the events. More...
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 Columns
• article has image FAST| forward
How are we doing?
The mail arrived on Monday, and there was a handwritten note addressed to my mom from a friend in Fort Worth. More...
• article has image THE Q| factor
• article has image TAXING| thoughts
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 Sports
• article has image Carthage runs away from Indians, 41-28
Indians drop season opener; defending 3A Division II state champion Bulldogs win 30th consecutive game
JACKSONVILLE – No one said it was going to be easy. The Jacksonville Indians opened their 2010 season with a 41-26 loss Friday at the Tomato Bowl against highly-ranked, defending Class 3A state-champion Carthage Bulldogs team that entered the season with a 29- game winning streak. More...
• article has image Young Eagles, Jackets kick off season
• article has image ‘Rough’est of starts: Eagles lose to Center, 47-0
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 Obituaries
• CLEO IRWIN COURTNEY PRYOR
Graveside service for Cleo Irwin Courtney Pryor was at 10 a.m. Thursday at Cedar Hill Cemetery with Deacon Andy Perrone officiating. Mrs. Pryor was born Aug. 24, 1911, and died on Aug. 23 on the eve of her 99th birthday at Crestview Retirement Home in Bryan, her home since 1991. More...
• E.J. (JACK) WATTS
• MASTER SGT. ROBERT LITTLEFIELD
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 Schools
• BUILT FORD TOUGH TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL PLAYER OF THE WEEK PROGRAM LAUNCHED
FOR FIFTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR
DALLAS, August 30, 2010 – For the fifth consecutive year, Ford Motor Company will recognize six outstanding student-athletes each week through the Built Ford Tough Texas High School Football Player of the Week Program. More...
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 Agriculture
• TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE www.TexasAgriculture.gov
TDA Market Recap August 30
AUSTIN – (Aug. 30, 2010) For the week ending Aug. 28, feeder cattle prices at Texas auctions were mostly steady to $3 higher, with a few as much as $8 higher. However, some sales later in the week were $1 to $4 lower. More...
• Texas crop, weather
• TAHC Announces Office Changes
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 Colleges
• SFA to open University Series with Philadelphia Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The internationally acclaimed Philadelphia  Virtuosi Chamber Orchestra will perform in concert at 7:30 p.m.  More...
• TJC alumni mixer features reunions, classic car show
• TJC Homecoming alumni events Sept. 17 and 18
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 Area Interest
• Texas Highways news
388 fewer deaths this year because more people are wearing seat belts
 Motorists across Texas are safer on today’s highways for many reasons—more people wearing seat belts and public campaigns that discourage drinking and driving—but there’s no doubt that safer highways have also contributed to the significant decline in fatalities across Texas.  More...
• Texas Historical Commission News
• DPS looking for escaped Dallas sex offender
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 Food
• HEALTHY AFTER-SCHOOL SNACKS, MEALS ENCOURAGED BY TDA, LOCAL GROCERS
AS PARENTS SEND KIDS BACK TO SCHOOL Texas-grown, raised food products highlighted as fresh and nutritious parts of healthy kids' diets
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 Health
• Affordable Care Act Program Helps 94 Texas Employers and Unions Cover Early Retirees
Nearly 2,000 Plan Sponsors Accepted Across US in First Round; Applications Still Being Accepted
The U.S. More...
• DSHS Offers PAM Precautions
• TRINITY MOTHER FRANCES
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 Outdoors
• “How’s the huntin’?”
Texas Parks and Wildlife Using Social Media to Connect with Hunters
AUSTIN – As thousands of hunters flock to their bird leases for the opening day of dove season in the North and Central Zones Wednesday, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is going to be trying something new. More...
• TPWD Proposes List of Approved Exotic Aquatic Plants, Permitted Algae
• Dove Season Ushers in Fall Hunting with a Bang
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 Pets
• Pet Talk
When the Wild Meet the Tame
With the rapid growth of urbanization these days, people are coming into contact with wild animals more frequently than ever. This means that our domesticated animals are coming into contact with them as well, which can sometimes pose a dangerous situation. More...
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 Statewide
• Patterson hears widow's plight, changes policy overnight
VLB now offers discount on home loans to surviving spouses of veterans killed in action
AUSTIN - Jerry Patterson, Chairman of the Texas Veterans Land Board, today announced a change in policy that allows the surviving spouse of any Texas veteran killed in action an additional full 50 basis point More...
• TEXAS MONTHLY OIL AND GAS STATISTICS
• TWC Requests $5.8 Million in Federal Funds
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