GRAPELAND – An annual folk festival held at Mission Tejas State Park on the El Camino Real outside Grapeland has expanded to a three-day event to...

 APRIL 22The Trinity will provide breakfast-to-go for local first responders, medical professionals and teachers, 7-8 a.m. Wednesday at 131 Zimmerman in Jacksonville, in...

Early voting will be held weekdays April 20-24 and April 27-28 for upcoming ISD and municipal elections set for May 2. This year, four area entities will host...

El Camino Real de los Tejas National Historic Trail Association (ElCaT) will host its annual membership meeting in Alto on May 1-2! This year’s meeting will be the first...

 APRIL 16The Arbors will host comuity bingo, from 10-11:30 a.m. Thursday at the 1884 Loop 343 senior residential center in Rusk. Prizes will be awarded. Jacksonville Public...

The City of Rusk will host a citywide clean up from 7:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, April 18, an event restricted to only residents who reside within the city limits or any...

APRIL 9 Spring forward in Alto Health for All Webinar, on National Chinese Almond Cookie Day, starting at 12 noon. Special speakers from TxDot & Austin Bank will...

The Major Thaddeus Beall Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution, is scheduled to meet at 2 PM, Thursday, April 9, 2026, at the First Methodist...

JACKSONVILLE – A Tri-County Beef & Forage Workshop will be offered April 24 at the Cherokee County Expo, 611 SE Loop 456 in Jacksonville, offering 3 TDA CEU hours for...

On Tuesday, March 23, the Heritage Center of Cherokee County hosted a well-attended event commemorating the 175th birthday of Rusk's own native...

 RUSK – “Who Called for Backup,” written and directed by Cherokee Civic Theatre’s Danyka Roby as her high school senior project, will be presented at the 157 W. 5th St....

TROUP – Billing itself as East Texas’s “Good Neighbor Town,” Troup Chamber of Commerce recognized local residents and businesses it considered...