The Cherokee County Jail reported the following activity May 9-15: Charles Benjamin Amazeen IV, 36, Rusk, assault of family/household member by impeding...

RUSK – Eight different 4-H workshops will be offered this summer by the Cherokee County Extension Office for current members entering third through 12th grade this...

Several members of the Alto High School’s graduating Class of 1973 gathered for a 50-year reunion held May 20, 2023, at the 1st City Cafe in the...

Several members of the Alto High School’s graduating Class of 1973 gathered for a 50-year reunion held May 20, 2023, at the 1st City Cafe in the...

Rusk's First United Methodist Church was the setting for the Piney Woods Co-op graduation ceremony on May 20, 2023. The three graduating seniors,...

A May 20, 2023, picnic hosted by the Rusk Citizens Police Academy Alumni concluded a week-long observation of National Police Week in Rusk. Held at...

2023 Rusk High School valedictorian John Kwak Callihan accepts his diploma from Rusk ISD Superintendent Grey Burton during a May 19 commencement...

A trio of Alto High School seniors visit before the May 19, 2023, commencement ceremony begins at the AHS Gymnasium, soon to join their classmates...

JACKSONVILLE – The Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary of Jacksonville conferred 19 degrees during a May 13 commencement ceremony at Jacksonville seminary’s...

Josiah Taylor McBroom, the son of Matthew and Jackie McBroom of Forest, graduated from the LEAD Academy homeschool program during a May 12 ceremony...

Mortarboards fly high in the air May 20, as members of the Jacksonville High School Class of 2023 signify the end of their high school careers...

Area school districts will offer free summer lunch programs for local youths, beginning June 5. Rusk ISD: Meals will be served from 11:15 a.m. to noon, Monday through...

Opinion Fighting Windmills By John (Robinhawk) Hawkins john@thecherokeean.com Fighting windmills means fighting imaginary enemies. The term...

Tyler Junior College recently recognized its eighth class of Rusk High School graduates to attend TJC on the Rusk TJC Citizens Promise...

What’s Happening in Cherokee County MAY 25 Sale Barn Sunday Cowboy Fellowship hosts a Veteran’s Luncheon on the last Thursday of the month at the church 23733 US Hwy 79...