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

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.

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 ...

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

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.

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.

Vicki Lynn Romig Berndt of El Campo passed away April 26, 2025 at the age of 79. She was born September 2, 1945 in San Diego, California, to Victor and Betty Lou French Romig. She worked with her ...

After seven years years as principal of East Bernard Junior High, David Janecek is trading in his jacket and tie for a fishing pole.