Mount Enterprise News

By BETTY WATERSEND Staff Writer HENDERSON -- A march scheduled by the New Black Panther Party to the Rusk County Courthouse here Tuesday to protest handling of an inmate's death in the county jail has been canceled, according to an official with the sheriff's office.

Like most of Nacogdoches-based Joe R. Lansdale's work, Vanilla Ride is set in East Texas.

At a press conference Tuesday in Mount Enterprise, the leader of the New Black Panther Party, an African-American activist from Houston named Quanell X, announced there will be a march and a rally in Henderson on December 22 in response to the death of Gerald Johnson, 31, of Mount Enterprise.

I crossed a road on Interstate Highway 20, the other side of Longview; the road sign said, "Joy-Wright Mtn.

As the leftovers from Thanksgiving start to run thin, the time for Christmas grows ever closer.

As the mother of a deceased Rusk County Jail inmate solemnly held his picture, a man describing himself as a minister and a leader of the New Black Panther Nation and the New Black Muslim Movement called for a march on the Rusk County Jail.

La Juan Schlegel's artistic talent was apparent even when she was child. She is a native of Mount Enterprise, a small town surrounded by pine forest in east Texas.

One East Texas town is concerned about juvenile violence, and police there now have a new way to crack down on the problem.

Texas Rangers and Rusk County officials are investigating the Friday death of a Rusk County Jail inmate.

OVERTON a ' The week of Oct. 4 - 10 was National 4-H week, and to celebrate, on Oct.

The history of East Texas has been written through the early 20th century, a trio of historians said Thursday at a panel discussion in Nacogdoches.

Texas Department of Transportation maintenance crews plan to begin resurfacing two southern Rusk County roads beginning Monday.

A few light, isolated showers this morning just to the west and south of Tyler, and a short lived sprinkle near Mount Enterprise.

Harassment, 1300 block of Pruitt Hill Drive. A woman said she answered a blocked number and heard a male voice using sexual language.

Harassment, 1300 block of Pruitt Hill Drive. A woman said she answered a blocked number and heard a male voice using sexual language.

Rusk County Crime Stoppers is registering bands for its first "Battle of the Bands" benefit concert.

Seattle rock band Candlebox will make their debut in Rusk County on Saturday at the Cotton Valley Music Festival.

Kevin Persall and Niki Boszor will exchange vows on Saturday, Aug. 8, at Calvery Temple in Mt.

Theft, 7th Street, Cushing. A report was filed that 60 to 70 feet of blue rope was taken from behind a business.

Terri Whitehead originally went to Serendipity Consignment Boutique so she could get a good price on a car seat.