This week's featured Shop Wharton business
'Miss Priss' offers unique and affordable monogramming
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com
      Looking to give a friend a special something to mark the birth of a child gave birth to one of Wharton's newest businesses, Miss Priss Originals. "I decided to give her a diaper bag but had to farm out the monogramming," Owner Leigh Krenek said. "It got a lot of compliments so I decided to do som...
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Public request leads to reinstatement of feature on listing of county marriage licenses, divorces
      After disappearing from the pages of the Wharton Journal- Spectator, East Bernard Express and the El Campo Leader-News for more than a year, and after several requests for its return, your newspapers will again offer as a regular feature a listing of Wharton County marriage licenses filed fo...
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Fun Run will kick off WCYF
      Wharton County started a new tradition last year to kick off the Wharton County Youth Fair. It is called the Cowboy Cruisin' 5K Fun Run. The WCYF Board of Directors announces they will host the second annual Cowboy Cruisin' 5K Fun Run on Saturday, April 26.
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First felony murder case involving DWI offense prosecuted in 2002
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com
      While the charge of felony murder has been on the books for a number of years, it has only been recently that prosecuting attorneys in Texas have started using it in DWI cases. "The statute itself has been around for a while," Wharton County Assistant District Attorney Gordon Dudley Jr. said.
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This week's featured Shop Wharton business
Roberson uses latest science for A/C service
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com
      New science and technology have redefined what people should expect from their airconditioning system and the Roberson family has the skills and products to remake your home environment.
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Batteries, generators and coolers useful for outlasting power outages
      Power outages can happen at any time - even in places that rarely have outages. If a power outage occurred in your home, lasting more than a few hours, would you be prepared? On your next trip to the store, make sure you have all the essentials necessary to get through a power outage.
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