Parents, looking for something Fun and FREE to do with the kids while beating the heat?  Why not join us Saturday, July 26, at 5 p.m. when the Rusk Friends of the Library...

If you weren't at the Cherokee Civic Theatre last Saturday, you missed a great show when comedy took the stage. Leading off with Jacksonville’s comedian Adrian Lucio, the...

JULY 4In Rusk, the Thomas Jefferson Rusk Rotary Club will host a “4th of July Hometown Celebration” on the downtown square at 9:30 a.m. Friday. Featured are a parade,...

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...

JUNE 25 Bullard Community Library will host a crochet class for those ages 10 and older, beginning 11 a.m. Wednesday at the 211 W. Main St. facility. While the class is...

Raise your hand if you’ve ever heard someone in Rusk say “there’s nothing to do in this little one stoplight town”?  Well, on the evening of...

The Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary of Jacksonville, Texas will celebrate the 60th Anniversary of its Kellar Library at 10:00...

The 41st Annual Jacksonville Tomato Fest went on without a hitch Saturday. Rain had been forecasted all week but that didn’t happen and the...

JUNE 19Jacksonville Public Library will provide a chicken spaghetti dinner that will be dished up during a 5:15 p.m. free Movie Night at the 526 E. Commerce St. facility....

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...

JUNE 12Troup High School baseball will host a youth baseball camp Tuesday and Thursday at the high school baseball field for third through eighth grade students. Cost is...

JUNE 7The City of Gallatin will host an evening of bingo, beginning 7 p.m. Saturday, June 7, at the Gallatin Community Center. Proceeds from the event help with the upkeep...

MAY 31Mission Tejas State Park will offer a 2 p.m. session, “Tejas Watercolors” in the visitor center at 19343 State Highway E. in Grapeland. Basic watercolor supplies will...

MAY 22The Major Thaddeus Beall Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, will gather 2 p.m. Thursday at a private Jacksonville-area residence. This...

This year’s Jacksonville Taco Cook-off drew several contestants and a slew of hungry visitors eager to sample tacos made using chicken, beef and...