Our mighty state has the eighth largest economy in the world, the second largest in the U.S. In fact, the Texas Comptroller says Texas is “a ...

The Jacksonville Football Indians hope moving from Class 5A-II to Class 4A-I will result in some much-needed victories.The ...

Construction is underway at the city’s industrial park for a 150,000-square-foot manufacturing facility, but already, the ...

In response to a series of tragic events impacting the Jacksonville community during recent months, a group of local volunteers ...

Trinity Valleys Groundwater Conservation District hosted a July 16, 2026, public hearing in Jacksonville to encourage comments ...

Several items on the July 14, 2026, Cherokee County Commissioners’ Court agenda were adopted by county leaders, while a handful of ...

Folks along El Camino Real are doing their best to make it through the dog days of summer as temperatures rise along with the humidity.  I ...

The Rusk 10U softball team ended its run in the Diamond Youth Softball World Series in Laurel, Mississippi, July 19, ...

Local city leaders will convene Friday, July 24, in a special noon meeting at Rusk City Hall, where they will discuss/take action ...

Barbara Ann Ballow Baker was born on April 28, 1945, in Orange, Texas, to Charles Ballow and Della Mozelle Peterson Ballow. She passed away in ...

Jury selection has been set for Aug. 10, 2026, in the trial of Isiah Mallord, a Jacksonville man arrested in the fatal ...

Sunnye Terrell Connelly passed away peacefully on June 27, 2026, at the age of 90, surrounded by those she loved most—her devoted husband, ...