Bus safety week highlights drivers
      For Texas students, the most dangerous part of their journey to and from school is crossing the street to board a school bus or after exiting one. During the 2006-2007 school year, no students were killed during this critical part of their journey to and from school, but passing motorists pose th...
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Police Blotter
      City Arrests Alcohol, drugs Douglas M. Smith Jr., 36, of 1008 N. Washington was arrested at 2:59 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 21 on Leon County warrants for failure to appear - driving while intoxicated and theft of property by check. He remained in custody at presstime.
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County Court jury duty has been canceled
      Two Wharton County Court sessions have been canceled eliminating the need for called jurors to report. Wharton County Clerk Sandra K. Sanders reports that jury calls for Thursday, Oct. 25 at 9:30 a.m. and Monday, Oct. 29 at 9:30 a.m. before Judge John Murrile have been canceled. Jurors need not r...
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MOST WANTED
      El Campo Police have named bail jumper as their latest "Most Wanted." A reward is being offered for information on the location of Steven Escamilla, 32, whose last known address was 803 Cotton Ave. in El Campo. Escamilla, who is 5-foot, 9-inches tall and weighs about 240 pounds, has black hair a...
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COURT REPORTS
      Drug possession and theft were among the crimes several Wharton County residents will have to defend against following October grand jury deliberations. And while a grand jury indictment is not an indication of guilt, it is a citizen jury verdict that a prosecutor has enough evidence against a p...
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Hazardous water collection set for Saturday
      Area residents will have the opportunity to dispose of household hazardous waste during the upcoming collection and product exchange for Wharton County residents arranged by the Lower Colorado River Authority and set for this Saturday.
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