Cherokee County News Archives

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer BULLARD -- A Tyler man died Friday after he fell at a First Baptist Church construction site on Farm-to-Market Road 2493 in Bullard.

Two Jacksonville men were arrested for their involvement in an alleged robbery at a drive-in grocery store Friday morning following tips from citizens.

By Lauren LaFleur assistanteditor@jacksonvilleprogress.com EDITOR'S NOTE: This is the fourth in a four-part series about the proposed constitutional amendments that will appear on the Nov.

By Nathan Straus nstraus@jacksonvilleprogress.com A pair of suspects were arrested in a drug bust late Friday afternoon on Andrews Street in Jacksonville.

Anderson County In a lease 2.94 miles northeast of Slocum in North Slocum Field, Piper-Johnson Well 1 will be drilled by Falcon Resources to 6,000 feet in the J. Gibson Survey, A-26. Cherokee County Gerhardus Well 1 will be drilled 5.5 miles southwest of Jacksonville in a Wildcat Field.

Progress staff reports The Cherokee County Commissioners Court continues to prepare for the coming Nov.

Reserve Grand Champion Wes O'Connell of Jacksonville prepares for the hay auction at the Cherokee County Hay Sale Thursday.

Progress staff reports news@jacksonvilleprogress.com The Annual Hay Show & Sale will be held Thursday at the Cherokee County Exposition Center on Loop 456.

Taylor arraigned after capture in Rusk County By Nathan Straus nstraus@jacksonvilleprogress.com Gregory Charles Taylor II, a 22-year-old Jacksonville man wanted in connection with a murder that occurred in Jacksonville on Oct.

When David Arroyo opened fire in front of the Smith County Courthouse in 2005, it served as a grim reminder of the danger law enforcement faces every day.

Progress staff reports news@jacksonvilleprogress.com This year's Relay for Life committee wants the Cherokee County community to get involved in the event in a special way A - committee members are appealing to the community to submit ideas for The organizational committee of the 2010 Relay For Life of Cherokee County met Sept.

Kudos to the drivers in our area! Saturday, Oct. 3, was the 18th Annual Pineywoods Purgatory Bike tour in which bicyclists ride anywhere from 25 to 102 miles along the scenic roads of northwestern Angelina County, eastern Cherokee County and southwestern Nacogdoches County.

Progress Staff Reports Cherokee County Judge Chris Davis has announced he is running for re-election in the March Republican primary.

Staff reports news@jacksonvilleprogress.com Cherokee County Commissioners Court will decide whether to submit a grant proposal to the East Texas Council of Governments on Tuesday.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE -- Cherokee County 2nd District Court Judge Dwight Phifer has denied a motion to change venue in a case against House of Israel member Robert James Fox.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE -- Motorcycles lined the front of the Tomato Bowl Saturday as bikers took part in festivities at the Jacksonville Motorcycle Rally and Music Jam.

An Angelina County Sheriff's deputy has been fired after he was ordered to serve a 30-day jail sentence in Cherokee County for a contempt of court matter in that county.

A Texas death row inmate freed after an appeals court overturned his capital murder conviction has died in an East Texas pickup truck crash.

A Jacksonville man died Saturday after a one-vehicle rollover accident. The accident occurred at 11:05 a.m. on Farm-to-Market Road 347 in Cherokee County.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer RUSK -Texas Department of Public Safety Sgt. Thomas Bledsoe was found not guilty of indecent exposure Thursday by a Cherokee County jury.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE - Organizers expect to see about 2,000 people at the Jacksonville Motorcycle Rally and Music Jam this weekend - twice as many as attended last year's event.