CHEROKEE COUNTY – Organizers are planning area Independence Day events to mark the 249th birthday of the USA.Texas National Bank in Rusk heads up the celebrations with a...

Following the announcement that State Senator Robert Nichols will not seek re-election, State Representative Trent Ashby (R–Lufkin) announced today...

AUSTIN – Today, I am announcing that I will not be running again for the Texas Senate. I do intend to continue serving the people and communities...

East Texas water is not for sale.Today, I attended a meeting of the Neches & Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District, where they considered permits to export...

JACKSONVILLE – A June 19 preliminary hearing on exploratory permit applications to drill wells into an aquifer that has long provided East Texans a ready source of water...

TYLER, Texas – A Jacksonville man has been sentenced to life in federal prison for sex trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced Acting U.S....

RUSK – A two-year SRO program placing a Rusk police officer on local school campuses as part of an interlocal agreement was terminated June 9,...

The Rusk Fire Department responded to a truck fire on Euclid street Monday morning. No injuries were were reported but the truck appeared to be...

We have updates to the article on the well permits requested by Redtown Ranch Holdings, LLC and Pine Bliss, LLC.  According to Terry Morrow, President of the Neches &...

WELLS, Texas — http://cbs19.tvA former East Texas teacher who was previously arrested on bestiality and child pornography charges has been...

A special Flag Day Celebration is this Saturday, June 14, at Hazel Tilton Park, 7:00 a.m. in downtown Jacksonville, located next to the Vanishing Texana Museum.The Program...

It came out of the blue and hit inhabitants of Cherokee and nearby counties by total surprise. Redtown Ranch Holdings LLC and Pine Bliss LLC, combined, are proposing...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Area residents concerned over pending applications with the Neches and Trinity Valley Groundwater Conservation District that seek to drill a total of 42...

RUSK – This week, officials with the Good Samaritan of Rusk expect to close on the purchase on land across from its 190 W. 2nd St. location and are...

ALTO – Local police have confirmed the death of a second passenger involved in a fatal US Highway 69 wreck in on Memorial Day weekend.Alesia Sidney, 54, of Lufkin, died...