Smith County Deputies are asking for the public’s help in identifying the individual(s) responsible for scattering/manufacturing several caltrop devices made of welded...

TROUP -- Recently, Tyler’s Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (SPCA) of East Texas and the Smith County Sheriff’s Office found a 3-4 month old puppy at a...

Local residents who haven’t already done so, have until the end of this month to apply for the Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer program (P-EBT). The Texas Health and...

(July 7, 2020) TYLER – A 33-year-old Shreveport, Louisiana woman has pleaded guilty to embezzling over $500,000 from an East Texas non-profit organization in the Eastern...

I am running for Tax Assessor Collector for Cherokee County. I am a lifelong resident of Cherokee County. I have worked in the Rusk, Jacksonville...

Brent Dickson, is a lifelong resident of Cherokee County. After graduating from Jacksonville High School in 2005, he attended Kilgore Fire...

AUSTIN -- Early voting for Cherokee County’s Republican primary runoff election has begun. Texas Secretary of State Ruth Hughs encourages all eligible voters to take...

Hello citizens of Cherokee County, My name is Shonda McCutcheon Potter and I am running for the office of Cherokee County Tax Assessor-Collector...

My name is Eric Long and I am running for the position of Sheriff of Cherokee County. I was born and raised in Rusk, where I attended school and...

Rusk City Council members opted to conduct the search for a new city manager on their own. City Manager Jim Dunaway is retiring and his last day will be Oct. 2. During a...

(June 12, 2020) TYLER - Habitat for Humanity of Smith County has received grant money to help veterans in rural areas of East Texas make critical repairs to their homes....

Early voting for the runoff elections for sheriff and county tax assessor/collector will be held Monday, June 29 through Friday, July 10. The last day to register to vote...

Cherokee County commissioners discussed taking a longer, harder look at the county’s long term goals during the regular meeting held Tuesday, June 9. Precinct 3...

Presiding Municipal Court Judge Forrest K. Phifer, of the cities of Alto, Cuney, Rusk and Wells has announced plans to reopen his courts for in-person hearings on a limited...

(May 26, 2020) SHERMAN, TEXAS - The United States Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Texas announced today the resignation of United States Attorney Joseph D....