Jacksonville News

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE -- It has been a long time since there was a Fourth of July water parade on Lake Jacksonville, but Bev Lewis, along with her husband and friends, thought it would be a good idea to bring back the past.

The same late spring freeze that nipped the Hill Country peach crop took down some of the earliest East Texas tomato seedlings.

By Kelsey Palmer news@jacksonvilleprogress.com Interest in parades has slowed to a trickle in recent years, but this year a few Jacksonville-area residents are looking to make a splash this Fourth of July.

By Lois Marie Guymer Special to the Progress I have one outstanding, lasting memory of the summer just before I was about to begin first grade.

By Cristin Ross cross@jacksonvilleprogress.com "OK. I'm letting go - it's all you now," said John Sealey, aviation instructor with Hangar 22 Aviation Training at the Cherokee County Airport.

There comes a time when you have to stop watching things happen and start making things happen, Gospel Caf owner Annette Sessoms said.

By Kelly Young kyoung@jacksonvilleprogress.com The last time Robert Haberle got the 14-year itch it prompted him to leave a lucrative but emotionally draining career with the Dallas Fire Department so that he could go back to school to become a doctor of chiropracty.

By Cristin Ross cross@jacksonvilleprogress.com Area Cub Scouts were certainly prepared last week - for a lot of fun in the sun during the annual Three Rivers' District Cub Scout Day Camp.

By Kelly Young kyoung@jacksonvilleprogress.com The Cherokee County Appraisal District mailed out tax valuations to local property owners a few weeks ago, and while the increase is nowhere near as sharp as it was last year, values in most of the county's jurisdictions did again go up.

With most cities across East Texas showing flat or decreased sales tax numbers, the city of Jacksonville is touting a big increase.

By Kelly Young kyoung@jacksonvilleprogress.com A Jacksonville man was killed Tuesday morning while driving his motorcycle on U.S. Highway 69.

The Jacksonville Parks and Recreation Department, along with the Jacksonville Tennis Association, is providing a way for community members to stay active this summer.

Editor's note: Due to policy, the Jacksonville Daily Progress does not publish the identities of mental patients involved in crimes.

By Kelly Young kyoung@jacksonvilleprogress.com Local sales tax numbers, which have been moderately but consistently strong during the past few months, exploded in June as Jacksonville started to fully reap the benefits of Energy Transfer's new natural gas pipeline and enjoyed the largest sales tax gain in several years.

Special to the Progress Houston Mayor Bill White will be in Cherokee County this weekend to meet people and hear about their expectations and concerns for Texas' future.

Posted on June 11th, 2009 4:08pm by Nancy Nichols Filed under Festivals , Silly Reasons to Celebrate I am working in East Texas for a couple of days.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE -- During a regular meeting Tuesday night, Jacksonville City Council members authorized the police department to apply for two grants.

By KELLY PREW Food Editor JACKSONVILLE -- There's no mistaking "Miss Beverly" with her bushel of ripe tomatoes and smiling welcome, "Well, hello there!" Preparing for Saturday's 25th Annual Jacksonville Tomato Festival is something Beverly Jimerson has looked forward to every year since she chaired the first cooking contest in 1985.

Three people have been arrested in Jacksonville for allegedly buying alcoholic beverages from a bootlegger.

By Kelly Young kyoung@jacksonvilleprogress.com The Lake Rules Committee has finished its work of consolidating and clarifying Lake Jacksonville's many scattered rules and regulations into one document, and the product of their efforts will be presented Tuesday to Jacksonville City Council for approval.