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New hospitality administration program will open this fall
JACKSONVILLE – Lon Morris College has a recipe for growth. Paperwork was signed in the LMC president’s office Monday which will create a new hospitality administration degree plan and add the Landmark Building, formerly the U.S. Post Office located at the intersection of U.S. Highways 69 and 79, as a satellite campus. Classes will begin next fall. More...
5 TxDOT highway projects on hold
BY GLORIA JENNINGS

Cherokee County Commissioners met Monday for less than an hour to consider a 12-item agenda. The agenda included an update from Barry Hughes with North East Texas Regional Mobility Authority (NET RMA). He discussed Texas Department of Transportation projects pending in Cherokee County. More...

Rusk Police file sexual assault, misconduct charges

The Rusk Police Department arrested a man accused of sexually assaulting two 13-year-old girls and is investigating another case of solicitation involving a girl under 14 years old. Raymond Matthew Pyle, 18, of Rusk was arrested March 2 and posted two $25,000 bonds. He is accused of two counts of sexual assault of a child, which are second degree felonies. More...

 News
• article has image Hide, seek winner, new icon announced
Anna Patrick of Rusk was the winner in a contest sponsored jointly by the Cherokeean Herald and CD 97.7 FM. In the last issue, she found the telephone located in the Pizza Hut ad and was the correct caller who responded last week during TalkTime at 9:30 a.m. Ms. Patrick won a free pizza from Katie’s Pantry. More...
• article has image On the run
• article has image Airman Hollis Wilcox graduates basic training
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 County
• article has image Gallatin graduate student to sing with SFA’s Orchestra of the Pines
Monica Hamilton 1 of 3 performers at March 11 concert
Soprano Monica Hamilton of Gallatin, a graduate vocal performance student at Stephen F. Austin State University, will be one of the featured soloists during the SFA Orchestra of the Pines concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, March 11, in Cole Concert Hall on the university campus. More...
• article has image Scholarship gift
• article has image Office re-opens
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 Viewpoints
• article has image FAST| forward
Democracy begins at grass roots
The primary election is over – but I’m still trying to recover from a long, long night. The Cherokeean Herald, KTLU and KWRW radios continued a long-standing tradition of providing election results. Gloria Jennings, my husband Robert and I gathered election totals and distributed them via the web, the air waves and print. More...
• Refuge a gift from East Texans to East Texas
• article has image THE Q| factor
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 Sports
• article has image Around the horn: baseball/softball season underway
Lady Eagles, Lady Jackets both state-ranked; Eagle baseball hopes to rebound from last season’s winless district schedule
Despite rain and snow in the last few weeks, it has been absolutely no trouble for area baseball and softball teams to get to it on the diamond during the lazy days of spring. Area baseball and softball teams started their march to Austin, and hope springs eternal, just as it does every spring from inning to inning. More...
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 Obituaries
• article has image JEFF PARSONS
Funeral for Jeff Parsons, 43, of Rusk was at 11 a.m. Thursday at Eastside Baptist Church with Rev. R.S. Dyess, Rev. Don Copeland and Rev. Mike Bradford officiating. Burial was in Lowes Chapel Cemetery under the direction of Wallace- Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk. More...
• BERTRUM D. HOOD
• DR. LEROY MEHARRY
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 Agriculture
• Texas crop, weather
Corn planting in eastern half of state 'well behind the eight ball'
COLLEGE STATION - - Extraordinary cool and wet weather continued to bog down all field work and delay corn planting in most of the state, according to a Texas AgriLife Extension Service statewide agronomist. More...
• Wildfire weather forecast for Texas Southern Plains
• AgriLife scientists do groundwork for genetic mapping of algae biofuel species
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 Colleges
• Acclaimed composer Marvin Hamlisch will perform at SFA
An Evening with Marvin Hamlisch,” which is sponsored in part by Commercial Bank of Texas, is a part of the 2009-2010 University Series.
NACOGDOCHES, TEXAS - The winner of every major entertainment award is  coming to East Texas as the Stephen F. Austin State University College  More...
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 Food
• NATIONAL SCHOOL BREAKFAST WEEK HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITIOUS MORNING MEALS
Healthy breakfast promotes good grades, improves attendance and reduces risk of obesity
AUSTIN — Anyone keeping score knows breakfast is for champions, and thanks to schools across the state more young Texans can be winners. As the nation celebrates National School Breakfast Week, March 8-12, Agriculture Commissioner More...
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 Health
• Drink This, Not That!
Water is at the top of the list of things you should be drinking plenty of
MADISON, Wis.—The human body is composed of about 70 percent water.  Take that as a hint. More...
• Center for Cell and Gene Therapy renewed as NIH center
• Child’s chronic illness shouldn’t prevent spring break fun
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 Outdoors
• Outlook Fair for Spring Turkey Season
TPWD estimates about 72,000 hunters take part in Texas’ spring turkey season and take about 25,000 gobblers. Most of the state’s spring turkey hunting activity occurs in South Texas and in the Hill Country, where Texas Parks and Wildlife Department turkey program leader Jason Hardin noted timely rainfall could give the bird population a boost.
Hunters should temper expectations for this spring’s turkey season after back-to-back years of dry conditions negatively impacted nesting success across much of Texas, resulting in fewer gobblers on the ground.   More...
• THE ARANSAS PROJECT FILES FEDERAL LAWSUIT AGAINST TEXAS COMMISSION ON ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY OFFICIALS
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 Pets
• Pet Talk
Separation Anxiety
Nearly all pet owners consider their animals an integral part of the family, and treat them as such. Most pets do not make a fuss when you leave the house, although they are always happy to see you return. More...
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