Governor Greg Abbott on March 2 issued an Executive Order (GA-34) lifting the mask mandate in Texas and increasing capacity of all businesses and facilities in the state to...

Approximately 20 people gathered Tuesday outside the Cherokee County Courthouse in Rusk to pay homage to the State of Texas, which adopted its...

Rusk City Manager Amanda Hill reminded local residents dealing with storm damage repair that some of those repairs require permits. “As we begin the process of making...

UPDATED at 10:34 a.m. Wednesday, March 3, 2021 A Jacksonville man remains in the Cherokee County Jail Wednesday morning, on a $150,000 bond, in...

It was the rag-tag near end of a long, bitter, cold winter and the men gathered were hungry and worried; worried about the families they had left...

JACKSONVILLE – Approximately six years after hiring him to lead the local school district as its superintendent, Jacksonville ISD board members...

RUSK – Local Police Chief Stephen Hughes announced Tuesday that he is stepping down from the force, retiring from the Rusk Police Department effective April 1, 2021. “I...

Jacksonville ISD trustees will mull a voluntary separation agreement and release between the district and its superintendent, Dr. Chad Kelly, during a 5:30 p.m. meeting,...

The Angelina & Neches River Authority (ANRA) has been closely monitoring the unprecedented winter weather event in Texas and has been taking action as needed. To help...

Due to the unprecedented freezing weather and dangerous driving conditions, our printers have been unable to get to their office to print this week's Cherokeean Herald. ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – A break in the weather Friday will be a temporary one, with the National Weather Service issuing a hard freeze warning overnight,...

According to an emergency update posted by Oncor, "there continues to be a lack of available generation, and as a result, controlled outages remain in place as directed by...