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    2025 Jacksonville Chamber Banquet honorees

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    2026 Jacksonville Chamber Banquet

    JACKSONVILLE – A huge crowd packed The Jackson Thursday for the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce...

    2026 Jacksonville Chamber Banquet
    JACKSONVILLE – A huge crowd packed The Jackson Thursday for the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce...
    Mike Alexander

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    City of Rusk Announces Partnership with LION Or...

    RUSK – The City of Rusk is pleased to announce a new partnership with the LION Organizational...

    City of Rusk Announces Partnership with LION Or...
    RUSK – The City of Rusk is pleased to announce a new partnership with the LION Organizational...
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    Candidate forum draws large crowd to Rusk

    RUSK – A Feb. 16 Republican candidate forum drew more than 100 residents to the Rusk Civic...

    Candidate forum draws large crowd to Rusk
    RUSK – A Feb. 16 Republican candidate forum drew more than 100 residents to the Rusk Civic...
    2026 Primary election – Early Voting in Cherokee County

    Early voting through Feb. 27 for 2026 general p...

    CHEROKEE COUNTY – Early voting for the 2026 general primary elections – which kicked off Tuesday...

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

    JISD trustees to gather Feb. 17

    JISD trustees to gather Feb. 17
    Cherokeean Herald/Jo Anne Embleton

    Growing gardens

    This year’s Seed Swap hosted Feb. 6 by the Cherokee County AgriLife Extension Office and the...

    Growing gardens
    This year’s Seed Swap hosted Feb. 6 by the Cherokee County AgriLife Extension Office and the...
    Photos courtesy of Cloverleaf 4-H

    Alto Chili Cook-off

    The Alto Buyers’ Group Chili Cook-Off and Dessert Auction was a huge success this year, drawing...

    Alto Chili Cook-off
    The Alto Buyers’ Group Chili Cook-Off and Dessert Auction was a huge success this year, drawing...
    Marie Whitehead

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    Images Speak: Rusk Cherokeean Open House, 1955

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

    Images Speak: Rusk Cherokeean Open House, 1955
    In 1950, Frank Main and his wife, Marie, sold the Rusk Cherokeean to Emmett Whitehead and his...
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    February 18, 2026

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    Cherokeean Herald photos Candidate forum draws large crowd to Rusk
    February 18, 2026
    RUSK – A Feb. 16 Republican candidate forum drew more than 100 residents to the Rusk Civic Center, there to learn their respective qualifications...
    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...
    Columns
    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

Courtesy photo 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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    Agriculture
    Cherokeean Herald/Jo Anne Embleton 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...
    Area Interest
    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...
    Community
    2025 Jacksonville Chamber Banquet honorees

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    February 19, 2026
    JACKSONVILLE – A huge crowd packed The Jackson Thursday for the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce 2025 banquet, “An Evening with the Chamber,” where...
    Mike Alexander

Courtesy photo City of Rusk Announces Partnership with LION Organizational...
    February 18, 2026
    RUSK – The City of Rusk is pleased to announce a new partnership with the LION Organizational Development Institute to provide organizational...
    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...
    Education
    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...
    Food
    Cherokeean Herald/Jo Anne Embleton 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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    2025 Jacksonville Chamber Banquet honorees

Courtesy photo 2026 Jacksonville Chamber Banquet
    February 19, 2026
    JACKSONVILLE – A huge crowd packed The Jackson Thursday for the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce 2025 banquet, “An Evening with the Chamber,” where...
    Mike Alexander

Courtesy photo City of Rusk Announces Partnership with LION Organizational...
    February 18, 2026
    RUSK – The City of Rusk is pleased to announce a new partnership with the LION Organizational Development Institute to provide organizational...
    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...
    Obituaries
    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...
    Outdoors
    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...
    Viewpoints
    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...
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