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July 2, 2008
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Suspicious fire destoys Lane City trailer
Boling and Wharton volunteer firemen join forces to quench what's left of a trailer house fire in Lane City early Tuesday. The alarm went in at 3:45 a.m. for the fire that destroyed a trailer house at the end of Marino Lane in Lane City. The fire is still under investigation. More...
Boling VFD expects large crowd for Friday's fireworks
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com

"I like the danger." And that is what keeps Wayne Fults going into burning buildings as a member of the Boling Volunteer Fire Department and shooting off large quantities of explosives every Fourth of July for the department-sponsored fireworks display. More...

Mix up causes loss of phones
By BARRY HALVORSON bhalvorson@journal-spectator.com

A mix up between a pair of communications providers - AT&T and Verizon - cut phone service between Wharton and Boling for about a full day earlier this week. Based on phone calls being placed by Wharton Journal-Spectator staff, the problem started at about 10 a.m. Monday morning and continued... More...

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•Drug bust leads to single arrest Monday afternoon
The execution of a search warrant by the Wharton County District Attorney's Drug Task Force resulted in an arrest and multiple charges for drug possession Monday afternoon. Wharton Police Detective Sgt. Grady Smith said officers from the contributing law enforcement agencies executed the warrant ... More...
•High winds cause isolated damage Sunday afternoon
•Action picks up around fire base Salerno
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   Dateline
•Dateline Wharton
Summer at the library The Wharton County Library will be hosting Cindy from Lake Texana with a program on snakes, alligators and more at 4 p.m. on Thursday, July 3 as part of this summer's Texas Reading Club Jubilee program. Other public programs scheduled for the week include preschool ... More...
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   Police
•In Custody
Alcohol, drug charges Thomas John Stone, 18, 2720 N. Walnut, Wharton, was booked into the Wharton County Jail at 10:20 p.m. Monday for possession of marijuana and possession of drug paraphernalia. He was still in custody as of 11:30 July 1. More...
•WSO deputies respond to rural break-ins
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   Opinion
•A core right, reaffirmed
As we celebrate Independence Day this year, we can also celebrate the U.S. Supreme Court's recognition that the Second Amendment protects an individual's right to keep and bear arms. Our country's founders understood the importance of this right, and secured it in the Bill of Rights immediately af... More...
•Political Cartoon
•Pokin' Fun
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   Obituaries
•Charles Brown
Charles Norman Brown Jr., 82, passed away June 26, 2008. He was born Sept. 8, 1925 in Houston to the late Charles David and Bertha Lea May Brown. Mr. Brown was a veteran of WWII, serving in the U.S. Navy. In 1949 he married Evelyn Christine Davis and signed a three-year contract as music teacher ... More...
•Ezequiel Cisneros
•Mildred Svec
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   Sports
•Wharton Babe Ruth all-star teams to play in East Texas State tourneys
Wharton's 16-year-old and 17-18- year-old Babe Ruth baseball teams will head down to Nederland Friday to play in the East Texas State Tournament. The 16-year-old team will play Bay City at 3 p.m. The winner plays host Mid County at 10 a.m. Saturday. More...
•Wharton Wave competes in AAU meet
•EB 9-10-year-old all stars win Area I tournament
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   Ask Billie
•Ask Billie
Do you think we are flag lazy? Maybe not emotionally but factually. This thought came to me last week as I was driving to Grapevine for a meeting. First, there was downtown Bellville. This is always fun because there are flags everyplace. Who is responsible for putting them out and keeping them i... More...
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   Life & Leisure
•Musicians give concert in El Campo Sunday
As experienced musicians, Ted Lashley and Victor Flowers are teaming up to present a two-piano concert Sunday afternoon. The event is being sponsored by First United Methodist Church of El Campo in the sanctuary at 3 p.m., followed with refreshments in the fellowship hall. More...
•Cooking on the Colorado
•Launer, Bozalina recite vows in Austin
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   Entertainment
•Robison to play at fireworks show
Texas singer-songwriter Bruce Robison will play for the 10th Annual Texana Outback Fireworks Extravaganza Friday night at Brackenridge Plantation Park on Lake Texana in Jackson County. Robinson is no stranger to the area and has played in El Campo and Wharton several times. More...
•Houston Festival on Friday
•Music Calendar
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   Health
•Series offered on living with Type 2 diabetes
Diabetes is a growing health threat in the U.S. and in Wharton County, a program to address this concern is being presented again this year. The Do Well, Be Well With Diabetes series will be offered this summer to help people with Type 2 diabetes learn to control their disease. The series is open... More...
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