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February 11, 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...

COLUMN: My Five Cents ...

February 7, 2026

I hope you and your family had a happy New Year and stayed safe and warm during the recent winter weather. I am grateful for the opportunity to continue serving and...

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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...

Gardener’s delight: 2026 Seed Swap Feb. 6 in Rusk

February 4, 2026

CHEROKEE COUNTY – The annual Cherokee County Seed Swap is just around the corner, and officials are urging attendees to come early for better selections, then stay for a...

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...

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...

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Area shelter hosts ground-breaking ceremony at new site

February 5, 2026

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Officials from a local animal rescue were on hand at the new County Roads Rescue site in Cherokee County for a Jan. 30, 2026,...

County awards construction contract for Alto rural water project

February 17, 2026

RUSK – A $705,950 construction contract was awarded to Alto-based Duplichain Contractors for a 100,000-gallon ground storage tank for Alto Rural Water Supply Corporation...

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...

County 4-H Spring Showcase set for March

February 17, 2026

RUSK – The 2026 Cherokee County 4-H Spring Showcase will be held March 5-6 at the Rusk Civic Center, 555 Euclid St., with several categories offered to all Cherokee County...

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...

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...

Gardener’s delight: 2026 Seed Swap Feb. 6 in Rusk

February 4, 2026

CHEROKEE COUNTY – The annual Cherokee County Seed Swap is just around the corner, and officials are urging attendees to come early for better selections, then stay for a...

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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...

County awards construction contract for Alto rural water project

February 17, 2026

RUSK – A $705,950 construction contract was awarded to Alto-based Duplichain Contractors for a 100,000-gallon ground storage tank for Alto Rural Water Supply Corporation...

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...

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...

Gardener’s delight: 2026 Seed Swap Feb. 6 in Rusk

February 4, 2026

CHEROKEE COUNTY – The annual Cherokee County Seed Swap is just around the corner, and officials are urging attendees to come early for better selections, then stay for a...

UIL releases biennial reclassification, realignment for 2026-28 period

February 4, 2026

CHEROKEE COUNTY – A Feb. 2 UIL release of biennial reclassification and realignments for the 2026-27 and 2027-28 school years reflects change for only one area school...

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...

We should all take a moment

February 4, 2026

We should all take a moment to consider the first responders that came out and helped their neighbors during the severe cold and ice last week. The linemen who worked in...

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