Future water rights in the middle, upper Neches basin at stake
The first in what will be a protracted series of hearings was held in Austin Oct. 26 to resolve a two-year power dispute over water rights in East Texas. More...
State Rep. Chuck Hopson announced Friday morning that he will change party affiliations.
The five-term Democrat from Jacksonville will file and run on the Republican ticket in the 2010 election.
Rep. Hopson has retained Bryan Eppstein, a political consultant based in Fort Worth, who made the announcement this morning. More...
Announcement follows incumbent Hopson's party change
Politics took center stage in Cherokee County with the announcement by State Rep. Chuck Hopson that he will file for re-election in 2010 as a Republican.
At 4 p.m. Friday, Dr. Michael Banks, a Jacksonville dentist, released a statement that he is considering a bid for the same District 11 seat in the Texas House of Representatives. More...
Rusk State Hospital 2009-10 volunteer council board members are from left Ruth Ann Blake, Dick Stone, Suzann McCarty, Don Woodard, Dana Young, Don Jones, Linda Moody, Pauline Birkelbach and Nancy McKe More...
Marty Jackson, president of the Rusk Rotary Club, right, presents a check for $242 to Kay Epperson, president of the Rusk Good Samaritan. The funds were donated by members during club meetings. More...
Long before U.S. Highway 59 became the principal highway from East Texas to Houston and the Gulf Coast, Highway 35 ran along a route just west of 59, passing through the center of towns like Livingston, Lufkin and Diboll. More...
Funeral for Carrie Ann Lindsey Chandler, 42, of Dallas, formerly of Jacksonville, was at 2 p.m. Friday at Autry Funeral Home chapel with Rev. Don Harvey officiating. Burial was in Resthaven Memorial Park.
Mrs. Chandler was born Sept. 10, 1967, in Jacksonville to Billy Gene Lindsey and Betty Jane (Missy) Traylor Lindsey. She died Saturday, Oct. 17. More...
Artwork is on display at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center.
ATHENS, Texas—Students from Dream Art Academy in Carrollton and Richland High School swept six of the top 12 places in the Texas Junior Duck Stamp competition, including Best of Show. More...
COLLEGE STATION - - Many parts of Texas had excessive rain, taking them from drought to flood, but overall it's a good thing, according to Texas AgriLife Extension Service experts. More...
The Farm Credit Bank of Texas (FCBT) reported solid earnings during the third quarter of 2009, which were achieved in spite of weaknesses in certain sectors of the agricultural economy More...
The production is scheduled to run Wednesday-Sunday, Nov. 18-22, in Jean Browne Theatre, located in Wise Cultural Arts Center on the TJC main campus More...
Officials with Trinity Mother Frances Hospitals and Clinics and the physicians of Tyler Cardiovascular Consultants, P.A. (CVC) announced a cardiac affiliation between the two institutions that they say would improve heart care in the region. More...
The opening of oyster season in 17 areas of Texas coastal waters will be delayed because of excessive rainfall or red tide, the Texas Department of State Health Services announced today. More...
Alternative veterinary medicine includes a wide variety of medicinal and herbal treatments other than acupuncture and massage. The purpose of these medicines is to attack the ‘root’ of the problem that the animal is experiencing
TX-TF1 responded Thursday morning to a request by the Texas Division of Emergency Management to coordinate the state’s multi-agency search and rescue response to potential flooding. More...
(HOUSTON, Texas) Today, over 400 incident management professionals from across the nation kicked off the Second Annual All-Hazard Incident Management Team (AHIMT) Training and Education Conference. More...
Jacksonville may get alcohol election