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TJC holds nursing program interviews
East Texas promotes nursing school through local alliances
It's not too late if you're interested in the Tyler Junior College Associate Degree Nursing Program. June 2 - July 18 is the application period for the LVN to RN program which will be accepting 20 students. The LVN program has already accepted 20 students and is no longer taking applications. More...
Property valuation notices increase
Property owners have 30 days to file protests

Property owners only have 30 days to file protests with the Cherokee County Appraisal District concerning new property valuations. Notices of increased property values were mailed to property owners this week. A total of 25,000 notices were mailed Monday and 4,000 notices went out Tuesday. More...

Decisions
TDCJ inmates urge students to consider consequences of making bad choices
BY GLORIA JENNINGS

Kids are faced with tough choices. "Do I smoke a joint to go along with the crowd?" "Do I boost my neighbor's lawnmower and pawn it for some gas money and beer?" The consequences of making poor choices can last a lifetime. And no one knows that better than Bryce O'Neill and Jessee Espinosa. More...

 News
• Church hosts music groups
The Mixon Missionary Baptist Church hosts Bluegrass/Gospel music groups on the first Saturday of every month. The public is invited and any band wanting to play may contact Mary Kirby at (903) 842-4774. More...
• article has image Congressman Hensarling discusses 'energy pickle'
• article has image Berry & Clay receive school bid
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 County
• Road work will resume on U.S. Highway 69
RUSK
RUSK - Construction crews plan to resume base repair and resurfacing operations on U.S. Highway 69 in Rusk between Loop 62 and FM 343 in the next two weeks. More...
• article has image Alto student competes for FFA state presidency
• Jared Moore will intern at NASA
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 Community
• article has image Brown-Selden vows spoken in Tyler ceremony
Sarah Elizabeth Selden and Justin Clent Brown were married Saturday, May 17 at the Villa di Felicita in Tyler. Paul Owen, of Allen officiated. Music for the ceremony was provided by Shelley Norman, pianist; and Emily Slover, Holly Powell, and Gary Starkey, vocalists. More...
• article has image Wallace-Lanham engagement
• article has image Child Abuse Prevention
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 Viewpoints
• SFA is currently advising prospective nursing students
The faculty, staff, and students of the Richard and Lucille DeWitt School of Nursing are excited about coming to Rusk. As everyone knows, the nursing shortage is acute and the extension program at Rusk State Hospital is one avenue for Stephen F. Austin State University to address the shortage in rural areas. More...
• Thanks to career day patrons
• Kudos to Rusk chamber
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 Columns
• article has image VIEW from the top
Air Force Academy graduates and Christianity
In the days following my departure from the Cherokeean Herald, I got to spend time with family in Colorado Springs. It was a very interesting trip which was capped off by the graduation ceremonies at the United States Air Force Academy. More...
• article has image HIGH POINTS from El Camino Real
• article has image Cartoon
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 Sports
• article has image Hicks picked for high school all star game
State's best high school baseball stars will compete at Dell Stadium in Round Rock June 14
Those who doubt the strength of District 20 3A baseball would probably be surprised to find a member of the 5-9 Rusk Eagles has been selected to the Texas High School Baseball All-Star Game, which will be played at noon, June 14 at Dell Stadium in Round Rock, home of the AAA baseball team, the Round Rock Express. More...
• Roster released for All District softball
• Registration begins for Kincade's Future Stars Basketball Camp
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 Obituaries
• JOHN ALBERT HOOTON
Funeral for John Albert Hooton, 51, of Huntington was at 10:30 a.m. May 30 in the Carroway-Claybar Funeral Home chapel in Huntington with Lamar Denby officiating. Burial was in the Huntington Cemetery. Mr. Hooton was born Sept. 23, 1956 in Jacksonville, to Truby Sachtleben and Edward Dewey Hooton, and died May 27. More...
• JOHN DAVID (SONNY) KESINGER
• THOMAS MASON LONG
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 Lifestyle
• article has image Alto ground breaking
PHOTO: LEANN JONES The Alto Elementary ground breaking ceremony featured the elementary students partaking in the digging. The new elementary will cost $6.3 million consisting of 24 classrooms, labs, administrative offices, district nurse's office, special programs classrooms and conference rooms, totaling 45,000 square feet. More...
• article has image Rotary golf tourney
• article has image Austin Bank honors 3 Rusk High seniors
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 Schools
• article has image RHS scholarships top $300,000
Banquet honors 53 college bound recipients with financial grants
Rusk High School students received approximately $300,000 in scholarships at the annual banquet May 13 at the junior high cafeteria. More...
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