Rusk High School homecoming activities are planned for this weekend. Homecoming activities will include pregame coronation ceremonies at 7 p.m. Candidates for homecoming queen are seniors, Melissa Blank enship, Brittney Session and Rachel Simmons. More...
When the next TXU electric bill lands in the mailbox, it may feel about five percent lighter. The company promised to lower electric rates across the board with the conclusion of a merger estimated at $45 billion, which was approved earlier this month by shareholders of Texas Energy Future Holdin... More...
As the weather cools down, ushering in the fall season, chills and thrills await Rusk residents with Halloween activities planned for the coming weeks. Festivities begin with the Spook House tours at Rusk State Hospital. The tours will be held from 8-10 p.m. Oct. 25 and 8 p.m. to midnight Oct. 26... More...
FEMA personnel will continue to accept applications through Oct. 29 from persons with damages from last summer's storms. Applications may be submitted at 210 W. Larissa St. in Jacksonville before the office closes on Oct. 29. More...
When I graduated high school, I was off into the great wide open. I was going to college to earn a degree in political science, then it was off to Congress. After paying my dues in the House of Representatives, I would run for the Senate before eventually being elected President. More...
Band Boosters slate meeting for Nov. 12 The Rusk Band Boosters will meet at 7 p.m. Monday, Nov. 12 at the Rusk Band Hall. This meeting is on the second Monday instead of the regular first Monday of the month. More...
Rusk city-wide clean-up is planned for 7:30 a.m.-5 p.m. Saturdays, Nov. 3 and 10, at the city barn on U.S. Highway 69 S. and at Conley Park, Reeder Street. The clean-up is restricted only to residents who reside within the city limits or customers receiving city water service. City workers will m... More...
Funeral for Jerry (Pee Wee) Morris Chancellor, 66, of Jacksonville was at 2 p.m. Wednesday, Oct. 17, at People's Church with the Rev. A. L. Fannette officiating Burial was in Still Waters Memorial Garden. Mr. Chancellor died Oct. 14. He was born June 30, 1941, in Nacogdoches. More...
On November 6, Pineywoods voters will consider Proposition 4, one of 16 proposed constitutional amendments on the statewide ballot. For East Texas, there is much at stake. The 80th Texas Legislature significantly increased funding for Texas state parks. More...
Alto Elementary School students in first grade through fourth grade, who met their accelerated reading goal, had the opportunity to have their names placed in a jar and were eligible for a $20 drawing. Winners for the first six weeks were, from left, fourth grader Hope Davis, third grader Alexxi Bla... More...
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