Deputy Albrecht 'moonlights' as action star
District Court bailiff perfect for movie role as courtroom bailiff who gets gunned down
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com
      While some movie roles are cast because a person looks the part, Wharton County Sheriff's Deputy Troy Albrecht was cast in the independent movie "Mindsight" because he is the part. "(Assistant producer) Jon Michael Foshee asked if I'd consider being the court bailiff for the movie," said Albrecht...
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Railroad will 'do no harm'
By SHANNON CRABTREE scrabtree@leader-news.com
      Do no harm is the approach Kansas City Southern Railways engineers are taking as they prepare bridge and culvert plans for the returning rail line in Wharton County. Rail construction on the corridor between Rosenberg and Victoria is continuing with a significant amount of track work complete in ...
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Texas court dismisses claim that annexations were invalid
By SHANNON CRABTREE news@journal-spectator.com
      The Texas Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the upcoming El Campo city election Friday along with a citizen's claim recent municipal annexations were invalid.
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Gamblers ready for cook-off, again
By BRENDA SOMMER news@journal-spectator.com
      Vivian Jansky has been getting ready for this weekend's Wharton County Youth Fair Barbecue Cook-off for a mere 32 years. Jansky and some version or another of her family team, The Gamblers, have participated in every year of the event since at least 1981.
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