Rusk Police were called to Brookshire Bros. Grocery store early Sunday morning to investigate what could only be described as a brazen burglary that netted an undisclosed amount of money from a safe. About 4:55 a.m. an employee arriving for work saw the masked men get away in either a black Crown... More...
Sixteen municipalities with interests in the Lake Columbia water project filed letters of protest with the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) by the Monday deadline. More...
Taking 'Home' to Heart Leland Acker still sees a fighting spirit in the home team, which lost to the Huntington Red Devils by a margin of 32 to 6. They may not be playing for district, but they're playing for honor. See pg. More...
Directors of the East Texas Regional Water Planning Group approved 16 recommendations for a new round of planning for 20 counties in the region. Representing Cherokee County at the meeting was County Judge Chris Davis, a recently-named board member. More...
It seems like every time I turn around, there is a major catastrophe in the U.S. When such catastrophes happen, my brother-in-law (Jeremiah, my wife's brother) is sure to be involved. When the Space Shuttle Columbia broke up in the Earth's atmosphere and fiery debris rained down on Nacogdoches, wh... More...
Oldest Landrum family members attending a reunion Oct. 13 include Letha Landrum-Collins, Donald Landrum, Veda Landrum-Thibodeaux, Delbert Landrum and Eva Landrum-Nance. Descendants of Bob and Roxie Landrum meet annually at Mission Tejas at Weches. Forty-seven came this year from Houston, Beaumont, P... More...
Continual offensive struggles contributed to the Rusk Eagles losing to the Huntington Red Devils 32-6 at Homecoming on Friday night. The game marks only the third district win for Huntington since the football program began in 1981. More...
K. Clark named to dean's list at Arkansas University Kimberly C. Clark, a second year law student from Rusk, has been named to the spring 2007 dean's list at the University of Arkansas School of Law. Ms. Clark was among the more than 150 students named to dean's list. More...
Funeral for Olan Pryor, 85, of Jacksonville, was at 2 p.m. Friday in the Renfro Memorial Chapel of Boren-Conner Funeral Home with the Rev. Charles Nunnally officiating. Burial was in West Shady Grove Cemetery. Mr. Pryor died Oct. 23. He was born Nov. More...
The start of the 2007-08 school year at Alto ISD has been great. Our staff and students impress me more and more each day with their dedication, commitment to improvement, willingness to help one another and school spirit. The accomplishments keep piling up, and I'm very proud to be a small part o... More...
Rusk Junior High students participating in the all region choir contest in Hallsville Saturday, Oct 13 are from left Kasey Finley, first chair soprano; Moriah Cole, 10th chair alto; Katy Cowan, 17th chair alto; Hunter Moore, 25th chair bass; and Danielle Goodwin, 14th chair for the high school choir... More...
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