Playing to the camera
      Trixie, a pit bull terrier, gets up and close to the camera while taking a walk with his master, Wyatt Fraker, on Monday. Fraker was also escorting two other dogs - rat terrier Petunia and pit bull Muffin - in beautiful afternoon weather along Houston Street.
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County moves forward with new JP 3 facility
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com
      Wharton County officials will be negotiating with Houston-based architects RWS on the design of the new Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace building in Louise after commissioners accepted their request for proposal recently. Under Texas law, professional services are not competitively bid based on co...
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New ESD again up for consideration by county
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com
      Wharton County Commissioners will need two meetings to determine if and when an election to establish a new taxing district to fund the East Bernard EMS will be held. At their last meeting on Feb. 11, they voted to hold a state mandated public hearing on a possible election to create an Emergency...
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Mexican national first fatality in county for 2008; second came just hours later
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com
      2 column x 7 inches A Mexican national killed in a one-vehicle accident on FM 1162 early Saturday morning is Wharton County's first auto fatality of the year. Emergency responders were summoned to FM 1162 about 1.9 miles south of El Campo at 4:10 a.m. Saturday to the report of a vehicle in a ditc...
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