JACKSONVILLE – Launched two decades ago as a community effort to provide local children with school supplies, the Back 2 School – or BTS – program continues its work in the...

RUSK – Testing at Bridge City High School has led to the change of an upcoming first round softball playoff in the Class 4A, Division II, Region III playoff game against...

Jacksonville High School students Lexis Baker (left) and Jaden Lavender (right) focused their National Honor Society community service project on...

Representatives from GrantWorks will be conducting door-to-door surveys in Alto beginning today, visiting "rain or shine," according to local city officials.The surveys are...

The Cherokee Civic Theatre's production of "Harvey," by Mary Chase, is currently being rehearsed!  Directed by Bill Sherman, Harvey tells the tale...

Jacksonville ISD Police Chief Bill Avera offers testimony before the Texas House Public Education Committee in support of HB1441, a bill introduced...

RUSK – Local school board members have hired Fort Worth-based Texas Pro Solutions to provide paint work at the Rusk Intermediate School campus, approving a $162,083.33 bid...

RUSK – LivingWorks ASIST, designed as a suicide “first-aid intervention” course will be presented from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. daily, Wednesday and Thursday, April 30-May 1,...

In 1880, Taylor and Lucy Dirden, who were formerly enslaved, made history by purchasing land in Jacksonville, Texas. Nearly 145 years later, that...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Area residents are invited to a May 1 meet and greet featuring Abraham George, the Republican Party of Texas Chairman.The event, held from 6-7:30 p.m....

RUSK – Local city leaders unanimously voted to name Bob Goldsberry as Rusk’s City Manager during an April 15 Rusk City Council special...

Hazel Tilton Park is Jacksonville’s oldest piece of surveyed land. After the International and Great Northern Railroad had laid out the city on...

JACKSONVILLE – Looking for something fun to do this weekend while supporting a cause that has immediate impact? Cease the search, and head over to...

JACKSONVILLE – An hours-long standoff that took place Easter Sunday at Jacksonville’s Super Gallo Mercado culminated in the arrest of a local man...

The beloved Jacksonville Historic Tomato Bowl claimed this year’s crown for Dave Campbell’s 2025 “The Best High School Football Stadium” in...