"Fighting windmills" means fighting imaginary enemies. The term is taken from the novel, “Don Quixote” by Miguel de Cervantes. Of course, the windmills were not the enemies...

Chaplain Karl Hansen, a retired California Highway Patrol sergeant leads an invocation for a crowd gathered for a May 17 police officers’ memorial...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Four individuals were arrested May 23, 2023, on anticipated federal drug con-spiracy charges following an early morning meth lab...

Shortly before 4 on Tuesday afternoon, Rusk Volunteer Fire Department was called out to a skid steer fire on Guinn Hill Road east of Rusk. The...

BREAKING NEWS: An approximante two year investigation between Homeland Security Investigators, Cherokee County Sheriff's Office and the...

RUSK – The 2023 Fair on the Square promises to be jam-packed with food, fun and activities, with a record number of vendors set up for Saturday, May 27, at the downtown...

RUSK – A local housing shortage is being alleviated by a proposed subdivision designed to bring up to 15 new homes to Rusk, thanks to a unanimous...

The City of Jacksonville is proud to have hosted Palestine-based Tri-County Meals on Wheels for more than 30 years at no cost to the program. Tri-County MOW provides...

Area police departments are commemorating National Police Week, May 15-21, 2023, in different ways. The Jacksonville Police Department will host...

As I talk to people daily, there is a lot of confusion concerning the political football that’s being tossed around in our nation’s Capital when it comes to our country’s...

A number of incumbent candidates retained their spots on local school boards and city councils, while a local city seeking to broaden its tax base embraced two alcohol...

Noal Price Jr, 56, of Wells, has been charged with Murder by the Cherokee County Sheriff’s Office. The charge is in reference to a shooting that...

UPDATED: 4 p.m. Monday, May 8, 2023 Sheriff Dickson said Noal Price, 56, is in custody in connection with today’s fatal shooting in Wells. The victim’s name is not being...

Three local school board trustees won their bid for re-election Saturday, according to complete, but unof-ficial, results posted by district officials. The trio will be...

According to complete, but unofficial results posted May 6 by Rusk City Secretary Cinda Etheridge, two incumbents seeking re-election to the local city council have won...