CHEROKEE COUNTY – School districts in Jacksonville and Rusk will play host to visiting football teams in town for UIL area playoffs.Rusk ISD welcomes the Grand Saline...

NOV. 20The Greater Rusk Garden Club will meet one week earlier in November since Thanksgiving is the 4th week when they normally meet.  Meetings are held in the Rusk...

CROCKETT – The Troup Tigers secured their ticket to the next round of football play-offs after winning a Nov. 15 bi-district match against the Anderson-Shiro Fighting Owls,...

JACKSONVILLE – The America’s Freedom Tribute Traveling Vietnam Wall and Cost of Freedom Tribute will be on display Dec. 7-8 at VFW Post 3984, 201 Memorial Drive in...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – A local man named the Season 11 champion of “The Voice,” addressed fans on his social media page regarding a freak accident in...

RUSK – A high school student was unsuccessful in reversing a Rusk ISD decision to expel that person, based on a campus incident that left one person injured.The decision...

RUSK – With the exception of one item on its multiple-item November Commissioners’ Court agenda, Cherokee County leaders adopted a varied agenda presented during a Nov. 12,...

A Nov. 16-17 golf scramble organized by East Texas Agriculture Foundation drew 32 teams, who gathered at Hilltop Country Club in support of Troup...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – East Texas homeschooling families are invited to join in The Cherokeean Herald’s 2024 “Santa Letters” campaign for youths in grades PK through 3.Some...

CROCKETT – The Troup Tigers secured their ticket to the next round of football play-offs after winning a Nov. 15 bi-district match against the Anderson-Shiro Fighting Owls,...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – A local man was struck by a bullet after a firearm fell from the vehicle he was unloading, dropping to the ground and accidentally discharging.According...

Jacksonville’s own Margo Martindale is starring in a new television series set to air Dec. 6   on Amazon Prime tv. The story centers around Ruth Landry/Ruth Clarke, a tough...

Fun stuff is happening all around Cherokee County this weekend:FRIDAY/SATURDAY (11/15-16) Shop ’til you drop! A variety of items can be found from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. today and...

Everyone is invited to a Community Thanksgiving Service on Sunday, Nov. 24, beginning at 6:30 p.m. at the First Baptist Church in Rusk.  This annual event is a way of...

CHEROKEE COUNTY – Residents have until Nov. 29 to submit orders for wreaths that will be used to decorate veteran graves for the Christmas holiday in special tribute to...