The clang of horseshoes striking stakes will soon fill the Bernard River bottom. Those metallic sounds will be coming from ringers made at the state horseshoe tournament, which will be held at the Riverside Horseshoe Club in East Bernard Friday through Sunday, Oct. 5 to Oct. 7. More...
By BENJAMIN C. SHARP bensharp@journal-spectator.com
Law enforcement officials have planned out exactly how they will get a missing vehicle believed to be owned by Bobby Jones up from the bottom of the Colorado River - provided they can ever find it. An exhaustive search of the river from upstream of Wharton all the way down to the low water dam i... More...
By BENJAMIN C. SHARP bensharp@journal-spectator.com
The good news is your trash will be picked up next week. The bad news? It's going to cost you more. The Wharton City Council on Monday awarded a contract with Waste Management for continued trash collection services. The current contract with the firm expires on Sunday. More...
The board of the Wharton Economic Development Corp. has approved participating in a project to replace the existing Wharton Nursing and Rehabilitation Center with a larger, modern facility. More...
WCJC Greenroom Players The Wharton County Junior College Greenroom Players will present Nursery Time, a Children's Theatre, on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 27-28. Both shows will start at 7:30 p.m. and be performed at the Horton Foote Theatre in the Duson- Hansen Fine Arts Building at the W... More...
Assaults Class A assault - Reported in the 1300 block of Bailey Street, Wharton, at 8:30 p.m. Wednesday. It was cleared by arrest. Burglaries, thefts Burglary of a building - Reported at Diamond Mini Mart, 1900 FM 102, Wharton, between Sept. 19 and 2:48 a.m. Thursday. It was cleared by arre... More...
Kenneth Cerny of El Campo died Sept. 22, 2007 at the age of 50. He was born May 25, 1957 in El Campo to the late Alfonce and Rosie Orsak Cerny. He was a longtime agriculture salesman and was a member of First Baptist Church in El Campo. More...
Wharton starts it's second and most important season Friday night when they visit Sealy in the District 24-3A opener. The 0-3 Tigers are coming off a 42-0 loss to cross-county rival El Campo last week. "I think that the kids feel real good about what we're doing and know that we have a real good... More...
Have you eaten ice-cream soup? Several years ago we received a call inviting us for lunch of ice-cream soup and cornbread. I had no idea what we would be eating but any meal in that home was always a real treat. It was a cool fall day and perfect for this bowl of steaming concoction that looke... More...
The little three-inch rounds of cloth are called yo-yos and Evelyn Smith learned to make them during World War II. If she makes enough of them they can be used to create bedspreads, pillow covers or even pot holders. More...
The Wharton County Youth Fair's 2nd Annual Fundraiser Dance will be held Saturday, Oct. 13 in Crescent Hall. Music will be provided by the always popular Triumphs who play rock and roll oldies. Doors open at 7:00 p.m. and the music starts at 8:30 p.m. More...
The recent warning that bloating and three other common pelvic nuisances could signal early stage ovarian cancer might cause many women to panic. That's not the intent, said Dr. Barbara Goff, an ovarian cancer researcher who helped write the controversial advisory. More...
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