Tax values for city, school and county governments won't be released until next month, but early indications are positive. The Wharton County Central Appraisal District is in the midst of scheduling yearly protest hearings with the Appraisal Review Board as it prepares for final computations, Chi... More...

Summer at the library The Wharton County Library will be holding a Sock Hop program at 4 p.m.Thursday as part of this summer's Texas Reading Club Jubilee program. Other public programs include a movie time at 4 p.m. Wednesday. More...

Assault charges Class A assault - Reported at Pecan Village Apartments, 310 University Ave., Wharton, at 10:33 p.m. June 8. Cleared by arrest. Class A assault - Reported in the 100 block of West Belle Avenue, Wharton, between 6:20 a.m. and 6:23 a.m. June 7. More...

President Reagan said, "There are no easy answers, but there are simple ones." This principle applies to America's energy woes. Since January 2007, the price of a gallon of gasoline has soared from $2.33 per gallon to a record $4.04. Over the next two decades, global demand for oil is expected to ... More...

Memorial services for Sammie Louis Allen, 66, of Louisville, Ken., will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at Macedonia Baptist Church with Rev. L.C. Humphrey officiating. Mr. Allen died May 20, 2008, at Hasprus Cancer Center. He was born in Wharton to the late Walter Jack Allen and Evelyn Green Allen. More...

EL CAMPO - El Campo Athletic Director and head football Coach Bob Gillis became president of the Texas High School Coaches Association Friday. After Steve Halpin, the athletic coordinator and head football coach for Mesquite High School, resigned Friday, Gillis was elevated from president-elect ... More...

sHave you heard the saying "who is watching the hen house?" That sounds like something I grew up with in East Texas and I believe it, whether talking about Washington, Austin or anyone's hometown. I believe citizens have the right and responsibility to be involved and to speak up when they have c... More...

Wharton - birds, birds everywhere, and no one takes the time to look. That's the way birder John Ball sees our city. "There are so many species of birds which live here all year and even more that migrate through every fall and spring," Ball said. "But most folks don't take the time to see what... More...

Cast members Laura Kueker, Heather Grissom and Robert Hunter rehearse their lines for the upcoming Enchanted Sleeping Beauty production which will be held June 26-29 at the Plaza Theatre in downtown Wharton. Advance tickets are now on sale. For advance tickets and more information persons should c... More...