Rusk News

By Cristin Ross cross@jacksonvilleprogress.com Despite rising costs to municipalities and county precincts, some entities in Cherokee County are still offering fall clean-up days.

Pioneer, forerunner, legend - Dallas Holm will be presented in concert for Sunday morning worship at 10:30 a.m. Sunday, Oct.

By Cristin Ross cross@jacksonvilleprogress.com Rusk police continue to search for the perpetrator of several burglaries occurring during the last week.

A storm drainage pipe that lies in the middle of Rusk County's jail renovation and expansion project will stay, for now.

By Kelly Young kyoung@jacksonvilleprogress.com A Rusk man drowned Sunday evening when the boat he and four others, including two children, were using capsized on a two-acre private pond.

By Cristin Ross cross@jacksonvilleprogress.com Get out the needles and dust off the fat quarters, it's time for the Rusk Pioneer and Heritage Festival's third annual quilt show and sale.

Harvest Fest started out six years ago with about 250 in attendance. But the annual Christian event has grown over time, and this year, with Christian hip-hop artist KJ-52 as the main performer, about 1,000 ...

Harvest Fest is Saturday Harvest Fest 2008 will begin at 6 p.m. Sept. 27 inside the Tomato Bowl.

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SWEPCO customers without power as of 5 p.m. Tuesday: Atlanta: 4 Carthage: 893 Gilmer: 27 Gladewater: 209 Henderson: 2,007 Kilgore: 788 Longview: 5,878 Marshall: 2,993 By county SWEPCO customers without power as ...

Prohibited substance in a correction facility, Nacogdoches County Jail. Marijuana was found in a medicine container that had been handed to an inmate through the visitation window.

By Cristin Ross cross@jacksonvilleprogress.com The city of New Summerfield has gotten the official go-ahead to remove its boil water notice, while the city of Rusk is still waiting on test results.

Rusk Independent School District will hold regular classes Wednesday. Buses will run all regular routes.

By Raymond Billy rbilly@jacksonvilleprogress.com As Hurricane Ike approached the Texas Gulf coast, many residents evacuated north, only to find they hadn't gone far enough.

By Cristin Ross cross@jacksonvilleprogress.com Electrical power was returned to some Rusk and New Summerfield residents late Sunday and early Monday, but others were still in the dark as of Monday afternoon.

Dewayne Delaney unloads a gas powered generator from the from in front of Wallace Thompson True Value Hardware in Downtown Rusk Monday.

The 10 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center reports Ike's maximum sustained winds have fallen from 90 mph to 80 mph.

Several trees had fallen on houses and across roads, but no injuries were reported by 4:15 p.m. Saturday in Panola and Rusk counties.

By Kelly Young kyoung@jacksonvillprogress.com The Cherokee County Commissioner's Court wiped the slate clean Monday by deciding to pay-off all their employees' compensatory time - resetting everyone at zero.

From staff reports A Lufkin man was jailed Tuesday after being pulled from the wreckage of his vehicle at Seven Mile Hill.