AUSTIN – Throughout September, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will host Veteran Suicide Awareness Ruck Hikes at Texas State Parks and State Natural Areas,...

Last Tuesday the Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce sponsored a luncheon, held at The Cherokee Ranch event facility, to give county leaders an update...

ith the recent announcement that long time State Senator for District 3 Robert Nichols was not going to seek reelection, it left a void as who...

 The controversy surrounding the Neches Trinity Groundwater District issuing drilling permits continues to resonate not only in our East Texas area, but now to a state or...

County leaders will host public hearings on the proposed 2025-26 Cherokee County budget and the tax rate that will fund it, during a 9 am Tuesday,...

Alto games kick-off at 7 p.m.All other games kickoff at 7:30 p.m. • Opening Day, Aug. 28-29Alto v. Groveton – 7 p.m. Thursday, 8/28 –...

Just in case you are not aware, there is a state law in Texas that prohibits the discharge of your cut grass into the roadway. (Texas Health and...

Cherokee Civic Theatre will hold auditions for “Arsenic & Old Lace” Sunday, August 24th at 2:30pm and Monday August 25th at 6:30pm. The play,...

ATHENS – The Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) has temporarily closed to visitors while Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) completes emergency repairs to a...

RUSK – Thomas Jefferson Rusk Rotary Club of Rusk and the Rusk State Hospital Volunteer Council are joining forces to host Rusk’s inaugural Top Clay Shoot Fundraiser, with...

Judge Forrest Phifer of the Rusk Municipal Court is delighted to announce a significant new addition to the court’s family. We warmly welcome Christy Myers as our new Court...

AUG. 7Jacksonville ISD schools will host schedule pick-up and meet the teacher events Thursday at the following times: Jacksonville Middle School – Seventh-grade, 9 a.m. to...

As Texas children head back to school, TxDOT is calling on everyone to be extra cautious in school zones and around school buses to help keep kids...

When my husband, Terry, and I read the Cherokeean earlier this month we learned that the City of Rusk has its very own canine rescue. We were glad...