Local registered voters have through 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, to participate in early voting for the 2026 general ...

A local city park named for the state’s first native-born governor has been closed temporarily as Rusk city workers remove debris ...

A funeral service for Patsy Jo Sherrill, 77, of Rusk, is scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, February 28, 2026, at Autry Funeral Home in ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Early voting for the 2026 general primary elections – which kicked off Tuesday – continues through Feb. 27, with ...

Graveside funeral services for Lewis Earl Hicks, 96, of Alto will be held Saturday at 3 PM at the Old Palestine Cemetery in Alto. Mr. Hicks ...

Bonnie Louise Hightower McBroom of Rusk was born on June 24, 1929, in St. Augustine, Texas to Claude Amon Hightower and Laura Murel ...

A seven-day outdoor burn ban was issued Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, by Cherokee County Judge Chris Davis to help mitigate hazards posed by ...

Randal “Randy” Fosdick Moore, a playwright, song writer and poet, passed away on the evening of Feb. 17 at Hospice of East Texas in ...

I am developing my six-acre farm to grow food that will be donated to the Hope Kitchen in Jacksonville and to surrounding church food pantries ...

Sponsors of a free chip-reader fundraiser are hoping to collect enough money to not only establish a site for locals to use ...

A Rusk police officer is under investigation following allegations of misconduct during a June 2022 arrest for a charge of driving ...

Leave a lasting legacy here at our new facility! We’re still caring for 100-plus animals at any given time, split between a rented space ...