City of Wharton employees Danny Gaona, left, and Robert Garza, right, place sections of plastic stripping along Junior College Boulevard. The strips were melted with a propane burner to form the markings for the intersection at Junior College Boulevard, Ahldag Street and Lee's Lane. The city recen... More...
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com
The only contested local races for either party for the March primaries continues to be for the district attorney nomination, which is contested in both parties. In the Republican primary, incumbent DA Josh McCown is being challenged by his former staffer Dawn Allison. In the Democratic primary, ... More...
By BENJAMIN C. SHARP bensharp@journal-spectator.com
It was a year of remarkable accomplishments, from the completion of the Wharton County Courthouse restoration to a local graduate vying for one of the Boys & Girls Club of America's highest honors. More...
Family on hand as Garwood matriarch remembers life on a 1900s plantation
Booker T. Dabney, who's 85 years old, had somewhere important to be Wednesday - his mother's birthday party. The Garwood-area resident was joined by other family members at Garden Villa Nursing Home to celebrate the 104th birthday of Lealer Black Dabney. More...
Wharton Girls Softball Wharton Girls Softball has scheduled several registration dates for the upcoming season in January at the Wharton High School old gymnasium. Registration will be from 9:30 a.m. to noon on Saturday, Jan. 5; 5:30-7:30 p.m. on Thursday Jan. 10 and 9:30 a.m. to noon on ... More...
Nearly a year ago, when I was sworn into Congress for my third term as U.S. Senator, I knew that 2007 would be a challenging year for passing positive legislation for Texas, and America. The shift in Congressional leadership meant that my goals for strengthening our country, both in terms of dome... More...
Noe Sonnier Jr., age 76, of Wharton, passed away Thursday, Dec. 27, at his residence after a long illness. Born in Sugar Land on Feb. 10, 1931 he was the son of the late Noe Sonnier Sr. and Carol Marie Baggese Coleman. Mr. Sonnier was a Houston area native and graduated from Texas City High Schoo... More...
Wharton teams take on Needville, East Bernard hosting Boling fives
HALLETTSVILLE - The Boling Bulldog hoop squad will not be carrying any momentum into the coming weekend's play from last weekend as they dropped at least three games at the Hallettsville Round Robin Tournament. In last Friday's tourney action, the Bulldogs lost to the host team by a 95-24 margin. More...
The entire week will be filled with one bowl or another either to watch on television or to eat. While watching the bowls on TV, it's always good to have a few bowls of snacking goodies for those who never leave their ringside seats. More...
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