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Quilt Show at the Heritage Museum during Fair on the Square, May 24

Cherokee County Quilt Guild will have a quilt show during Fair on the Square. Quilts of various designs and techniques will be on display at the Heritage Museum, 208 S....

USPS Announces Suspension of Services Jan. 9

January 7, 2025

A National Day of Observance has been declared on Thursday, Jan. 9 to honor the death of former President Jimmy Carter. The United States Postal Service announced it will...

Tsalagiyi Nvdagi Tribe seeks to become more familiar among East Texans

November 6, 2024

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Though long residents of the region, citizens of the Tsalagiyi Nvdagi Indian Tribe are redoubling their efforts to become more...

Dr. Philip Attebery

Attebery named new seminary president

September 27, 2024

The Board of Trustees has named Dr. Philip Attebery as the next president of the BMA Seminary.On Thursday, Sept. 26, 2024, during their regular...

Constitution Week

September 17, 2024

NSDAR Chapters all over the United States annually observe September 17-25 as Constitution Week. At the request of the local NSDAR Chapter Cherokee County Judge Chris Davis...

Sweet freedom

For Julio Torres, co-founder of Prodigal’s Home Discipleship Center in Cherokee County, Independence Day has taken on a deeper meaning: The military veteran is back home after begin detained following a trip to Mexico to visit family in late June, 2024. Torres, who has resided in the country since age 5, made the visit only after ensuring his documents showing he resides here legally were up to date. He spent a week in an immigration facility while officials discerned his status. Torres was released in time to spend the July Fourth holiday with family. Courtesy photo

Green Card veteran hopes to make a difference for vets facing...

RUSK – Best known for his work with at Prodigal’s Home Discipleship Center, as well as for his call to share the Gospel, Julio Torres’ recent...

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Rusk officially opens American Legion Post #0293

RUSK – The Veterans Center at the American Legion Coleman-Isgate Post #0293 was officially opened Saturday, June 29, 2024, with a Rusk Chamber of...

Monte Burlington

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Fresh off competition, Cherokee County resident Monte Bruington shares his latest win on the disc golf circuit with a third place trophy from the...

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Patriotism on Display in Cherokee County

Friday the 14th was Flag Day in America and although it’s not a federal holiday, patriots around the country took time to reflect on the meaning...

Rusk scholars shine: Tyler Junior College celebrates new graduates...

TYLER – Tyler Junior College held a poignant graduation recognition ceremony on May 7, 2024, honoring the latest cohort of scholars from the Rusk TJC Citizens Promise...

Rusk scholars fulfill Promise

From left: Kara Wofford; Carson Wallace; Carolina Villa; Emma Bayless; Micah Solly; Cameron May; Elisha Blankinship; Esther Reifel; Lexie Stanley; Chris Perez; Megan Burns, TJC senior manager of scholarship and the Rusk TJC Citizens Promise; Mitch Andrews, TJC vice president for institutional advancement; Stephanie Guynn, Rusk Chamber of Commerce president; Carlton Crothers, Rusk Economic Development director; Dr. Juan E. Mejia, TJC president and CEO; Jim Perkins, Citizens 1st Bank – Tyler president, and practicing attorney; Margaret Perkins, Citizens 1st Bank director; Dr. Deana Sheppard, TJC provost and vice president for academic and student affairs; Kenyada Kincade; Collin Zane Lofton; Lacy Smith; Preston Arnold; Dallas Bouman; Shelby Hassell; Allen Dotson; Damian Perez; and Albert Gonzales.

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JC honors ninth group of Rusk TJC Citizens Promise Scholars

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

BMA Seminary graduation

A joyous crowd – including a contingent from Nigeria – gathered May 11, 2024, at First Baptist Church of Jacksonville to witness 10 students from the Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary of Jacksonville receive their degrees. Dr. Charley Holmes, whose last official act as seminary president before retirement, presented the keynote address, reminding graduates “we are ambassadors for Christ,” charged with spreading the Gospel wherever their paths lead,

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BMA Seminary celebrates 67th Commencement

JACKSONVILLE – Ten students received a degree from the Baptist Missionary Association Theological Seminary of Jacksonville, Texas during...

New Rotary Club charter approved

January 31, 2024

For several months, a group of civic minded citizens in Rusk have been working to form a new Rotary club and on Jan. 19th the Thomas Jefferson Rusk...

Prodigal’s Home: Helping troubled lives become whole again through God

January 19, 2024

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Kintsugi: The Japanese art form of repairing broken pottery with lacquer mixed with powdered gold, silver or platinum, with the...

Kay O’Neal (far right) describes work on the most recent grass house project, for which she served as lead. The Oklahoma resident is a member of the Caddo tribal council that has guided staff at Caddo Mounds State Historic Site through the years as they develop ways to bring the Caddo story alive at the Texas Highway 21 site outside Alto. O’Neal was present for this year’s Caddo Culture Day, held Dec. 2, 2023. Cherokeean Herald photo

Caddo Culture Day

December 5, 2023

Hundreds of people were part of the 2023 Caddo Culture Day celebration held Dec. 2 at Caddo Mounts State Historic Site, which is home to a newly...

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Lake Jacksonville Fireworks

TomatoFest Car Show

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