Graveside funeral services for Lewis Earl Hicks, 96, of Alto will be held Saturday at 3 PM at the Old Palestine Cemetery in Alto. Mr. Hicks ...

A local city park named for the state’s first native-born governor has been closed temporarily as Rusk city workers remove debris ...

A Rusk police officer is under investigation following allegations of misconduct during a June 2022 arrest for a charge of driving ...

Local registered voters have through 7 p.m. Friday, Feb. 27, to participate in early voting for the 2026 general ...

A funeral service for Patsy Jo Sherrill, 77, of Rusk, is scheduled for 2 p.m., Saturday, February 28, 2026, at Autry Funeral Home in ...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Early voting for the 2026 general primary elections – which kicked off Tuesday – continues through Feb. 27, ...

A seven-day outdoor burn ban was issued Monday, Feb. 23, 2026, by Cherokee County Judge Chris Davis to help mitigate hazards posed by ...

Bonnie Louise Hightower McBroom of Rusk was born on June 24, 1929, in St. Augustine, Texas to Claude Amon Hightower and Laura Murel ...

Joyce Nadene Loden, 84, of Rusk, Texas passed away on February 13, 2026 in Rusk, Texas.She was born on March 16, 1941 in ...

Randal “Randy” Fosdick Moore, a playwright, song writer and poet, passed away on the evening of Feb. 17 at Hospice of East Texas in ...

The National Weather Service in Shreveport has issued a tornado watch for Cherokee County until 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 14, 2026, along with ...

Funeral services for Joan Clevenger Landrum Hunter, 81, of Alto will be Tuesday, February 17, 2026 at 2 PM in  the A. Frank Smith Methodist ...