Jacksonville News

At the Brookshire's in Whitehouse is a resident's 44-foot trailer that used to carry race cars.

JACKSONVILLE - As the Jacksonville mayoral runoff election approaches, candidates are weighing in on the race.

BY ADAM RUSSELL arussell@tylerpaper.com OWENTOWN - A nondescript metal building, formerly used as a Smith County Road and Bridge "barn," now acts as the de-facto death row for thousands of stray dogs each year.

Once again those elected to serve the taxpayers are not even listening to their bosses .

The city of Jacksonville is inviting residents to help beautify their community.

The bulls were in the chutes and the fans were in the stands as the Tops in Texas 2013 PRCA rodeo kicked off Wednesday evening in Jacksonville.

A bill drafted to create a pharmacy program at The University of Texas at Tyler has passed from the state Senate and House to the governor's desk for final approval.

If exhaustion had a name, it would probably be Jacksonville mayoral candidates Kenneth Melvin, Rob Gowin or William Igbokwe.

Future police officers, firefighters, marine biologists, pilots, nurses and even journalists sat with rapt attention Friday morning as more than a dozen community volunteers took turns sharing the ins and outs of their jobs with the sixth graders at Nichols Intermediate School in Jacksonville.

Nearly 1,000 voters cast ballots in Saturday's mayoral election, which yielded an essential tie between incumbent Kenneth Melvin and challenger Rob Gowin - necessitating a June 11 runoff.

The three-way race for Jacksonville mayor will head for a runoff, with Saturday's election results fully counted.

I received such a a missive from a "reader" who emailed me from her cell phone with the following, unsigned, message: "A comment on the headline story in the Jacksonville Daily Progress of the ETMC doctor that was arrested in Jacksonville.

Early voting concluded Tuesday with as many as 585 voters casting ballots for the May 11 municipal and school election.

A handful of Jacksonville firefighters were trained Wednesday in the workings of Palestine Regional Medical Center's AMBUS - a 41-foot ambulance bus designed to handle well over 10 patients in mass casualty situations.

Chazirae Canida, a student at Stone Middle School, was honored for her outstanding contributions to the Texas Soil and Water Conservation Program at the Area IV Conservation Awards Banquet on May 2, 2013, in Jacksonville, Texas.

JACKSONVILLE - A former ETMC-Jacksonville doctor who was discovered intoxicated and in possession of a shotgun in the hospital's parking lot Wednesday morning was arrested and taken into custody by police, authorities confirmed.

A former ETMC-Jacksonville doctor who was discovered intoxicated and in possession of a shotgun in the hospital's parking lot Wednesday morning was arrested and taken into custody by police, authorities confirmed.

It would appear the institutional memories of many local readers far exceed those of the current Jacksonville Daily Progress editorial staff.

Four Jacksonville men accused of being a part of a violent armed robbery gang are scheduled for arraignment today in federal court, according to a spokeswoman with the U.S. Attorney's Office in the Eastern District of Texas.

It was a bittersweet moment as Jessica and Jennifer Hunter shared the duties of cutting a bright red ribbon with a massive pair of scissors while a large crowd looked on Monday afternoon.