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February 18, 2026

Filing period ends for municipal, ISD races

February 17, 2026

A month-long filing period for candidacy in the May 2026 school board and municipal elections across Texas concluded Feb. 13, with a number of incumbents filing for area...

2026 Primary election – Early Voting in Cherokee County

Early voting through Feb. 27 for 2026 general primary elections

February 17, 2026

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

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Images Speak: Rusk Cherokeean Open House, 1955

February 10, 2026

In 1950, Frank Main and his wife, Marie, sold the Rusk Cherokeean to Emmett Whitehead and his wife, Marie, of Livingston. The purchase of the...

Another Year Older

February 11, 2026

One hundred and seventy-seven years. Wow! Think of all that has happened since this newspaper was founded by Andrew J. Jackson as the Cherokee Sentinel, making the...

Marie Whitehead

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Images Speak: Rusk Cherokeean Open House, 1955

February 10, 2026

In 1950, Frank Main and his wife, Marie, sold the Rusk Cherokeean to Emmett Whitehead and his wife, Marie, of Livingston. The purchase of the...

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Growing gardens

February 11, 2026

This year’s Seed Swap hosted Feb. 6 by the Cherokee County AgriLife Extension Office and the local Master Gardeners Association drew folks from...

Filing period ends for municipal, ISD races

February 17, 2026

A month-long filing period for candidacy in the May 2026 school board and municipal elections across Texas concluded Feb. 13, with a number of incumbents filing for area...

Area churches share their 2026 Lenten activities

February 17, 2026

CHEROKEE COUNTY – The Lenten season – a 40-day period leading up to Holy Week – begins Feb. 18, and area churches are sharing ways to for the faithful to observe the...

Parks & Rec master plan update focus of Feb. 24 open house

February 15, 2026

JACKSONVILLE – The city’s Parks & Recreational Department will host a Feb. 24 open house at Jacksonville City Hall, offering residents a view of its proposed master...

What’s Happening in Cherokee County

February 18, 2026

FEB. 18First Methodist Church will host a 6 p.m. Ash Wednesday Service at 1031 SE Loop 456 in Jacksonville. FEB. 19Community Bingo from 9 – 11:30 a.m. at The Arbors...

March auditions set for CCT’s ‘Who Do You Love?’

February 18, 2026

RUSK – Auditions will be held in early March for “Who Do You Love,” an original play written and directed by Anthony Williams about widower navigating a new love while...

City leaders approve JEDCO-funded improvements for local manufacturer

February 18, 2026

JACKSONVILLE – Following a second reading of a resolution in support of a JEDCO project for improvements at an existing manufacturing facility, on Feb. 10 Jacksonville city...

Rusk, New Summerfield schools to make up for January ice days

February 14, 2026

Two area school districts will have to make up weather days taken in late January when an ice storm went through Cherokee County, forcing officials to cancel classes for...

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Growing gardens

February 11, 2026

This year’s Seed Swap hosted Feb. 6 by the Cherokee County AgriLife Extension Office and the local Master Gardeners Association drew folks from...

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What’s Happening in Cherokee County

February 18, 2026

FEB. 18First Methodist Church will host a 6 p.m. Ash Wednesday Service at 1031 SE Loop 456 in Jacksonville. FEB. 19Community Bingo from 9 – 11:30 a.m. at The Arbors...

March auditions set for CCT’s ‘Who Do You Love?’

February 18, 2026

RUSK – Auditions will be held in early March for “Who Do You Love,” an original play written and directed by Anthony Williams about widower navigating a new love while...

Rusk council orders May 2 municipal election

February 18, 2026

RUSK – Local city leaders unanimously voted to order a May 2 general election, also voting to ink a joint election agreement with Rusk ISD to conduct the election and to...

Joyce Nadene Loden

Joyce Nadene Loden

February 16, 2026

Joyce Nadene Loden, 84, of Rusk, Texas passed away on February 13, 2026 in Rusk, Texas.She was born on March 16, 1941 in Jacksonville, Texas to...

Joan (Clevenger) Hunter

Joan (Clevenger) Hunter

February 14, 2026

Funeral services for Joan Clevenger Landrum Hunter, 81, of Alto will be Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 2 PM in the A. Frank Smith Methodist Church...

Wilbur Gene Bobbitt

Wilbur Gene Bobbitt

February 13, 2026

Wilbur Gene Bobbitt, 84, of Rusk, Texas, born on October 6, 1941, to Nora Elizabeth Warren and Reuben Henry Bobbitt in Ponta, TX, passed away...

Parks & Rec master plan update focus of Feb. 24 open house

February 15, 2026

JACKSONVILLE – The city’s Parks & Recreational Department will host a Feb. 24 open house at Jacksonville City Hall, offering residents a view of its proposed master...

Letter of the Editor

February 14, 2026

There has been a lot of confusion recently about the county chair’s handling of candidate filings, and our community deserves a clear and factual explanation.Texas law...

Revised Katie Struhall

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