Paramedics and firefighters assist a motorist injured in an accident on FM 102 that involved three vehicles. The crash occurred around noon on Friday on 102 near CR 248. Three pickups were involved, including one truck that was pulling a trailer with a small tractor on it. One motorist was taken b... More...

4-H poinsettia sale The Wharton County 4-H Exchange Program will be selling holiday poinsettias for $10. The last day to order is Nov. 16 with the poinsettias delivered on Nov. 28. Proceeds from this fund raiser will go toward the 4- H New Hampshire trip. To place an order, call the Whart... More...

Assaults Class C assault - Reported in the 300 block of North Alabama Road, Wharton, at 10 p.m. Oct. 30. Burglaries, thefts Attempted burglary of a habitation - Reported in the 300 block of Lincoln Avenue, Wharton, between 3:44 a.m. and 3:47 a.m. Saturday. More...

The earliest-starting campaign in history isn't early anymore. In exactly a year's time, voters will go to the polls to elect a new president. In any presidential race, this is the time when bullfeathers begin to meet brass tacks. More...

Reynalda Lopez Garza, age 68, of Wharton, died Sunday, Nov. 4, 2007 at her residence in Wharton. She was born on Jan. 6, 1939, in Newgulf, daughter of the late Ruben Lopez Sr. and Francisca Ybarra Lopez. Mrs. Garza was a lifetime resident of Wharton County having been reared and attended school i... More...

Unlike last year's game between Wharton County rivals Boling and East Bernard, there will be less at stake in Friday's District 27-2A finale at Memorial Stadium EB clinched one of the three District 27-2A play-off spots three weeks ago after beating rival Brazos 21-14. More...

You are a great group of readers and usually catch the mistakes long before the writer. Yes, you read last week's article twice. Sorry about that, but a first in the 20 years of columns for the Wharton Journal-Spectator. The amazing thing to me is that it has not happened more often. More...

Arnold "Shorty" Amaro, 62, walks with a painful limp which still reminds him of Nov. 17, 1967. That's the night his barracks were attacked with Russian-made rockets used by the Vietcong. There were just two soldiers in the barracks where Amaro was. His buddy had his arm blown off. More...

Unfortunately but to no surprise viewers who watch tonight's Country Music Association's Awards Show won't hear a lot of 'REAL' country music. The 41st Annual event will air at 7 p.m. from the Sommet Center, formerly the Nashville Arena, in Nashville, Tennessee on ABC. More...