Year in sports: Tarlandus Mitchell signs contract with Chicago Cubs Found: 18 Hours 43 Minutes ago Cherokeean Herald - As the summer sun rose over Cherokee County, the action on the sports landscape heated up. It started with state championships in softball. The county also saw two of its own sign with major league ball clubs, received a grappling world championship and watched as football season began in August and stretched through December....
ANTHONY FITZGERALD JOHNSON Found: 18 Hours 47 Minutes ago Cherokeean Herald - Funeral for Anthony Fitzgerald Johnson, 38, of Alto, formerly of Reklaw, was at 11 a.m. Friday in the Weeping Mary Baptist Church near Alto with Supt. Donnie Timmons officiating. Burial was in the Fairview Cemetery at Reklaw. Mr. Johnson died Sunday in Rusk. He was born Aug. 10, 1970, in Reklaw to Johnnie W. and Florence Lewis Johnson....
Birthday party slated Jan. 10 Found: 18 Hours 47 Minutes ago Cherokeean Herald - br clear=allimg src="http://www.thecherokeean.com/news/2009/0107/news/033p1_sm.jpg" align=left Verdon Bice will celebrate her 90th birthday with a party at 2 p.m. Jan. 10 at the Alto Community Fellowship Church, U.S. Highway 69 S. in Alto. Family and friends are invited to attend the party. br clear=all...
DOROTHY FAYE MCDANIEL Found: 18 Hours 47 Minutes ago Cherokeean Herald - Funeral for Dorothy Faye McDaniel, 79, of LaPorte, formerly of Alto will be at 1 p.m. Friday in the O.T. Allen Son Funeral Home chapel with the Rev. James Littlefield officiating. Burial will be in Mount Zion Cemetery. Mrs. McDaniel died Monday. She was born April 3, 1929, in Houston to John and Bertha Cannon Smith. She lived in Alto for many years and also in Pasadena....
THE Q factor Found: 18 Hours 47 Minutes ago Cherokeean Herald - br clear=allimg src="http://www.thecherokeean.com/news/2009/0107/columns/012p1_sm.jpg" align=left W ith the passing of 2008 and the entrance of 2009, I decided to actually try to make resolutions that I knew I could keep without much motivation or forgetfulness. Weight loss? Nope. Saving money? Well, I'm a lot better at it than I used to be.br clear=all...
Economy takes lead as newsmaker Found: 18 Hours 49 Minutes ago Cherokeean Herald - The second half of 2008 saw changes in the economic climate in Cherokee County. Jobs were added to the local market with the opening of eTelecare Global Solutions in Jacksonville and new positions at Texas Department of Criminal Justice in Rusk. Soon thereafter Etech opened in Rusk and other jobs were added....
2008 is year of change, success for local athletes Found: 1 Week 1 Day 9 Hours 36 Minutes ago Cherokeean Herald - It was a year of change in the Cherokee County sports scene. Schools changed records and coaches changed jobs. Teams across the county improved and area athletes made it to the heights of athletic prowess, representing their schools in regional, area and state competition....
Alto's response to water leak dampens Christmas cheer Found: 1 Week 1 Day 9 Hours 36 Minutes ago Cherokeean Herald - On Dec. 5 my husband and I received a bill from the City of Alto for $550.21. Of that amount, $480.13 was for water. We rushed around the house and outside looking for a pool of water. We found none. Then my husband remembered an extra water valve in the front yard....
