A lot of levers
      Wharton Fire Chief Bobby Barnett, center, demonstrates to Wharton City Councilman David Samuelson how to operate a water cannon on the department's new pumper truck. The vehicle was delivered this week, driven down from Appleton, Wis. where it was built. It was supposed to be delivered earlier thi...
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New CAD facility proceeds
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com
      Looking to make things more convenient for local property owners, Wharton County Commissioners Court awarded the bid for the county-owned lot at the intersection of Milam and Resident Streets to the Wharton County Central Appraisal District.
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State registry helps adoptees
      For some, it's a medical need to know. For others, it is the desire to put life's jigsaw puzzle pieces together. For these and other reasons, adoption information provides answers to long-held questions. In Texas, adoptions records are confidential and court records sealed.
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