The City of Alto will hold their semi-annual clean up days on Saturday Oct. 20 and Sunday Oct. 21 from 8 a.m. until 6 p.m. with dumpsites located at the usual spots, the...

Only a few action items were addressed by the Rusk Independent School District Board of Trustees at the Monday, Oct. 15, meeting. The board adopted a change to the FFAC...

Arguments, allegations and acting out were the order of the day during a special Rusk City Council meeting held Monday, Oct. 15. District 4 Rusk Councilman Ken Ferrara...

Autumn is officially here, and the Alto Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization is celebrating with a fall festival and health fair to support the district’s students’...

Editor’s note: Cherokee County is home to 11 fire and volunteer fire departments. This is the third in an ongoing series spotlighting local fire departments through the...

With the dawn of a new day comes a new era under the circus big top and those that were once extinct will emerge once again right before your eyes. Carson & Barnes Circus...

The Rusk Chamber of Commerce, along with the Small Business Development Center (SBDC) from Tyler, will host a free workshop for small business owners on Thursday, Oct. 25...

Autumn is officially here, and the Alto Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization is celebrating with a fall festival and health fair to support the district’s students’...

Editor’s note: Cherokee County is home to 11 fire and volunteer fire departments. This is the third in an ongoing series spotlighting local fire departments through the...

With the dawn of a new day comes a new era under the circus big top and those that were once extinct will emerge once again right before your eyes. Carson & Barnes Circus...

Autumn is officially here, and the Alto Elementary Parent-Teacher Organization is celebrating with a fall festival and health fair to support the district’s students’...

Brandon Steven Morton was born November 17, 1982 and passed away October 14, 2018. He was preceded in death by his mother, Debbie Jo Warren; and his father, Terry Steven...

Hunters in Cherokee and adjacent counties are invited sign up for the first-ever Big Buck hunting contest, sponsored by Cherokee Warehouse in Rusk. Anyone harvesting...

It proved to be an exciting week across the county with high scoring football games, district cross country track meets, homecoming festivities and...

The Rusk Eagles went into their bye week with a 0-6 season record, ranked 52 on the Texas Division 4A-2 with a strength rating of 22.8. The Eagles have shown themselves to...

Folks along El Camino Real are beginning to pull out their fall decorations and carve their pumpkins for Halloween as October speeds by. Pumpkin recipes are filling the...

The time to organize your tax records is now. Waiting until the end of the year or, even worse, waiting until you are audited can lead to headaches. Here are some tips to...

Cruising and cruise ships have evolved over the years. Early cruise ships were exclusively for the ‘rich and famous’ where strolling on the deck, dressed to the nines, was...