In a recent meeting that lasted from 5:30 p.m. to 10:17 p.m. and included two lengthy executive sessions, Rusk City Council took no action on the majority of the meeting’s...

Get ready to grab a beer, nosh some barbecue and bust a gut during the Cherokee Civic Theatre’s first Raise the Roof series presentation of...

Federal, state and local offices around the county are closing to observe Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Monday, Jan. 20. MLK Day is a federal holiday that takes place on...

Producers can learn more about industrial hemp during a seminar in Greenville Jan. 15. The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service program is $20 per person and will be...

It was standing room only during the Rusk City Council meeting on Thursday night as citizens and member of the Right to Life of East Texas group waited for their...

Walmart is starting the new year by offering free wellness services and resources in the Rusk area to help customers save money and live better in 2020. Walmart is also on...

Jacksonville will be holding a Martin Luther King Jr. Day march on Monday, Jan. 20. The march will begin at 11:30am at Norman Activity Center located at 526 E Commerce St,...

Data on City of Jacksonville’s Fiscal Year (FY) 2019 Hotel Occupancy Tax (HOT) metrics, may calm any concerns about the local economic outlook. It was just over one-year...

It was standing room only during the Rusk City Council meeting on Thursday night as citizens and member of the Right to Life of East Texas group waited for their...

It was standing room only during the Rusk City Council meeting on Thursday night as citizens and member of the Right to Life of East Texas group waited for their...

Walmart is starting the new year by offering free wellness services and resources in the Rusk area to help customers save money and live better in 2020. Walmart is also on...

Jefferson Jackson founded and is president of RECOVER, a non-profit organization; the head instructor for a Christian Karate School (Soldiers of...

Cherokee County jury selection scheduled for Jan. 13, in the 369th District Court, located in Rusk, Cherokee County, Texas has been cancelled.

A funeral service for Troy Holloway, age 46, of Rusk is scheduled for 2 p.m., Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, under the direction of Wallace Thompson Funeral Home in Rusk, with the...

A funeral service for Mary Earlene Chandler, 77, of Gallatin is scheduled for 1 p.m., Friday, Jan. 17, 2020, at the Wallace-Thompson Funeral Home Chapel in Rusk with Bro....

Lady ’Jackets open district slate with win The Alto Yellowjackets traveled to New Summerfield for their first district match of the season, defeating the Lady Hornets,...

The Bullard ISD Lady Panthers soccer team recently played in the Palestine soccer tournament. The Lady Panthers played the Palestine Ladycats, a game which resulted in a...

Lady ’Jackets win one, lose one The Lady Yellowjackets mastered the Lady Mustangs, defeating Slocum 31-29 Tuesday, Dec. 31. The Jackets were evenly matched with the...

As I sat in Fred’s office listening to him speak, I could hear everything. It happens that way when Fred is speaking into a sensitive microphone...

The IRS recently announced key tax figures for 2020, using information based on the Consumer Price Index published by the Department of Labor....

Folks along El Camino Real are half-way through the first month of the new year and it hasn’t been too bad so far. The big news this week was the great storm that was going...