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Jury canceled Area residents receiving a summons to report for jury duty at 9:30 a.m. Monday, Nov. 26, for Judge Ben Hardin's 23rd District Court can disregard the notice. Officials with the district clerk's office said the jury has been canceled. More ...
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com While she knows the area and is known in the area, new Wharton County Extension Family and Consumer Sciences Agent Dianne Gertson will be making her first public appearance in that role this coming week as the featured speaker at the El Campo Pilot Club. More ... El Campo's 'most wanted' arrested By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com It took only a few hours for a tipster to spot El Campo's "Most Wanted" felon and for police to arrest the man. Ray Sosa, 44, was featured in Wednesday's El Campo Leader News as El Campo's "Most Wanted. More ...
Skaters with the Arc Angels and Silver Wings Skate Team of El Campo zoom down Milam Street during Tuesday's Wharton holiday parade. The group won first place in the Marching category. For more results, see story on Page 5. More ... 'Black Friday' a time for bargains But not all shoppers up to the after-Thanksgiving rush By BRENDA SOMMER bsommer@leader-news.com While some Wharton and El Campo shoppers galloped into stores well before dawn Friday, wild horses couldn't drag others into the mayhem. They call it Black Friday - the beginning of the holiday shopping season, when most stores can count on holiday shoppers to help them put their books back in t... More ... Council moving ahead on new police station By BENJAMIN C. SHARP bensharp@journal-spectator.com The Wharton City Council will move forward on Monday with renovating a new police station. The council on Monday will consider a resolution to award a construction contract for the 1407 N. Richmond Rd. building. Formerly a Houston Lighting & Power Co. facility, the site will soon house the Wharto... More ...
By BENJAMIN C. SHARP bensharp@journal-spectator.com If this week's holiday parade in downtown Wharton seemed more extravagant than in past years, that's because it was. More entries than ever before participated, with a total of 83 making the trek down Milam Street and around the county courthouse. More ... Parade watchers leave mess behind By BENJAMIN C. SHARP bensharp@journal-spectator.com Along with scores of other volunteers, county maintenance supervisor Paul Shannon spent hours getting the downtown square ready for this week's holiday parade. The morning after, he was again on Monterey Square - only this time he was cleaning up the mess left behind. More ... |
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