Gateway to American Opportunities (GAO), regional literacy initiative of A Circle of Ten, Inc, presented the Money Smart “How to Avoid Financial Exploitation” session at the Palestine Senior Center at Meals on Wheels on January 17th, 2019. The financial literacy session was funded by Capital…
United Daughters of the Confederacy Vice President Carol Boone (right) and UDC President Carolyn McCall (left) present Bullard Community Library director Debbie Willbanks with a copy of “The Camel Regiment,” one of two books on Confederate history, to the local library. “Local author Gary Co…
During “Mingle and Jingle on Commerce, the JAAC Presented the Cherokee Student Art Show.
A Rusk private school program is breathing new life into the former West Side Elementary campus by opening an academy there next year.
This week brought something extra to Seniors along with food, as Gateway to American Opportunities provided FDIC “Money Smart for Older Adults” Resource Guides to the Cherokee County “Meals on Wheels” program.
In honor of the 128th anniversary of the founding of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), I researched the beginnings of the organization which started October 11, 1890. I discovered four determined women who saw the need to preserve our country’s heritage.
If you passed this young man on the street, walking in the mall or sitting in a doctor's office; you first impression might be just an ordinary long haired, tattooed, maybe " retros sixties eras " person. You would have no idea that he is literally a multiple walking miracle and a faithful D…
Birthdays come and go. Sometimes with great fanfare, other times unnoticed. These birthdays are special.
Carlos Wallace of Jacksonville was honored Wednesday, September 12. Carlos Wallace was the 2018 Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce Wall of Fame inductee. The ceremony took place at the Norman Activity Center, 526 E. Commerce in downtown Jacksonville.
OUR INSPIRATION. The Jacksonville Area Arts Council (JAAC), inspired by the Kiwanis Club subscription model for providing decor downtown on patriotic occasions, is offering a way for local businesses to enhance their interior spaces with displays of artwork by local artists. Essentially any …
TYLER – Parents are expected to spend about $684.79 per child on back-to-school clothes and supplies in 2018, according to the National Retail Federation. In anticipation of the back-to-school crunch, Texas offers a “sales tax holiday,” or tax-free weekend, on qualified school supply purchas…
“Mining Obituaries for Ancestors” or reading obituaries will be the topic of Sandra Crowley, speaker, at the East Texas Genealogical Society meeting on August 11, 2018, at 2 p.m. All meetings are free and open to the public.
Cherokee District WMA met July 10, 2018, at Friendship Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Texas.
Jacksonville Public Library will host the summer meeting for those who love poetry on July 28, Saturday, from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m..
Piney Woods Fine Arts Association has a spectacular lineup planned for the upcoming season in our continued effort to bring world-class entertainers and artists to Houston County!
“You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown (revised)” will be the first show of the 2018-2019 Season at Cherokee Civic Theatre this fall. Open auditions for the show – leads and chorus roles – will be held Sunday July 29 at 3 p.m. and Monday July 30 at 6 p.m.
‘Heaven’s Gates and Hell’s Flames,’ the high-impact and compelling Christian-based drama, is returning to Fairfield’s Calvary Baptist Church for a fourth consecutive year. The drama will be presented Sunday through Tuesday, July 15 -17 at 7 p.m. each night.
NASHVILLE - The unmistakable sound of multi-Dove and Grammy Award-winning recording artist, David Phelps (pictured in attached jpg), will be featured in Tyler, TX, on Sunday, July 29, at the New Life Worship Center, located at 18535 US 69 in Tyler. This exciting concert event begins at 7 p.m.
The Cherokee Charmers won 23 awards this past weekend including the top award as one of the "Best of the Best" teams! The Charmers took nine routines to Drill Team competition in Galveston: four team, three officer, one ensemble, and our captain performed a solo! Listed below are their awards!
LUFKIN - The CBR Lufkin Bull Bash announced today that tickets are now on sale for the 2018 Lufkin CBR Bull Bash at the George Henderson Expo on February 17 at 8 p.m.
CARTHAGE - The Texas Country Music Association, Inc. announced that its annual TCMA Songwriter Contest and Awards are open for song submissions as of December 1, in both Country and Christian Country formats.
One of the most highly anticipated exhibitions in recent years comes to the Tyler Museum of Art with Andy Warhol: Screen Prints & Snapshots, open to the public Sunday, Oct. 1 through Jan. 7, 2018 at the TMA, 1300 S. Mahon Ave. on the Tyler Junior College main campus.
Howard Gordon Bennett graduated from High School in 1959. He was accepted as an officer candidate in the U.S. NAVY at Newport, R.I. in June, 1960. After this graduation he was commissioned as an Ensign, Supply Corps, United States Naval Reserve, October 14, 1960. He was released from active …
For many, the dream of striking out on an endless road-trip is something flirted with when life gets too demanding, but Jasmine Reese is living out that dream as she travels cross-country on a bicycle with her beloved dog Fiji at her side.
Honorable. Loving. Selfless.
DALLAS – Girl Scouts of Northeast Texas (GSNETX), the largest pipeline for female leaders in North Texas, will kick off its 2016 Cookie Program beginning Jan. 15 through Feb. 28. The Girl Scout Cookie Program is the finest example of the Girl Scout Leadership Experience, providing girls the …
OKLAHOMA CITY – Jacksonville resident Grady Underwood and Louis Saggione III of New Boston captured the world championship title in ranch sorting Nov. 9 during the 2015 Lucas Oil American Quarter Horse Association World Championship Show in Oklahoma City.
Beth Ballew Beasley celebrated her 90th birthday on Nov. 18, 2015. A party was held in her honor on Saturday, Nov. 7, 2015, at First United Methodist Church in Jacksonville.
The holidays are a fun time to prepare different foods to share with family and friends.
This year's Festival of Quilts in Jacksonville will be held Nov. 20 -22 at the Norman Activity Center. For information contact Anita Johnston, 903-586-9546.
This past Saturday, Nov. 14, 13 members of the JMS Choir traveled to East Texas Baptist University to sing in the All Region Choir. They had the privilege of getting to sing with the best of the best students from all around our East Texas area. There were guest conductors brought in to d…
The Theater Program at Jacksonville College, now in its new home, the Mary S. Lewis Theater on the former Joe Wright Campus, will present “Scrooge,” a Reader’s Theater adaptation of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol, on November 20 and 21, 2015 at 7:30 p.m.
Ninety-one students at The University of Texas at Tyler were inducted into the Alpha Chi Honor Society–Texas Alpha Xi Chapter for the 2015-16 academic year.
The Mary Tyler Chapter National Society, Daughters of the American Revolution is celebrating the 228th anniversary of the signing of the Constitution of the United States September 12 with a special commemorative luncheon. For the nationwide celebration, September 17-23, the local DAR chapt…
The JHS graduating classes of 1974, 1975 and 1976 are looking for their fellow classmates. Organizers of the reunion are excited about the response for this multi-year celebration, and are hoping for help in locating all classmates from these three classes. Hoping to meet up with many frien…
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