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Few registrations as primary approaches By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com Wharton County residents wanting to vote in the upcoming March primaries have less than two weeks to fill out their voter's registration card, unless they've already received a new orange one in the mail. Currently, there are 24,171 registered voters in Wharton County, according to the office of ... More ...
This pasture near the intersection of Texas 60 and FM 3012 looks more like a lake following the weekend's rains. Area streets and yards were inundated with water as around 3.7 inches fell throughout the weekend. More ... City lauded for home demo efforts By BENJAMIN C. SHARP bensharp@journal-spectator.com The Wharton City Council received a pat on the back recently for its efforts in improving area neighborhoods by removing dilapidated houses. During the public comment portion of last week's meeting, Wharton resident Ellis Hurd thanked council for supporting a program to clean up the city by demol... More ... EC rebuilds nine flood-ravaged homes By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com A grant-funded city effort to rebuild nine flood ravaged homes is finally complete - three years after more than 30 percent of El Campo went under water. The city of El Campo was awarded a $500,000 Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs HOME program grant in late 2005 to fund the repl... More ...
MLK observance draws attention to need for education on evils of slavery This past Sunday afternoon the sanctuary was filled at Mother Zion Baptist Church in Wharton for a service dedicated to the local Martin Luther King Jr. scholarship fund. While another commitment precluded me from staying for the entire service, I listened to a mixture of fine speakers and perfor... More ... EC council backs county flood mitigation project By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com El Campo City Council is doing its part to boost Wharton County's chances to receive federal grant dollars for flood mitigation. Council this month approved a resolution supporting the Wharton County Flood Mitigation Plan. More ...
Historical artifacts presented to Wharton residents during Martin Luther King Jr. observance By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com Among the featured guests at this year's Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Celebration in Wharton was speaker Candi Flora. A resident of Rosenberg, Flora brought a sample of her collection of slave memorabilia for examination. As part of her presentation, Flora wears the shackles slaves were forced... More ... |
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