JACKSONVILLE – A new $42,341,696 budget, to be funded by a 69-cent ad valorum tax, goes into effect Oct. 1, the beginning of the City of Jacksonville’s new fiscal year.Both...

RUSK – A three-man quorum of the Cherokee County Commissioners’ Court gave approval for a $278,850 contract to purchase the former Jacksonville Police Station on Larissa...

• Alto Yellowjackets v. Corrigan-Camden Bulldogs, 7:30 p.m. Friday – HOME• Jacksonville Indians v. Longview Pine Tree Pirates, 7:30 p.m. Friday – HOME• Rusk Eagles v. Troup...

Early in life, I learned that adults had their own language. They spoke English, but it was interspersed with phrases that had been handed down for...

Folks along El Camino Real have been running wide open since the first of September. With school starting back, football games, fall gardens, and getting ready for deer...

  This is the column I wrote 25 years ago, the week after 9/11 on September 20, 2001.  People that were too young to remember that day can’t even imagine the hurt we felt...

         If there were an official tree for stubbornness, the post oak would certainly be in the running. Post oak, Quercus stellata, is one of the...

RUSK – Members of the local city council will convene at noon Friday, Sept. 18, for a budget workshop, also discussing the city’s Hotel Occupancy Tax, during a meeting at...

         If there were an official tree for stubbornness, the post oak would certainly be in the running. Post oak, Quercus stellata, is one of the...

Princess Alice Thoroughman (left) gazes in awe as Jahara Jones is crowned as Rusk High School’s 2026 Homecoming Queen in pre-game ceremonies held...

 SEPT. 17A free benefits and estate planning session for seniors and caregivers will be offered 10 a.m. to noon Thursday in the First Christian Church sanctuary, 1920...

 SEPT. 10Join the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce from 8-9 a.m. Thursday for Morning Brew with Ryan Vining of East Texas Preferred Properties, 404 Wynn Dr. in...

Princess Alice Thoroughman (left) gazes in awe as Jahara Jones is crowned as Rusk High School’s 2026 Homecoming Queen in pre-game ceremonies held...

TROUP – Local high school senior Connor Castillo has been identified as a National Merit Scholarship Semifinalist in the Class of 2027!According to...

RUSK – A three-man quorum of the Cherokee County Commissioners’ Court gave approval for a $278,850 contract to purchase the former Jacksonville Police Station on Larissa...

 SEPT. 17A free benefits and estate planning session for seniors and caregivers will be offered 10 a.m. to noon Thursday in the First Christian Church sanctuary, 1920...

Bartley Steven Reddoch, 77, went to his heavenly home on September 10, 2026, in Huntsville, Texas. He was born in Bay City, Texas, on May 13, 1949,...

Memorial services for Kay Upshaw of Lufkin will be held Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother...

Janet Louise (McKahan) Jinkins was born on April 10, 1939, in Peoria, Illinois, to Paul and Maxine (Johnson) Ullrich, and passed away on September...

The Troup Tigers continued their perfect start Friday night, overwhelming Grace Community 70-21 to improve to 3-0.Troup wasted little time taking...

The Jacksonville Indians are beginning to show that 2026 could be a much different football season.Jacksonville picked up its second consecutive...

The Rusk Eagles proved Friday night they can win more than just blowouts.After rolling to a 76-point victory the previous week, Rusk survived a...

The phoenix is a mythological bird renowned for its extraordinary life cycle, characterized by a long lifespan that can extend for centuries or more. When the phoenix...