RUSK – Looking to reverse damage created by financial issues under previous city administrators, Rusk city leaders adopted a $9,759,309 budget during a 3-2 roll call vote...

Alto Yellowjackets 7Corrigan-Camden Bulldogs 34 Jacksonville Indians 13Longview Pine Tree Pirates 42 Rusk Eagles 13Troup Tigers 35

A Sept. 11 memorial in downtown Rusk to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the 9/11 coordinated terrorist attacks by al-Quaeda against the U.S. in...

  October is getting so close that folks along El Camino Real can almost smell it, but it is still way too hot to imagine that we are already one day into fall and several...

Early in life, I learned that adults had their own language. They spoke English, but it was interspersed with phrases that had been handed down for...

Folks along El Camino Real have been running wide open since the first of September. With school starting back, football games, fall gardens, and getting ready for deer...

         If there were an official tree for stubbornness, the post oak would certainly be in the running. Post oak, Quercus stellata, is one of the...

The Ceremony for the MIA's and POW's was originally scheduled for the  Hazel Tilton Park in Downtown Jacksonville, Texas but due to the excessive heat, the ceremony has...

Rusk City Council will convene in a 6 p.m. Monday special meeting on Sept. 21, when a public hearing will be held on the city's proposed 2026-27...

Local city leaders will gather at noon Friday, Sept. 18, in the Rusk Council Chambers (116 E. 5th St., Suite B) for a workshop focusing on the...

 SEPT. 24The Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library is having the Fall Book Clearinghouse beginning Thurs 4-7:30 pm. The sale will also be on Friday 10 am – 5:30 pm,...

Troup High School senior Ladaysha Lydia was crowned the school’s 2026 Homecoming Queen during Sept. 18 pregame ceremonies in Tiger Stadium. With...

The Ceremony for the MIA's and POW's was originally scheduled for the  Hazel Tilton Park in Downtown Jacksonville, Texas but due to the excessive heat, the ceremony has...

Tuesday morning, the Rusk High School Auditorium was the location to celebrate this year’s Citizen 1st/TJC Promise Program recipients. The Citizens...

Tuesday morning, the Rusk High School Auditorium was the location to celebrate this year’s Citizen 1st/TJC Promise Program recipients. The Citizens...

Sadler’s Marine and Sporting Goods was presented the Texas Treasure Business Award by State Senator Robert Nichols during a Sept. 18, 2026,...

 SEPT. 24The Friends of the Jacksonville Public Library is having the Fall Book Clearinghouse beginning Thurs 4-7:30 pm. The sale will also be on Friday 10 am – 5:30 pm,...

Bartley Steven Reddoch, 77, went to his heavenly home on September 10, 2026, in Huntsville, Texas. He was born in Bay City, Texas, on May 13, 1949,...

Memorial services for Kay Upshaw of Lufkin will be held Sunday, September 27, 2026 at 3:00 p.m. in the Carroway Funeral Home Chapel with Brother...

Janet Louise (McKahan) Jinkins was born on April 10, 1939, in Peoria, Illinois, to Paul and Maxine (Johnson) Ullrich, and passed away on September...

The Ceremony for the MIA's and POW's was originally scheduled for the  Hazel Tilton Park in Downtown Jacksonville, Texas but due to the excessive heat, the ceremony has...

After opening the 2026 season with three straight victories, the Rusk Eagles suffered their first setback Friday night, falling to the undefeated...

The Jacksonville Indians saw their two-game winning streak come to an end Friday night, Sept. 18, as Pine Tree handed the Indians a 42-13 loss in...

After an impressive win over Normangee a week earlier, the Alto Yellowjackets ran into a determined Corrigan-Camden squad Friday night, Sept. 18,...