Mount Enterprise News

Old Shiloh Cemetery will celebrate its 156 annual picnic with dinner on the grounds and gospel singing in the Old Shiloh Baptist Church , on Saturday, July 4, 2009.

THERE WAS a time in East Texas when almost every farming town had a cotton gin where farmers had their cotton cleansed of field debris and processed into bales that could be sold and converted into money that kept the family prepared for the winter months.

Rusk County Democratic Party Chairwoman Lorna Ward said most town hall meetings attract less than half of the estimated 150 people at Henderson High School on Saturday.

When I was growing up in Tyler, I recall Memorial Day as the ending of the school year and the beginning of summer time.

A trip to the Henderson Walgreen's turned into one East Texas woman's worst nightmare.

More than 300 students from several districts entered the Rusk County Poetry Society's 2009 Poetry in Schools contest.

Law enforcement in East Texas is reporting a large tree down near Mt. Enterprise in Rusk County on Road 317 near Highway 259.

In the small area beneath the announcers box at the Nacogdoches County Expo Center, a number of professional cowboys stretched, polished saddles and chatted about past and future rides as the prepared for their respective events at Thursday night's kick off of the Nacogdoches Pro Rodeo and Steer Show.

The General Missionary Society of Zion Hill First Baptist Church, 1122 N.E. Stallings Drive, will hold its Annual Women's Day Service at 3 p.m. Sunday, March 8. Guests will include the Rev.

Cayuga and Slocum boys basketball teams advanced to the regional tournament with wins Wednesday night.

In cases of emergencies and severe weather events, Rusk County residents will now receive warnings via telephone.

Fully assembled and stashed away in a storage shed near Mount Enterprise, an important piece of Rusk County history was waiting to be discovered, Rusk County Historical Commission Chairman William Ashby said.

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Rusk County health officials have the green light to issue permits and inspect county restaurants.

Bob Bowman's East Texas Once upon a time, Bright & Early Coffee and Tea signs, usually painted on the sides of barns and country stores, could be found in most Southern states, including Texas.

A burglary/auto theft investigation has led to the arrest of a Nacogdoches man after a pursuit by Nacogdoches Police into Rusk County.

A Overton man was indicted by a Rusk County grand jury on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

SUPERLATIVES District MVP: Kevin Pope, Mount Enterprise, Junior Co-Offensive Player of the year: Marlon McClure, Tenaha, Senior; Cameron Choice, Tenaha, Senior Offensive Newcomer of the Year: Reyes Rico, ...

A Nacogdoches man is dead after he was involved in a one-vehicle rollover accident Sunday.