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Sorority takes pictures Rusk Omicron Gamma Chapter of Beta Sigma Phi will sponsor its annual fundraiser. Pictures will be taken for Mothers day, graduation and other events. Pictures will be taken at Jim Hogg City Park April 19, 20 and 26. For additional information call Diane Norton at (903) 743-5504 or Karen Vaught... More ... LMC dance team presents annual show April 25 The Lon Morris College Dance Team will host its annual Spring Dance Show, Divas & Dance, at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 25, in the Zula Pearson Theatre. Performances will include routines honoring celebrity divas such as Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin, Donna Summer, Whitney Houston and the girls from C... More ... AA celebrates anniversary The Jacksonville Fellowship of Alcoholic Anonymous will celebrate its 39th anniversary from 10:30 a.m.- 9 p.m. Saturday, April 19, at 318 W. Larissa St. The public is invited. For additional information call (903) 586-0713. More ... Area girls, mothers invited to preview Area high school senior girls and their mothers are invited to attend a meeting sponsored by the Tyler Panhellenic Association from 3-5 p.m. Sunday, April 20, at the East Texas Medical Center pavillion. Girls attending are asked to bring 12 copies of a rush registration form with 12 wallet size ph... More ... Class of 1968 members sought for reunion Plans are being made for a Rusk High School Class of 1968 reunion. Addresses of Derwood McCorquedale, James Leicht, Margaret Bullock Celestine, Betty Hudson and Marilyn Spence King are needed. Call Larry Long at (903) 683-5889 or Wayne Guinn at (903) 683-2181 or wguinn@ ieee.org. More ... East Texas water group submits $231,000 budget 20-county region's planning effort includes conservation and drought measurements The East Texas Regional Water Planning Group (Region I) will submit to the Texas Water Development Board a $231,510 budget for planning purposes in 2008-09. The budget includes $88,050 for population and water demand projections, the identification of water needs, the selection of water managemen... More ... County buildings to get an extreme makeover Rusk, Alto buildings to be expanded BY GLORIA JENNINGS Cherokee County Commissioners authorized Garrett & Associates General Contractors Ltd. to ask for bids for three projects at Monday's meeting in the county courtroom. Mike Leinbach of JML Architects and Randy Garrett and Wes McClure of Garrett & Associates General Contractors Ltd. presented an u... More ...
Incumbent Commissioner Moody Glass Jr., Pct. 3, won the Democratic nomination for his position in the April 8 primary election. He received 52.75 percent of the votes. His opponent, former Commissioner F.E. Hassell received 47.25 percent. More ... Dems, GOP approve delegates, resolutions for state conventions Both parties approve resolution supporting the Neches River National Wildlife Refuge over proposed Lake Fastrill BY LELAND ACKER Efforts to support the Neches River National Wildlife Refuge were given a boost in the recent Cherokee County Democratic and Republican conventions. A resolution in support of the refuge over the Fastrill Reservoir passed in both conventions, meaning the resolution will be presented at the state p... More ...
BY JOE DANIEL Flowering trees are the backbone of spring beauty in East Texas. Dogwood and redbud lead the show but the supporting cast of grancy graybeard and Mexican plum double the delight. Perhaps they should play a supporting role in spring landscapes. Let's take a closer look at these two. More ... Plant sale set 8 a.m. Saturday The Cherokee County Master Gardener Assn. will host its annual spring plant sale beginning at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 19, at the Stripling Clinic parking lot, 555 S. Jackson Street, Jacksonville. More ... Ag scholarship program offered students High school students pursuing careers in the agriculture industry may earn one of 25 $1,000 scholarships thanks to a new program offered by CHS Foundation, an energy, grains and foods Fortune 200 company. Scholarships will be awarded graduating seniors who plant to attend a two or four-year colle... More ... Boater safety course slated The Cherokee County Farm Bureau will sponsor a boater safety course from 8:30 a.m.-4 p.m. April 19 at the Southern Cherokee Federal Credit Union in Rusk. Persons born after Sept. 1, 1984, and who are under 18 years of age, are required to take the course in order to operate a personal watercraft. More ...
Rusk native Cody Glenn joins Nebraska's 'black shirt' defense BY JEREME HUBBARD Beginning with the 2001 football season, Rusk Eagle fans became accustomed to seeing Cody Glenn run over opposing defenders as a punishing running back. Beginning with the 2008 season, Nebraska Cornhusker fans may become accustomed to seeing Cody Glenn run over opposing running backs as a punishi... More ... 16-year-old charged with robbery, assault in Troup BY JEREME HUBBARD A 16-year-old girl was arrested by the Cherokee County Sheriff's office Sunday and charged with attempted robbery and assault of a Troup woman. The Cherokee County Sheriff's Office received a 911 call Sunday morning from Troup resident Trina Davis that a young girl had knocked on her door asking ... More ...
BY JEREME HUBBARD The Cherokee County Sheriff's Department helped foil a murder for hire plot April 10 in Jacksonville. Investigators learned that 40-year-old Rhonda Stone had several conversations with people she believed would help her carry out a murder of her ex-husband, Morris Stone of Jacksonville. More ...
Members of the Jacksonville Middle School Choir participated in UIL concert and sight-reading competition March 31 and April 1 at Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches. At these competitions each choir performs three songs on stage that they have prepared for the three judges. More ... |
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