Cherokee County News

Sheriff's deputies searched Friday for a serial killer blamed for four deaths over the past six days as terrified residents wondered who might be next.

The following is a list of individuals filing for marriage applications at the county courthouse in Rusk from April 25 through May 8. * Bobby Jeffries of Jacksonville and Brittany Easley of Rusk on April 27.

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

By Cristin Ross cross@jacksonvilleprogress.com Just because it's not making headlines at the moment, doesn't mean the dangers of contracting swine flu has diminished.

By VANESSA CURRY Contributing Writer Familiarity with a biennial survey of the Texas Public Information Act may be skewing overall compliance rates and promoting unequal treatment in the process.

Cherokee County Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Judge James Morris on Friday recanted his allegation that the law firm of McCreary, Veselka, Bragg & Allen, P.C. was paying bribes making unlawful payments to the county.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer JACKSONVILLE -- A Jacksonville man died after his motorcycle collided Tuesday morning with a 1998 Chevy Suburban.

By Cristin Ross cross@jacksonvilleprogress.com Some veterans owning property in Texas might get a significant break on their property taxes, starting this year - but only if they apply for it.

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.

By Kelly Young kyoung@jacksonvilleprogress.com The Commissioners' Court of Cherokee County will meet Monday morning inside the county courthouse for their second regularly scheduled meeting of June.

Cherokee County Buffco Production will drill the Curtis Gresham Well No. 1 to 13,000 feet 4.7 miles northeast of Rusk in a wildcat field in the J. Orchard Survey, A-660. It may be drilled in the Reklaw Field.

By Kelly Young kyoung@jacksonvilleprogress.com Last year's Hurricane Ike revealed a dangerous shortage of emergency power generators in Cherokee County, and when the county was awarded more than $3.3 million in federal disaster relief funds the commissioners set acquisition of new generators as the No.

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.

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.

The Texas Department of Transportation's annual preventative maintenance program known as "District-Wide Seal Coat" is scheduled to continue this week in Anderson County before moving to Cherokee County.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer BULLARD - A suspect who allegedly shot and killed a 35-year-old Lindale man in April is back in jail, authorities said Friday.

By KELLY GOOCH Staff Writer Cherokee County Commissioners Kevin Pierce and Byron Underwood have written letters to county citizens in response to accusations made by Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Judge James Morris.

A 19-year-old woman was killed in a one-vehicle wreck in Cherokee County on Tuesday.

As both a Pastor and an elected Judge in Cherokee County, I have a personal belief and practice that everyone should be treated with respect and dignity until they prove that they are not worthy of it.

Funeral services for Beth Bell Olson, 88, are scheduled for 2 p.m. Sunday, June 7, at the Highland Presbyterian Church, Tyler, with the Rev.