JACKSONVILLE – Although the official date of the 39th annual Jacksonville Tomato Fest is June 10, local residents are looking forward to a week packed full of events to...

AUSTIN – Each year on the first Saturday in June, anglers across the state pack their tackle boxes and get their fishing poles ready for the Texas tradition of Free Fishing...

Chaplain Karl Hansen, a retired California Highway Patrol sergeant leads an invocation for a crowd gathered for a May 17 police officers’ memorial...

AUSTIN – Texas Comptroller Glenn Hegar is reminding families and businesses that they can save on the purchase of certain water- and energy-efficient products during the...

RUSK – The 2023 Fair on the Square promises to be jam-packed with food, fun and activities, with a record number of vendors set up for Saturday, May 27, at the downtown...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Collectors of the Lonestar Lickskillet cookbook series will be thrilled to learn that the fifth volume in the series – “‘Piston...

RUSK – A love of crafting stories while building creations from Lego has blossomed into something bigger for Rusk Intermediate School student Dylan...

HUNTSVILLE – As proclaimed by President Biden and Texas Governor Abbott, April 2023 is Second Chance Month, a time to recognize individuals striving to make positive...

Visitors at the 16th Annual Folk Festival at Mission Tejas State Park, held April 22, 2023, provided a step back into pioneer times as re-enactors...

Rural communities like Cherokee County are receiving some powerful tools to help combat opioid deaths, thanks to programs that offer medication and...

RUSK – While students at Rusk High School will be greeting a familiar face as their new principal this fall, they and their fellow students also...

The Neches River National Wildlife Refuge drew a group of visitors to the site off U.S. Highway 79, west of Jacksonville at the Cherokee-Anderson...

CHEROKEE COUNTY ¬– It’s been 12 months since the debut of Cherokee County’s “Exceptional Kids Livestock Show” at the annual county junior livestock...

JACKSONVILLE – A simple request for program that would allow youths “with extraordinary abilities” to learn a new sport has resulted in...

Forecasts of thunderstorms didn’t deter the group of people gathered Thursday for March 2, 2023, observance of Texas Independence Day held on the...