Recent Rusk High School graduate and Eagle Baseball pitcher Ross Davis was selected to play for the Baltimore Orioles during a July 12 Major League...

 (JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS) On or about July 3, 2026, the City of Jacksonville detected suspicious network activity that we have since determined is related to a cybersecurity...

The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen United States of America The following is an excerpt: When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to...

Several events conspired to make this 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence extra special this year. Of course, the buildup to July 4th was in...

  Folks along El Camino Real celebrated the 250th Fourth of July pretty much like they always have.  Lots of folks headed for the beach, some for the lake, and others just...

The future is looking bright for County Roads Rescue following the opening of its new location, which is conveniently accessible to the original...

 (JACKSONVILLE, TEXAS) On or about July 3, 2026, the City of Jacksonville detected suspicious network activity that we have since determined is related to a cybersecurity...

 A 15-year-old boy from Rusk died Saturday afternoon after trying to rescue a 5-year-old child at Lake Jacksonville, according to the Jacksonville Police Department.Police...

UPDATE! EBANEZ HAS BEEN ARRESTED AND NOW IN THE CHEROKEE COUNTY JAIL. On June 24, 2026, at approximately 5:41 p.m., Emiliano Lorenzo Alonzo Ebanez...

JACKSONVILLE – The Neches & Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District board will host a 1 p.m. public hearing Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Jacksonville to hear...

A PBS video titled “Caddo Voices: A Pottery Revival,” filmed at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, centers on the Caddo returning to their ancestral...

Residents celebrated an extra-special Independence Day on Saturday, as the country celebrated the 250th anniversary of founding, and in Rusk,...

JULY 17Join us for a Crack of Dawn Steep Ravine Hike, 8:30 a.m. Friday. Park staff will lead the guided hike on Steep Ravine Trail before the heat settles in! Meet at...

JACKSONVILLE – The Neches & Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District board will host a 1 p.m. public hearing Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Jacksonville to hear...

Students in area school districts are benefitting from programs coordinated through local organizations who want to ensure no student goes without during the upcoming...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – A 2026 New Summerfield High School graduate died late Saturday in a one-vehicle crash outside Troup.Guadalupe “Lupita” Moreira, 18, of Troup, was...

JULY 17Join us for a Crack of Dawn Steep Ravine Hike, 8:30 a.m. Friday. Park staff will lead the guided hike on Steep Ravine Trail before the heat settles in! Meet at...

JACKSONVILLE – The Neches & Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District board will host a 1 p.m. public hearing Thursday, July 16, 2026, in Jacksonville to hear...

Recent Rusk High School graduate and Eagle Baseball pitcher Ross Davis was selected to play for the Baltimore Orioles during a July 12 Major League...

The world became a little more beautiful the day Gwendolyn Dudley was born on July 21, 1936 to LeeRoy and Vivian Dudley in Atkin, Texas. Gwen was...

Alfred “Sam” Austin Sumrall passed away July 24, 2025, and will be laid to rest July 17, 2026, at 2:15 pm at the Veterans Cemetery in Houston, Texas on Veterans Drive. 

A private family memorial is pending for Curtis Dale McIntosh, 72, of Alto. Mr. McIntosh passed away Friday, July 3, 2026 in Rusk. He was born...

Recent Rusk High School graduate and Eagle Baseball pitcher Ross Davis was selected to play for the Baltimore Orioles during a July 12 Major League...

With 22 young men, including 19 starters, expected to return from last season, things appear to be looking up for the Rusk Football Eagles this year. According to Dave...

ALTO - Big news flowed out of the Alto Independent School district earlier this year when Scott Ponder was named as the new athletic director and head football coach at...

A PBS video titled “Caddo Voices: A Pottery Revival,” filmed at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, centers on the Caddo returning to their ancestral...

A PBS video titled “Caddo Voices: A Pottery Revival,” filmed at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site, centers on the Caddo returning to their ancestral...

As America celebrates our country’s 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, I started asking just what is patriotism?Independence Day is more...