23P0079-Rusk Grand Opening-299.jpg RUSK — Officials and community members gathered at Rusk State Hospital to celebrate $200 million worth of renovations to the East Texas mental health facility.

RUSK, TX (KTRE) - Local and state dignitaries were on hand Tuesday to help break ground on a $200 million construction project that would renovate Rusk State Hospital. The Texas Health and Human ...

RUSK, TX (KTRE) - Mentally ill offenders of the most heinous crimes are sent to Rusk State Hospital. Offenders of lesser crimes are sent there, too, if there's room.

RUSK, Texas (KETK) – Rusk ISD schools briefly went on lockdown Monday morning after an accused murder reportedly escaped from Rusk State Hospital. According to Rusk Police Chief Scott Heagay ...

“Rusk (State Hospital) is very old. Rusk has been a hospital for well over a hundred years and the structures deteriorate over time,” Bray said. “So it was time for a new, modern patient complex to be ...