Two bills were filed last Thursday in Austin to privatize the Texas State Railroad and create a rail authority to oversee the transfer from the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department. State Sen. Robert Nichols (R-Jacksonville) is calling the bill to privatize "a dual track. More...
The Texas Rangers are involved in an investigation at Rusk City Hall. City Attorney Forrest Phifer confirmed that the investigation is underway and documents have been handed over to the district attorney for review. "It is a personnel issue," said Mr. Phifer. "We (the city) investigated it and t... More...
The Rusk City Council spent most of the evening Thursday discussing 911 addressing and tax abatement. The council met at 5 p.m. Thursday at city hall to consider a 15 item agenda. By a vote of 5-1 the council voted to continue with the 911 addressing system done by Cherokee County Appraisal Distri... More...
Former chamber president Angela Raiborn filed Friday afternoon as a candidate for Rusk mayor. She will face incumbent Mayor Suzann McCarty in the May 12 city election. Other candidates filing are Councilmembers Kris Morgan, District 1 and Walter Session, District 2. Mr. Morgan was appointed severa... More...
Come and let us reason together, saith the Lord. Though your sins be as scarlet, they shall be white as snow. Though they be red like crimson, they shall be as wool. (Isaiah 1:18). If I were to come to you and say, "We need to talk." Chances are you would respond, "Okay, about what? More...
Mr. and Mrs. Gary Johnson of Wells announce the engagement of their daughter, Tiffany Johnson of Lufkin, to James Blackwood of Lufkin, son of Mr. and Mrs. Jeff Blackwood of Wichita Falls. The wedding will be at 4 p.m. More...
The Rusk baseball and softball teams had a good week with the boys beating Diboll 12-11 in their district opener while the girls 10-runned Diboll and dominated Hudson. The Eagle baseball team's victory over Diboll was not easy, as the Eagles took a 4-2 lead, in the 2nd inning before Diboll came ba... More...
Directors of the Cherokee County Mental Retardation Association, Inc. met Friday, March 9 for a regular meeting and the celebration of progress for the workshop program and to celebrate the service of retiring president Woody Frazier. Mr. Frazier was presented a plaque by new president Jim Cromwell... More...
Funeral for Elsie L. (Cu Chem) Patterson, 92, of Jacksonville was at 10 a.m. Thursday at Thompson Funeral Home chapel with Scott Foster officiating. Burial was in Resthaven Memorial Park.Mrs. Patterson died March 6. She was born April 16, 1914, in Jacksonville. She was a homemaker and a Baptist. More...
We had stellar testimony March 6 opposing designation of unique reservoir sites before the Senate Natural Resources Committee. The testimony was in opposition to SB 675, authored by Sen. Kip Averitt (R-Waco) that designates 19 sites in Texas as "unique reservoir sites." This is a bad bill. More...
Local fifth graders joined thousands of students nationwide as participants in the National Arbor Day Foundation Poster Contest. Local sponsors of the contest are the Texas Forest Service, Stephen F. Austin State University Mast Arboretum and Pineywoods Native Plant Center. More...
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