Members of Wharton County’s five veterans service organizations have always participated in Memorial Day and Veterans Day events.

During my years as a substitute rural carrier, occasionally I was asked what zip code to put on letters. Like area codes for telephone numbers, zip codes help to describe ...

A $6,000 scholarship was recently awarded to Landon Peikert of El Campo FFA by the Fort Worth Stock Show & Rodeo’s Calf Scramble Scholarship Committee. He is the son of Morgan and Joshua Peikert.

On the road, the El Campo Ricebirds started week 10 strong, but it was the Port Lavaca Calhoun Sandcrabs coming away with the important 22-10 district win.

The Wharton County Courthouse is set to be given a spruce up after Wharton County Commissioners Court voted unanimously to accept an estimate from Rosenberg-based M.R. Hardwood Flooring to refinish ...

The Louise Hornets showed well at the area meet this past week at Flatonia High School, including one athlete bringing a gold medal back to the school.

The National Medal of Honor Museum opened Tuesday in Arlington with an El Campo man among the 15 featured recipients.

Longtime readers of the former Wharton Journal-Spectator may fondly remember the inspirational and meditative columns of Elizabeth Dettling Moreno.

Concern over roadway damage from heavy trucks topped talks when El Campo City Council received a quarterly report on municipal roadways and scheduled work.

A trice-convicted El Campo batterer is appealing his 25-year prison sentence for attacking a child in the 13th District Court of Appeals.

Round one saw one Wharton County softball team take a lead in their best-of-three series, while the other will need to come from behind if they want to advance to their respective regional finals.

The El Campo residents have voted to literally reshape the educational future of the area’s students.