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Early voting set for April 19-27

Several entities within Cherokee County will hold elections for municipal and school board seats on May 1, along with early voting April 19-27. Among the contested races...

Meet the candidate: Place 5 race, Jacksonville ISD

JACKSONVILLE – This year’s school board election in Jacksonville has only one contested race, that for the Place 5 seat, which has drawn Loretta...

Meet the candidates: District 1 race, Rusk

RUSK – Two local residents are vying for a vacancy in the District 1 seat, created earlier this year by the announcement of Councilman Ben...

It was so cute at the store, but it ate my garden (a Tomato Story)

We have all seen them: Little unassuming 6-packs of transplants waving cheerily in the breeze, or single 4-inch pots of stout contenders for the tomato row, saying “Pick...

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Respectable Retire of American Flags

Sadly, American flags wear out. Recently, Bacon Auto Country gave us several of the huge 20x40 flags that were worn-out so they could have them...

Pedestrian Fatality

PRESS RELEASE – Fatality Pedestrian Traffic Accident For immediate release: On April 13, 2021 at 3:26 A.M. Jacksonville police and fire departments were dispatched to a...

February 12, 2021

Freezing temperatures and recent rain has made driving hazards on roads in Cherokee County. "Black Ice" which is frozen water you can't see is...

Respectable Retire of American Flags

Sadly, American flags wear out. Recently, Bacon Auto Country gave us several of the huge 20x40 flags that were worn-out so they could have them...

Groundbreaking at Elijah's Retreat

Great turnout and show of support for new cabin at Elijah's Retreat for the groundbreaking for their new cabin. If you aren't familiar, this is a...

Pedestrian Fatality

PRESS RELEASE – Fatality Pedestrian Traffic Accident For immediate release: On April 13, 2021 at 3:26 A.M. Jacksonville police and fire departments were dispatched to a...

Cherokee County Jail reports: March 30-April 5

Cherokee County Jail reported the following arrests during the period of March 30 through April 5: Emmanuel Attaway, 34, Jacksonville, failure to appear for possession of...

Respectable Retire of American Flags

Sadly, American flags wear out. Recently, Bacon Auto Country gave us several of the huge 20x40 flags that were worn-out so they could have them...

Groundbreaking at Elijah's Retreat

Great turnout and show of support for new cabin at Elijah's Retreat for the groundbreaking for their new cabin. If you aren't familiar, this is a...

Regina Gail (Bowden) Palubin

Regina Gail (Bowden) Palubin passed away in Alexandria, Louisiana, on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at the age of 55. She was born April 27, 1965 to Kenneth Bowden (deceased)...

Billy Calvin Lusk

Billy Calvin Lusk

Our beloved Billy Calvin Lusk, 68, of Tennessee Colony, Texas, entered Heaven’s Gates on Friday, April 2, 2021. He was born January, 22, 1953 in...

Regina Gail (Bowden) Palubin

Regina passed away in Alexandria, LA on Monday, April 6, 2021 at the age of 55. She was born April 27, 1965 to Kenneth Bowden (deceased) and Linda Hogue. Regina is...

Alto baseball rescheduled due to weather

GAME RESCHEDULED! Due to weather, Alto's home game scheduled today against Groveton has been moved to 6 p.m. Monday, April 19.

UPDATE: Alto baseball

GAME TIME CHANGE! Game time for tonight’s District 22-2A contest between Alto and Douglass has been adjusted as follows: 5:00 pm -...

Rusk-Cushing game rained out

Tonight's baseball game between the Rusk Eagles and the Cushing Bearcats has been rained out, according to sources close to the team. The game is rescheduled for Thursday,...

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Alto High School rebuilt following 2019 tornado damage.

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Alto tornados two years later

ALTO – April 13, 2019, started out as a beautiful spring day in East Texas. People were in their gardens, washing their cars and doing all those...

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