Authors Kristin Hannah, John Grisham, James Patterson and Danielle Steele are among the top books checked out from the Wharton County Library in 2024.

With the holiday season drawing to a close and the calendar turned over to a new year, the next milestone ahead is the return of children to school to begin ...

A deputy investigating a vehicle off the road near Hungerford Sunday found a suspected drunk driver behind the wheel.

Wharton County residents had reason to hope for peace and prosperity as the calendar turned to 2025, the weather was largely ...

Tradition says now’s the time to look for a little baby scooting along draped in a banner declaring it to be 2025, and the ...

Bill Smart and Beautify El Campo Extension Service are picking up the fight to make El Campo shine. Those interested in doing ...

With the turn of the calendar to a new year comes the swearing in of newly elected or re-elected Wharton County of-ficials ...

In a purchase effective Jan. 1, Moser Com-munity Media, LLC has acquired the Fort Bend Herald, Alvin Sun, Alvin Advertiser, and Whar-ton County Journal-Leader.

Jimmy Carter, America’s longest-lived President, who died Sunday at his home in Plains, Georgia, had a complicated legacy that had an impact on rural Texas counties such as Whar-ton.

The Wharton County Youth Fair opens on March 28 and runs until April 5, but preparations are underway and deadlines are fast ...

Korean War veteran, professional photographer and El Campo native, Grady Allen died Saturday at age 93. Allen was born July 31, 1931 and grew up just eight miles southeast of town off the dirt road ...

The El Campo High School CNA class celebrated a new milestone in 2024, as for the first time in the six-year history of the ...