Wharton County Junior College’s 2025 commencement ceremonies set a record for the largest walking classes ever, with 335 students participating.

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

A flame-charred mattress in an El Campo Washington Street home and a woman’s 9-1-1 call led to a man’s arrest Saturday.

Now Yale is a private institution, and no one is obliged to have anything to do with it (except perhaps the governor and lieutenant governor of Connecticut, who are ex officio members of the ...

Now that the El Campo ISD $81 million facilities bond has officially passed, the board will turn its attention toward the bond’s implementation, as well as swearing in three new trustees when the ...

Signs restricting people with concealed firearms from entering El Campo City Council Chambers have been removed following an Texas Attorney General ruling.

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.

El Campo took a commanding lead in game two, but they weren’t able to beat bad weather in the area. Lighting delays turned into a suspension for the evening. The game was re-started Saturday morning ...

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

Wharton County commissioners took a step towards making a public defenders office in the county a reality Monday.

The El Campo Ladybirds had a little bit of drama in game two against the Calhoun Sandies but would come from behind to finish off the sweep at Palacios High School to move on to round two of the ...

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