A new program offered this summer is giving families of severely handicapped children a well deserved break. The Summer Respite Program, offered by the Cherokee County Mental Retardation Association (CCMRA) comes in the form of a carefully planned and managed day program. More...
Just over $1 million per year will be added to the payroll of 1,600 state employees in Cherokee County beginning Sept. 1, as Texas Comptroller Susan Combs certified the state employee pay raises authorized by the 80th Legislature this year. More...
A federal judge is expected to rule on a number of motions this summer in the lawsuit between the City of Dallas, the Texas Water Development Board and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS), which will likely determine the future of the Neches River valley. More...
The Rusk Lions Club met June 28 for the installation of new officers. The Mexican dinner was catered by Fran Birmingham. Ike Daniel offered the invocation; Jim Cromwell led the pledges to the flags and Tim Timmons led the singing. More...
Proverbs 31 says, "Who can find a virtuous woman? For her value is far above rubies. The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her, so that he shall have no need of spoil. She will do him good and not evil all the days of her life... many daughters have done virtuously, but you excel them all. More...
Betsy Gomez, center, an incoming senior at Jacksonville High School, has been named Miss Cherokee County Farm Bureau. Miranda Glaze, right, a home school senior, was selected Cherokee County Farm Bureau talent winner. Jana Hill, left, also competed and was second runner up for both the queen's conte... More...
The future looks bright for Rusk High School baseball and softball as three baseball and three softball teams from Rusk have advanced to the state tournaments. The summer league softball state tournaments are underway this week, with three Rusk teams being represented. More...
Edward and Gwendolyn Hassell of Rusk celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary Saturday, July 7 with a reception at First Baptist Church. Mr. Hassell married the former Gwendolyn Jones July 6, 1957, in Dialville. He retired from Brown & Root after 18 years, and then retired from his tire business... More...
Memorial services for Michael Anthony Cory, 47, of Rusk was at 2 p.m., Saturday, July 14 in the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home chapel with Pastor Keith Hassell officiating. Mr. Cory died July 7 in a Jacksonville hospital. He was born March 7, 1960, in Ludington, Mich. More...
The little girl on the cardboard packaging of Morton's salt says, "When it rains it pours." Folks at the Texas State Railroad must feel like the salt is being set aside to rub into all their recent wounds, and no doubt they are wondering if their fate can change within the next six weeks. More...
Stephanie Ails, band student at Rusk High School, received the Outstanding Woodwind Award from Steven Moore, conductor of the High School Concert Band at Stephen F. Austin State University Band Camp in Nacogdoches. More...
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