If grand jury issues indictment, hearing will be held on seizure
Cherokee County could be the new owner of an airplane seized in a drug raid June 12 at the Cherokee County airport. Gordon LeMaire, assistant district attorney, said the ownership of the airplane still remains with Rodney Kevin Dotson of both Baton Rouge, La. and Lake Tahoe, Nev. More...
$19.8 million budget adopted; public hearings scheduled to approve tax rate
BY GLORIA JENNINGS
Cherokee County Commissioners adopted a $19,762,916 budget Monday morning that is five percent lower than last year. They also made plans to set a 58 cent tax rate. Public hearings will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 8 and Sept. 12 in the county courtroom of the courthouse in Rusk. More...
30 new motor scooter jobs will add $1.34 million to economy
BY TERRIE GONZALEZ
Southwest Scooter Company announced that Greg James has been awarded a distributorship for Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas and Louisiana. The East Texas location for the distributorship remains undecided. The two cities vying for the business are Nacogdoches and Rusk - and a final decision will be made within 10 days. More...
Teresa Langley discusses high gasoline prices wth Congressman Jeb Hersarling Aug. 13. Rep. Hersarling was in Rusk soliciting signatures on a petition to be presented to Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi. More...
The Rev. Virgel Dailey is the new pastor of the Alto First Assembly of God Church. He is formerly from Henderson. The Alto church is located at the corner of Highway 21 and Mill Street. Sunday services at the church are at 10 a.m. and 5 p.m. Wednesday evening service begins at 6:30 p.m. More...
Be on the lookout for school children, school buses As Texas school children prepare to head back to school, the Texas Department of Public Safety reminds all drivers to watch out for children walking to school or waiting for school buses- -and to obey all traffic laws related to school buses. More...
Upon moving into my new house, I subscribed to a satellite TV service. As a bonus for signing up for 18 months of service, the satellite TV provider gave me three months of free HBO. The timing couldn't be any better, as the HBO special, Hard Knocks is being broadcast, chronicling the Dallas Cowboys training camp. More...
'Pretty good' Rusk senior defensive end Anthony reaches for his dreams
There are two sides to Rusk defensive end Quinn Anthony. One is the 6'2, 265 pound lineman who enjoys contact and wreaking havoc in opposing backfields. The other side of Anthony makes as many appearances as the defensive end. One such appearance came during Rusk's media day, when photographers were trying to find the right spot for varsity coach Baldemar Ruiz to stand. More...
Graveside service for Bobby (Bob) Campbell, 62, of Gallatin was at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21 at Resthaven Memorial Park with the Rev. Donald Copeland and Father Mark Kusmirek officiating. Mr. Campbell died Aug. 17. He was born July 21, 1946, in Conroe. More...
The second science camp, sponsored by the Cherokee County AgriLife Extension Service and Lon Morris College was held on July 28 - 30 at LMC. Last year's camp was held at Jim Hogg State Park. The first camp was designed around a physics-based science curriculum developed by Tammi Arnwine. Mrs. Arnwine is the physics and pre-calculus instructor at Rusk High School. More...
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